That is a good point. here he was busy on the phone w/ detroit giving them tips on playing GB instead of preparing for NE. There he will be totally motivated to stick to GB for the awful way they treated him(that's a joke). Just another reason why we never should have made the trade BUT if Sanchez is for real I'll change my mind on the Favre trade.
Well ... here we go ... Yes, it has been quite an ... interesting afternoon. Funny you should say that, because I was probably the main proponent here of that POV a year ago. To this day I still don't understand why they didn't go for it (although as a packer fan, I've was happy to see him land in Miami. I've always respected Chad & feared what he'd bring to the table for Minny's run-oriented offense). I guess Childress still had hope for Jackson then; all I can figure. Oops. Are you really just figuring that out now? Well, the not wanting to play for the Jets part. the "playing of the Jets" was actually Thompson & the Packers, not Favre. He told them he didn't want to go there, but they ignored him. Favre even gave an interview in Orlando in February in which he point-blank said that. Google it. "Playing for the Jets was not even on my radar." The Packers never consulted him on the trade, and he admits he briefly considered re-retiring after he learned from Sports Center (!) that he was a Jet. He wanted to be in a warm-weather city (or dome) that played the west coast offense, he said that all along, it was nothing against the Jets per se. He wanted to be a Buc. He thought he WAS a Buc. It looked like the Packers & Favre had found a mutually tolerable solution. Favre WOULD be a Buc. But the Packer FO had other things in mind, and played both the Jets and Brett Favre, to dispose of this headache once and for all, so they thought, in the AFC. Oops. They shot themselves in the foot, if they'd just let him go to Tampa, it would have been one and done playing him last year (Tampa wasn't going anywhere, probably, with or without Favre, and no repeat matchup this year). Now they get to see him twice, lining up with All Day, and get their standings impacted every other week of the season by him. Oops. Ted Thompson was too clever by half in how he played Favre. I'm seriously annoyed with both Favre and the Pack now. But I keep coming back to, if they had just let him go to Tampa like he wanted, it would have all been done & over by now for the Packers. But noooooooo, Ted Thompson had to be clever, and take advantage of the Jets, and thereby force Favre to use this retirement BS to just get what he always made clear was all he wanted, to keep playing in the west coast offense ... so I guess I keep coming back to, hell if I was Brett Favre, I'd probably do this too, after that BS move they pulled trading him to the Jets. They practically forced him into this BS. When it was completely unnecessary. Just let the man go to the Bucs, Ted! A day of complex emotions, yes. I've probably showed my opinions on last years trade more than I ever have (here). Well, I hope Ted Thompson has learned his lesson: sometimes the best way to avoid losing is to give up on the complete and total win. Any married man could have told him that, LOL (this is where him being gay really left him at a disadvantage). Because otherwise, if the fight is not settled, many times there will be a round two, and your position may not be so strong in that round ... and your adversary won't have any interest in helping you save face. Sigh.
I'm sick of telling people how sick I am of talking about Favre. Biggest drama queen in the history of sports.
Brett Favre is a douchebag. I hope he plays so poorly that he gets benched. No injury, no excuses. I want to see him get embarrassed.
The back from retirement stuff is annoying, but the thing that chaps my ass (that phrase is for J. P. Losman, if he's reading this) about BF is that his arm was shot at the end of last year because of the tendon injury. He floated everything and generally sucked after the NE game. He should have sat himself if Mangina wasn't smart enough to put Clemens in there. He's one selfish fucker.
Wow I just feel bad for all the packers fans who worshipped him and he stabbed them in the back can't wait till the vikings tank like we did last year
Bottom line, if he's healthy, that team is better off than they were yesterday. Who knows how he feels physically. Even at 75%, he's better than what they had at QB. If he can play like he did during that 4-5 game stretch through the Titans game last year, where he was more conservative and didn't make mistakes, the Vikings will be tough to beat in the NFC. He wouldn't make the Jets or the Packers better, but he does make the Vikings better because of their needs.
stopped reading midway through the thread, so if this has already been said (which i believe it has)... apologies. Having said that. good for him. how many of you have wanted to do something but weren't sure if you could? how many of you have loved something and were sad to let it go? of those people, how many have had the opportunity to get it back? good for Brett. he's doing what he loves to do. it doesn't affect us at all. it does affect all the teams that have to play the vikes this year though. his arm alone, assuming its in some shape resembling the past xx years of his career, will be one of the best things to happen to Peterson. in regards to the end of year bullshit the past 4 or so seasons, its the media that starts it. brett says the same thing each time, (paraphrasing) "i'll adress that at the end of the season". that's not being a bitch, that's focusing on your team. "he's selfish"... fine, but if i could do something i loved to do, i might be too. am i an asshole for that? no... i'm an asshole for other reasons. that's called passion. and you want to see that in your QB. good for him. good for the vikes. hope he lasts all season, but i wouldn't be surprised to see another QB in purple under center some time this year to give the old man a rest. edit: bc i forgot... even at this age, he's better than a ton of QB's in the league.
I feel worse for Vikings fans, because most of them know he's washed up, know he's an insufferable douchebag, and had to watch him when he was a superstar for their biggest rival. And now they have to cheer for the asshole.
How hilarious would it be if this delayed press conference turned out to be Favre re-retiring because his arm went into shock during his first practice?
