Posted on 10/26/2024 12:19:30 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
We are both in Arizona now, but I was working in Madison, Wisconsin shortly after Favre retired. Rodgers had already brought the Packers to the promised land, and salvaged a couple of seasons, winning MVP along the way. The running joke IN WISCONSIN, was “We’ll never forget you Brent”.
I wasn’t nitpicking. I said I hoped they forgave him, because when he went to the Vikings there was some bad blood, and it wasn’t just about money. I never said the Jets didn’t want him. Of course they did, but he only stayed one year. There were 29 other teams. The Bears and the Vikes were the two teams that would be off-limits for a trade.
From Perplexity.ai
“Conclusion
Favre’s move to the Vikings was not just about football; it also reflected his personal motivations and frustrations with how his career ended in Green Bay. The opportunity to play for a rival team and showcase his skills once again proved irresistible for him, leading to one of the most notable transitions in NFL history.”
I will note that the same source suggested that Minnesota made the first move, though that is not how I remembered it at the time.
By the way, I LIKE Brett Favre. He was a great quarterback, though I was happy for the Rams clobbering him in the playoffs during the GSOT era. Gutsy as anything, and came back better than ever after beating a tough round with pain killers. He is also no liberal.
But his career did not end well. (He did do well the second to the last year with the Vikes, but like many, he played one year too many.)
My nephew walks the sideline for a radio station there doing sideline analysis. He knew Farve personally.
My nieces husband is part owner of a luxury box there and knew many of the players through his business there.
I know more about went on between the Packers and Farve than anyone on this site. I can assure you that much of what he went through was shenanigans brought to him through others early in his career.
One hell of a player. One hell of a human being.
They wanted him to retire and stay retired. They could see it was going to end bad for him if he didn’t.
Rodgers is another matter. Mental.
And, they will have the same problem with Love eventually.
So, you’ve got some catching up to do.
Oh, and BTW.
The Packers had some of the best defenses in the league during Farves time there.
Why do I say that? Because of all his interception (I believe a record) they still managed to consistently end up in playoffs.
If he would have learned to control his urge to throw into double and sometimes triple coverage, those defenses would have been in the top teir year after year.
Well, I won’t argue with your inside information. I just remember the guys in the office and the sports talk radio, and the Packers fans in Rockford, IL, where I lived for 15 years (Rockford is 40% Bears, 40% Packers, 10% Viking, and 10% other). Ten years have passed, and my information is that of a layman. It is not mean-spirited. He also had a mini-scandal (unrelated to football) having to do with a telephone recording that further muddied the waters.
If they get 15 good years out of Love before the drama, they will have done well for themselves. The Pack is always in the conversation or no more than a year away from being in the conversation. They have come a long way since the days of Lynn Dickey.
Do you remember how many starting Q’backs that were on other teams that were actually backups to Farve?
I think there was three or four.
The lefty who was in Jacksonville, the one at Seattle..one or two others.
Even Warner was in the GB system briefly.
Historically, that organization has consistently turned out great Q’backs from within.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE up there has the opinion that three or four years or so after a championship, the starting Q’Back should be traded. They should have done it with Farve, and dam well should have done it with Rodgers.
The one fault with that organization is they can’t cut loose a player and for some reason think that a player is forever beholding to that organization.
I’ve gone back to watching baseball. Footballs full of a bunch of self centered people who could give a rats ass about anything but themselves
One individual doesn’t make a team. A team makes one individual and the team great.
Lombardi proved that.
Lombardi would puke over the mass narcissistic tendencies of these individuals in the NFL.
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