GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Frustrated. Disappointed. Embarrassed.
And benched, if even for just a quarter.
Brett Favre will start his 240th consecutive game including the playoffs Sunday against the Chicago Bears, but his 239th was one to forget.
Favre left for what the Green Bay Packers hope is their future late in the third quarter of Monday night's 48-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens when rookie first-round pick Aaron Rodgers entered during the worst beating the Packers have suffered since 1980.
"I would much rather have played and been in a situation to win the ball game," Favre said Wednesday in his first comments since the loss. "If we were way up or way behind, [coach Mike Sherman] said he might play Aaron and I said, 'That's fine.' Up to the point that Aaron came in, we had gotten three points."
Favre's performance -- 14-of-29 for 144 yards and two interceptions -- again is fueling speculation that this year, his first losing season as a starter, might be his last.
"I've tried my best not to analyze not only this season, but a game like that the other night," Favre said. "I don't know if we can say the rest of the games this year have been embarrassing, but I think the other night was."
The three-time MVP took until March to decide he wanted to return for his 15th season and 14th with the Packers. Sherman said he would talk to Favre about his future as soon as the season ends.
Favre says his return is a matter of commitment.
"If I do come back will I be committed?" Favre said. "I think it's more than anything, 'Do I want to play?' There's no guarantees next year will be better or worse."
Favre said he felt better than ever before the season and came into training camp after an offseason conditioning program looking slimmer, stronger and poised to lead Green Bay to a fourth consecutive NFC North title.
But top wide receiver Javon Walker tore a knee ligament in the first game, four-time Pro Bowl running back Ahman Green shredded a tendon in his thigh and backup running back Najeh Davenport broke his ankle -- all by Oct. 23.
By that point, the Packers were 1-5, and Favre has grown increasingly frustrated. Cameras caught him again yelling at teammates Monday night.
"As an experienced player playing quarterback for 15 years, I would like to think I could get everyone lined up correctly, could make all the right decisions, could make the perfect throws," Favre said. "That's not the case, and if I didn't care, then you wouldn't see the frustration on my face."
Sherman says there is no problem with Favre's actions on the field.
"He probably yells at guys less than any quarterback in this league," the coach said. "He's not a confrontational guy, that's his nature. Certainly there's frustration when you're dealing with the youth that we're dealing with and inexperience at times. I can't blame him for that."
But Favre's problems keep piling up.
Without Walker and with a running game that has lost four starters to season ending injuries, no one has been able to bail out Favre when he throws deep and into coverage.
So Favre has thrown for 19 touchdowns and tied a career-high with 24 interceptions with two games left.
In 1993, Favre had 19 touchdown passes and 24 interceptions, but the Packers finished 9-7 in a streak of 13 consecutive nonlosing seasons. This year, the Packers couldn't keep that streak alive through November.
"It bothers me that the retirement talk is a constant theme," Sherman said. "I told him, 'You should be offended when people talk retirement because physically you're certainly not there.' And I believe that."
Sherman says the speculation about Favre or if he will keep his own job at the end of the season hasn't caused the Packers to lose focus. Regardless, Favre says he doesn't know how to approach continual losing -- something he's never dealt with.
"No one has given me any guidelines to how you handle a 3-11 season," Favre said. "I think as a quarterback, just like a head coach, you can only do so much, but you feel like you should be able to do more than everyone else. And it's bad enough as it is right now."