NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is probably a little sick and tired of trying to keep the league's 32 partners from cheating and chiseling on one other, plus the growing unpleasantness between one of the game's contemporary legends and a legendary franchise has the potential to get real ugly.

As a result, Goodell is taking the unusual step of involving himself in L'Affaire Favre by encouraging the Packers to seek out interested parties in a deal for the future Hall of Fame quarterback.  It just goes to show Favre's enormous impact that the commissioner would try to accelerate such a personnel move even though the Packers could justifiably contend that being forced to make a decision on Favre right now is against their best interests.

Meanwhile, NFL investigators have shown up on the Vikings' doorstep looking into the Packers' tampering charges against Minnesota related to contact between Favre.  At issue is contact between Favre and not only Vikes' offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell but also head coach coach Brad Childress.  Um, it seems that the cell phone that Favre has been using since his retirement was actually a Packers' cell phone and Green Bay has been able to access the calling records.  It also appears that the records indicate repeated calls to Bevell and Childress.

Clearly, Goodell wants this over in a hurry.  He just got away from Spygate and he doesn't need a protracted Favre-gate.