Let me start off by saying that I am a die-hard Packers fan; I was born with a cheesehead on. I'm just sick of hearing about how Brett Favre wants to come back and with which team.
If it's not rumors, it's texts messages or submitted letters. I can't take it anymore. Brett, you retired, DEAL WITH IT!
If you still weren't sure, don't deliver a tearful retirement speech in which all of Wisconsin and most of the football world cried with you. The only person tarnishing your legacy is you.
Yes, you still have the ability to play at age 38, but why come back and risk injury for another year? Didn't anyone tell you that once you retire, it should be for good, not four months.
I know I'm going to take some heat for this, but the Packers don't need Brett Favre anymore. He put in his 17 years and did all he could for the team and the sport, including winning three MVPs and leading the Pack to a Super Bowl victory.
You hold most of the records involving the quarterback position (good, bad, and some you don't even want to be associated with). What's left to do, honestly?
Please, stay retired and let Aaron Rodgers be the new man in charge. It was something he was promised when the Packers drafted him in the first round back in 2005. Rodgers didn't know how long he had to wait, and just when he thought the wait was over, Favre apparently isn't ready to hand over the reigns.
Rodgers sat in 2005 and watched Favre lead the team to a dismal 4-12 record, to which many analysts pushed for Favre to retire. Favre contemplated the decision and put fans through hell, but he decided to return.
Rodgers sat on the bench again in 2006, and watched Favre lead the Pack to an 8-8 season, narrowly missing the playoffs. Analysts chimed in again, but this time thought that Favre should return for yet another year to get the team to the next step. Favre put Packer fans through hell (again), but decided to return (again)!
Next year rolled around, and Rodgers saw himself again riding the pine-pony, holding the almighty clipboard. This time, he had a front row seat to one of the greatest seasons ever put up by No. 4.
Rodgers had his shining moment in 2007 the week after Thanksgiving in Dallas. Favre got hurt (and actually came out of a game), and Rodgers came into the game. He played a nearly flawless game and gave Green Bay several opportunities to win it, but he eventually lost.
The Packers got themselves all the way to the NFC Championship game, no doubt because of Favre. They flexed their muscles in the sub-zero temperatures of the Frozen Tundra, and lost on a play which can only be described as one of those "Brett Favre risky throws."
The "R" word came up again, and Favre still showed no signs of quitting, until he uttered those words in his March 6 press conference.
"The game has taken so much out of me that I have nothing left to give...I live for Sunday, but I don't fell like working Monday-Saturday...anything less than a Super Bowl victory would be a failure, and the odds of that happening are against us every year."
What Brett needs to do is go back and watch that press conference again and actually listen to the words he said. Then the decision becomes simple...go back to Mississippi, ride your tractor, and hide in NFL-obscurity for awhile. At least until the NFL calls to offer you a bronze bust and a puke-yellow sports coat.
Oops, too late for that. Apparently, you have the 'itch' to play again, and if the Packers won't scratch it, you want to be released and have someone else scratch it.
Problem?the Packers hold all the cards. You can ask for a release, but you won't get it, because Green Bay executives won't let you ruin your good name (at least what's left of it).
Of course the "itch" is there. For the past 17 years, all you've done in July is train for the upcoming season. So naturally, when that first year rolls around after you retire, you'll want to play again. Your body and mind don't know what to do in July now. Go to camp, but observe, give your two cents, just let A-Rod take all the snaps.
As sick as I am about this whole situation, I feel that Favre will not be making a comeback with the Packers or anybody else for that matter. The "itch" will go away, and his life will go on and possibly return to normal.
I'm ready for the Aaron Rodgers era to begin in Green Bay, and I'm sure he is too. After three years of waiting, he is set to prove that he can actually lead an NFL team. So, what about Brett Favre?
Favre who?
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I feel for the Packers' front office. Its a losing situation for them regardless on what they decide.
but a few quick thoughts. just because Brett cried during his retirement press conference and said he wanted to call it quits doesn't mean he can't change his mind. and if you're sick of hearing about this situation, turn your TV and radio off and don't read the sports section. Brett isn't asking YOU to play again. it's his reputation and legacy that HE has to worry about - no you or anyone else for that matter.
and Rogers was PROMISED he'd start? don't think so. whoever give your team the best chance at a run for the Super Bowl is the starter - and it ain't Rogers when Favre's in the mix.
Funny how when Thompson addressed the media Saturday and was asked which QB - Rogers or Favre - gives the Pack the best chance to go to the SB, TT DECLINED TO COMMENT. why is that. helluva vote of confidence for Rogers, ain't it??
Have some class Brett
Papa T
A Life Long Packer Fan Living In Chippewa Falls, WI
The game of football is bigger than Favre, as is Green Bay - The annual emotional blackmail just makes a mockery of the organization, the memories of playing days and te legacy he created in Wisconsin.
God forbod he comes back goes to another team and ends up have a miserable season culminating in a Theismann type injury......Leave on top, stay out with reputation intact, Brett is just another part of lifes story, graduation from the working man into the wise man who can provide sage advice rather than be the center of attention.
Someone needs to explain to Favre that people who are scratching to get by on their paychecks have to honor the agreements and commitments they make. If they can do it so can Favre. And he shouldn't need to be reminded that it's WRONG to leave your team and your teammates in limbo right up to the last minute every year.
The Packers deserved to know Favre's final decision in time to prepare for the draft (at the latest). You can't run a football team (or any other organization) effectively with players (especially key players) coming and going as they please.
Favre is not that much better than other QB's, including Aaron Rodgers, that the Packers should risk the upcoming season on whether Favre will give it 100% all season again, or if as he said in March, he just can't put in the work Monday through Saturday anymore.
so Rodgers doesnt care about the fans now? but what if he wins the fans a Super Bowl title this year, after all this mess? would he still be indifferent to the fans? I seriously doubt it since winning cures almost all ills in sports.....
however, the ONLY reason Favre wants to come back to the NFL, is a very personal, selfish motive:
there still a couple of records he still wants, and Packers be damned.
I know because a certain tightend (mentioning no names) retired, unretired, then retired again. He deserves to be in the HOF but he hasn't made it yet. During his playing days, he was always #2 in his position behind What's - his -name of the Raiders.
That's why I feel it would be a mistake for him to try to come back and upset the apple cart.
As far as my personal opinion goes on this subject, Favre needs to stay retired, because even if he had changed his mind mid stream, this constant flip flopping year after year has soured alot of people to the integrity of Brett Favre. and how can a teammate look Brett in the face and honestly think Brett has the best interest of the team on his mind. And maybe Rodgers isn't going to be the QB people think he will be, or maybe he is. but we may or may not ever find out. Nobody plays forever, and every team has to adjust to life with out its super star. Thats just the way sports goes. So all I can say is, it will be an interesting year in G.B..That is the only thing all us fans can count on for sure..
, which is in the end, just a "game". It is time. You should have and could have walked away with your head held high. Now it is just time to walk away.
I don't fault the guy for wanting to come back. Many people have "thought" that they wanted to retire only to change their minds later on. Some prove they can still play at a high level while others show that they should have stayed retired.
I have to wonder about those who rather him playing for another team. How are they going to feel if he goes to either Minny or the Bears. And adding to that thought, how are they going to feel if Favre beats the Packers? My guess is not too many people are going to be happy with TT's decision.
I feel bad for the up and coming ceremony for Winters and Brown. Winters picked Favre to present him with his plaque. Sadly all of this media attention will take away the day for Winters and Brown. Sad. They have earned their special day and now the focus will be on Favre and the Packers.
Wouldnt it be funny if it worked out this way? Then it would really add fuel to the detractors of Rodgers already trying to run him and Thompson out of Wisconsin like national traitors or something and if he came off the bench and lead them to victories, that would add to the legend of "Brett Favre". Real sad thing is, at this rate, Rodgers will never be a starter in the NFL, cause Green Bay cant/wont move him in with Favre still alive and no other team will probably give the kid a chance because they havent seen enough of him.....a pity really