Favre’s Work Proves Fruitful for Packers

Brett Favre’s off-season work paid immediate dividends Thursday night in the Green Bay Packers’ 10-7 exhibition victory over the San Diego Chargers at Green Bay, Wis.

Favre, who trained with a strength and conditioning coach in the off-season for the first time, completed nine of 10 passes for 91 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions in 1 1/2 quarters of work.

He guided Green Bay on an 80-yard scoring drive in the second quarter in which he completed seven of eight passes for 64 yards, capping the series with a 23-yard strike to Donald Driver.

“We accomplished one goal: we went down the field and scored,” Favre said at halftime of the game that was played in a steady drizzle.

Kicker Nate Kaeding blew three chances to put the Chargers ahead in the fourth quarter. He was wide left from 45 yards and then wide right from 44 and 46 in the closing minutes.

J.T. O’Sullivan then drove the Packers to the Charger 35, and Ryan Longwell kicked a 53-yard field goal that barely cleared the crossbar with 33 seconds left.

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A day after they booted Terrell Owens out of training camp, the Philadelphia Eagles took an even harder stance on their star’s contract dispute:

Owens can play for the Eagles or he won’t play at all.

Team President Joe Banner said that when the wide receiver returns to camp next week, it will be without the new contract he desperately wants and with an understanding that he can no longer become a disruption.

“We’ve been clear that the choices are to play under this contract or not,” Banner said. “I’m not sure he still believes that, but we’ve said from Day 1 those were the choices on the table.... That’s not going to change.”

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St. Louis Ram first-round draft pick Alex Barron was a no-show at practice, one day after agreeing to a five-year contract. Coach Mike Martz was not pleased.

“I have no idea where he is or what he’s doing or if he’s coming in September or October or November, who knows?” Martz said. “I don’t know what to expect. If the kid really wanted to be here, he’d be here.”

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Former Heisman Trophy winner Jason White ended his professional career because of weak knees.

White, who had been competing for the third quarterback position with the Tennessee Titans, joined the team in May as an undrafted rookie after an audition with the Kansas City Chiefs did not lead to a contract offer.

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Adam “Pacman” Jones, Tennessee’s top draft pick, responded to the men who accused him of hitting them at a nightclub by suing them on charges of conspiracy, defamation and slander.

With his agent in Nashville to try to complete his contract, Jones had his lawyer file the suit in Davidson County Circuit Court against club manager Robert Gaddy and his brother Lamar Woodson. Jones is asking for $7.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.