TB can deal with the salary cap issue if they trade it right.
Green bay has a huge problem if Farve tries to come back and play for them because the team was designed this year without Farves contract on it. If he retired, it wouldn’t count against the cap, but if he shows up for camp, that means Packs take the full hit and go way over the cap.
They won’t go over the cap, but most of the preparations for the team moving on without him go out the window, and there are going to be some really good players on the team that now can’t get the extension and money they deserve, and others that need to be cut, just because Favre decided he wanted one more year.
Most of the speculation I’ve seen says his family and agent are pushing for his return, and they can’t keep their dang mouths shut, continuously leaking things to the press.
Packer management, on the other hand has kept things pretty close to the vest and prefer to negotiate in private.
Even w/ Favre’s 12 million dollar contract - the Pack is still 20 million below the cap.
Ted Thompson has told Favre that he is welcome to come back but for him to understand that the scenery has changed since late March.
2 weeks after Favre retired he called GB and told Thompson that he wanted to come back - 2 days later he changed his mind again and decided to stay retired.
That is exactly when the PACK decided they were going in a different direction. Favre could not and did not commit 100% to playing football.
What should Packer management have done? Wait until he is ready to commit? Heck no - they have a season to get ready for.
They were more than willing to let FAVRE decide - and he did decide he would remain retired. 3 months later was too late for him to change his mind.
I admire everything he did and would like nothing more than for him to lead the PACK this year, but he made his bed.
*DISCLOSURE* I am a Wisconsin transplant in Minnesota and I am a Packer shareholder.