GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers has said the right thing just about every time he's been asked about Brett Favre's possible comeback.

He did the same thing Tuesday, after news broke that Favre had followed through on faxing his retirement paperwork in to the NFL office.

"There's not anything that's going to get between the guys in the locker room," the Green Bay Packers new starting quarterback — at least for now — said. "We're a tight-knit group, and the guys are going to get behind whoever's under center."

But truth be told, there figures to be at least some difference of opinion among the players on whether Favre or Rodgers should be the starter if Favre isn't traded in the next few days and indeed comes to camp.

While coach Mike McCarthy not-so-subtly reiterated Rodgers' status in answering a question about how much he'll play in the preseason — "He'll be starting all of the games as the starter," the coach said — McCarthy also acknowledged that Favre's presence will create a stir.

"I'm not going to sit here and tell you it's not a distraction, but it's only a distraction if we let it be a distraction," McCarthy said. "It's an external problem, and that's really the way we view it. Now we have to deal with it."

Asked if he is concerned about any division in the locker room, McCarthy replied, "I'm not concerned about it. We have talked about it as a football team. The players are handling it totally different than I think the perception is out there. We're about playing football. We're about getting ready for our season."

While no player was foolish enough to state his preference on the record, several said there are many young players who support the unproven Rodgers as the starter while a few veterans are thought to prefer the proven Favre.

"But our opinions are of no consequence," one of the players said. Even within the receiving corps, there appeared to be differing opinions.

Third-year receiver Greg Jennings tried his best to be Switzerland — "It's going to be an interesting situation," he said, "and we'll see what they do upstairs."

"We'll handle it fine," said 10-year veteran Donald Driver, who was clearly happy about the news of Favre's impending return. "We'll welcome him in, he's back in business, and when we come in we'll just pick up where we left off."

Compare that to the reaction of second-year man James Jones, who worked out with Rodgers in Southern California this offseason and said, "I have a better relationship with Aaron than I do with Brett, but the organization is going to do what they're going to do. I have no say-so. I just have to catch passes, whoever is throwing them."

Veteran cornerback Charles Woodson found himself torn.

"My feeling is, he never should've retired. I don't believe in being pressured to retire. This is Brett Favre. You don't pressure Brett Favre into retiring. So you wish he never had retired," Woodson said. "(Then again), my opinion is, OK, we've seen Brett play, we know what he can do. We've seen him have bad years, bad games, too. We haven't seen anything of A-Rod for a whole season. So how do we know what we gain or what we lose unless we see him?

"I've seen enough of (Rodgers) in practice to know he can play. Now is just the thing of going out and being a consistent. You don't know until you get further down the line, but I think he's going to be all right."