I don’t get it. Green Bay (the city, the fans, and the team) was good to Favre, and Favre was good right back. What the heck has happened all of the sudden? It’s beginning to impact my respect for both.
As I understand it Favre really wanted the Packers to pick up a star receiver from MN that became available, and voiced it loudly, the Packers decided against it, and then he basically stormed off in a huff and “retired” again.
The Packers were more than willing to let him sit out his contract and retire. Then as we got closer to preseason he decided he wanted to keep playing... so you had the drama that was the last few months.
I don’t fault the Packers. They gave it straight to Favre when he said this Spring he was considering retirement. He made his decision and the Packers accepted it, and went on from there. It was he who changed his mind and created the ongoing issue.
The deal is that Farve is screwing the team if he comes back and wants to play on the packers since they spent the entire off-season preparing the team to play with the new quarterback, including who they drafted and who they signed as free agents. Thats a tougher situation for the packers to deal with than just welcoming him back with open arms.
They will also be screwed if he tries to go play to a division rival like the Vikings because if he demands one specific team that he’s going to play for, the viks are going to welcome him in, but want to give the packers nothing in return.
Now the best scenerio would be for him to go to a team outside the Packs division like the Tampa Bay Bucs or Washington Redskins, but given that fact that Farve still has an active contract with the Packers, the packers will expect something in return for him. The problem being Farve will only accept a team that would be playoff bound so then it limits the Packers negotiating position.
So right now we are in high drama stage as both parties jockey for position. I think a deal will get done, but the media and the NFL will want to hype all this drama for major effect. What I’m also worried about is whoever Farve does go to, the NFL is going to start wanting to dump sunday night and monday night games to try to get him in prime time as much as possible. A few teams are going to get screwed on this deal as well.
I honestly was quiet relieved to not have to listen to Madden confess his love for Brett Farve every minute during MNF games anymore. Oh well.........
Well, let me spell it out for you. He is loved and cherished here. Last winter he retired. Then he used his Packer issued cell phone to contact the QB coach and Head Coach of the hated Vikings. Then he said he wanted his release from the Packers to play elsewhere. They rightly said no, so now he is trying to stick it to the Packers and their fans by reporting so he can collect his multi-million $ salary.
He is losing respect in Wisconsin because it is now all about Brett, even his team won’t come to his defense. He is a prima donna now, and it is sad to see.
Farve is a very naive individual...based on everything he’s done so far. If all of this had been about him going to New Orleans or Oakland or Tampa Bay....the Packers truly wouldn’t care. But they knew from day one....it was the Vikings...and this was an effort to get fans from the Green Bay area to jump ship. I think the Packers did the right thing in calling his bluff...and I doubt seriously that the guy in good enough shape to earn anything beyond the number two quarterback. They knew this from day one of the episode. He won’t settle for number two....and thus will slide out of camp by the 3rd week (my humble bet).