GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Fans chanting “Bring Back Brett!” distracted them during practice on Tuesday. Well before that, the constant media questions were wearing thin on them.

Green Bay Packers players have had it up to here with the Brett Favre saga. And as Favre Fatigue sets in, they’re sending a clear message to the team’s front office:

Solve it. Now.

“It’s time for it to be over,” cornerback Charles Woodson said. “It’s gone on long enough.”

As the league’s longest-running daytime drama continues to twist and turn, Woodson and other veteran Packers players aren’t publicly assessing blame or taking sides. They just don’t want to talk or think about it any more.

“For them to keep us in the dark and just have us answering a bunch of questions that we can’t possibly have a good answer for, I don’t think it’s fair to us,” Woodson said. “I think there needs to be something said, yea or nay for Brett Favre.”

That answer — a resounding “nay” — came Tuesday evening, when Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters that after extensive conversations with Favre over the past two days, he has determined that Favre doesn’t have the right mindset to play for the Packers.

Still, the issue will linger until there is a final resolution. That most likely would be a trade, perhaps to Tampa Bay, something that appeared to be simmering but not imminent as of late Tuesday evening.

The next move might not be apparent, but it’s clear that bond between Favre and the Packers appears to be broken beyond repair.

After approximately six hours of what McCarthy called “brutally honest” conversations with Favre over the past two days, McCarthy said Favre couldn’t seem to get past emotional wounds that were opened as tensions mounted in recent weeks — even with the chance to win his starting job back potentially on the table.

“The train has left the station, whatever analogy you want,” McCarthy said. “He needs to jump on the train and let’s go. Or, if we can’t get past things that have happened, I have to keep the train moving.”

Favre left Lambeau Field just before Packers practice Tuesday afternoon.

“We’re at a stalemate,” Favre told ESPN Tuesday morning.

Favre told ESPN he doesn’t have a problem with competing with Aaron Rodgers for the starting job, and can “truly understand” why McCarthy would make Rodgers the starter. But Favre also said a competition “probably isn’t going to work” and that “the problem is that there’s been a lot of damage done and I can’t forget it.”

Did Favre not feel wanted or welcome enough by the Packers?

“That’s part of the issue with him, quite frankly,” McCarthy said. “And listening to him talk about that, you respect his opinion. And frankly, I told him, I said, ’I’ll take responsibility because I have a voice in the building.’ I never thought he truly was going to play. I thought he was emotionally driven for other reasons.”

Favre finally has convinced McCarthy he wants to play. But McCarthy still seems to have reservations about Favre’s commitment to preparing for games. And McCarthy didn’t seem convinced that Favre was thinking clearly about his future.

“He has a lot going through his head, and I think he’s emotional,” McCarthy said. “And just talking to him, he’s in a tough spot.”

So, of course, are McCarthy and Thompson. Correctly or not, they might end up being seen by fans as the men who drove Favre out of Green Bay.

“That’s not a good feeling, but I don’t view it that way,” McCarthy said. “I can only trust the truth. I’ve been part of a lot of conversations, and I don’t feel that’s the case.”