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Posted on 08/03/2008 3:12:55 PM PDT by VaBthang4
Sixteen years after Brett Favre came to the Packers, he is returning for a seventeenth season. He has had a great career with our organization and although we built this year around the assumption that Brett meant what he said about retiring, Brett is coming back. We will welcome him back and turn this situation to our advantage.
Frankly, Brett’s change of mind put us in a very difficult spot. We now will revise many actions and assumptions about our long-term future, all predicated on Brett’s decision last March to retire. As a result of his decision, we invested considerably in a new and different future without Brett and we were obviously moving in that direction. That’s why this wasn’t easy. Having crossed the Rubicon once when Brett decided to retire, it’s very difficult to reorient our plans and cross it again in the opposite direction - but we’ll put this to our advantage.
Brett will be in camp tomorrow. Although there has been uncertainty regarding Brett’s return, Ted Thompson and Coach McCarthy had previously discussed this and have had a plan in place. Coach McCarthy will talk to the team and the quarterbacks about the plan moving forward, and after he has done that we will share it publicly.
No matter what, I look forward to another successful season for the Packers and our fans. This has been a tough situation, but the Packers will make the most of it.
Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy
Poor old pathetic Bret.
Favre sure was a jerk throughout all this.
I have been a Packer Fan from the 50s on, through thick and thin, and I am pleased to see this great and honorable sportsman back in the Green and Gold!
What a loser! He’s completely destroyed his reputation and credibility throughout this whole sorry episode. I hope he makes a complete fool of himself on the field this season.
Family night scrimmage is going to be a mess tonite. I wouldn’t blame Rodgers at all if he wants a trade. Favre has lost my respect in all of this.
I’m a little confused. The statement says he will be in camp. Does this mean he will start or be backup for Aaron Rogers? Or is that all in the air?
I guessing that they trade him to some basement dwelling AFC team.
I've always liked Favre. But, I have to agree with you on this one.
Haha, I take it you intend to place all of the Olympic threads in General/Chat as well, right?
Cuz a hell of allota Freepers care more about this than that.
;o)
FSN’s Jay Glazer is reporting that once Favre shows up and becomes an active member of the roster, he can’t refuse a trade, and Packers management WILL trade him at some point.
LOL! That cover is a classic!
Farve PING!
You are all morons, I hope Brett brings them a championship and I am a faithful Minnesota fan.
Kinda reminds me of the old joke about the man who worked for a company for 30 plus years and they had a big retirement ceremony for him and gave him a gold watch and everything. Then a couple of months later he reports back to work telling everyone that he’s been ordered by his wife’s pschycologist to go back to work.
AWESOME! FANTASTIC!!!
Brett Favre, You are Fantastic! Get that Superbowl this Year Greenbay! with your fantastic Quarterback!
May Brett’s critics fill their mouths with cowpies:-)
They could also hold him until the last day of camp then cut him....
We want him in Philly! Send McNabb to the Philly Soul he’ll do okay there.
There will be an open competition at camp for the starting QB job. The Packers should have accepted Brett back from the get go and avoided all this PR mess. Brett had a right to change his mind. He is not a jerk. Ted Thompson has been trying to push Brett out of Green Bay for a few years now. I am so happy Brett is back as a Packer!
So, the whining child got his wish. I say cut him on the final day of camp, or trade him to the 1-15 Dolphins.
What happened to the $20 mil. not to play? (Or, am I dreaming that I heard this?)
Hmmm. He retired and then decides he still wants to play. Is it set in stone that once someone retires they can't come back?
Tell ya all what, if no one in the NFL wants him send him to my boyz up Cleveland way. We like players who WANT to play.
Besides IIRC they were one game away from the big show last year with < sarc > "poor-old-worn-out-Bret" at the helm. < /sarc >
Its not like he can't play at a level that a majority of the NFL teams NEED this year.
Great, he can now pad his interception stats.
Rodgers will be the starter until the Pack starts 0-2...
The ONLY downsides are:
1. They might face him (two or three times?), but on a new team, facing a young solid Green Bay defense that saw him daily for years, that shouldn't be insurmountable.
2. They might have to wait another year for Aaron Rodgers... as if he isn't used to that so far. If Aaron gets past his prime waiting in 2008, they just drafted two decent QBs in Brian Brohm (Louisville) and Matt Flynn (LSU) who will be around for a while, and ready to bring in the Packers new era.
3. Favre might not go out on top, giving slight bad feelings to fans about Favre's legacy... as if that matters to an NFL team trying to win.
4. A HUGE salary-cap hit, since they were making plans to have his $12 million going to other needs. This is negated if he is traded, of course.
So what do the Packers do? Denounce their hero... turn their back on him.... offer to pay him not to play (as if he's coming back for the money)... and then flip-flop and take him back in the end anyway.
TERRIBLE decision-making from the beginning for the GB front office. They should've greeted him as the returning hero that he is, and then asked for insane trade offers. Either they get far more than expected, or they get another year with their hero. It's not rocket science.
NBC actually showed the plane landing in Green Bay. Who says football pre-season is boring. If Favre is not going to play in the first pre-season game then Rogers will put up some pretty numbers next monday against the Bengals sorry defense.
Roger Clemens approves. He is no longer the biggest d-bag on the planet.
I don’t think he’ll end up on the Jets. My bet is Tampon Bay.
I'm thinking Aaron Rodgers would think otherwise. especially over the last three years
But why take the salary cap hit? Glazer’s reporting that they’re actively trying to trade him makes more sense to me.
I don’t think they will see that bad of a hit but I would have to investigate further.
Trading for a rental QB makes little sense given the complexity of today’s offenses.
The Packer organization blundered when the offered Brett $20,000,000 to retire. Not good if your still negotiating contracts. (Ryan Grant was one... he was recently signed.)
Ted Thompson's choices soon became desperate. (Their words...) Release Favre unconditionally, trade him within the division, or bring him into camp.
Don't get me wrong... I think Brett tarnished his reputation greatly with some of his antics, but in the end this could have been handled much better than it did.
The problem Thompson was banking on was putting all his eggs in one basket by saying Aaron Rodgers was their guy. Unfortunately he's untested and seems to get injured every time he plays. They knew it would have been an absolute nightmare had they let Favre go and then watch Rodgers go down. They Favre him back into camp.
Coffee...coffee...coffee ~
They brought Favre back into camp.
he’ll be a viking by the end of the week.
o...k... you'll forgive me if i'm not really convinced.
Favre is due $12 million this year.
Yea, his storming off in a temper tantrum because GB wouldn’t pick up the Vikings receiver he wanted.. now he wants back?
The man’s become a parody of himself.
THAT IS SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes but if they cut him their cap charge isn’t going to be $12 million.
I think they should allow him back to camp but make him compete for the job.
That’s $12 million this year, with something like $30-$40 million left on the contract. So, yes, they will take a significant cap hit by cutting him because of the acceleration involved.
They’ve already said he’ll compete for the starting job, but Rodgers is considered the incumbent. Of course, they’ve also called Minnesota and told them Favre is available for trade.
He is a media creation just like Obama.
On SportsCenter last night they kept talking about the “negotiations” being about a “non playing position.”
Coach, advisor, clipboard holder?
That’s funny.
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