Did anyone else hear that Brett is coming back to play for another franchise?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-favre4apr04,1,2880473.story
Doubtful but hey the bears could use him, i love me some bears HATE me some grossman and orton!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/04/04/favre.denial/index.html
Brett Favre, startled this morning to see the enormity of a report on a morning sports show that he might play football again, said he is not considering coming out of retirement.
"That's the last thing I'm thinking about,'' Favre told SI.com. "I have no idea where that came from, but it certainly didn't come from me. I'm happy about my decision and I haven't once said, 'I wonder if I made the wrong decision.' I know it's the right one.''
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported that Favre's agent, Bus Cook, was asking around the league to see if teams had any interest in trading for the 38-year-old Favre. Thursday night, Cook denied that he was trying to find teams that wanted Favre. When the news broke, Cook called Favre and told him people were sniffing around about Favre coming out of retirement, and Favre was surprised to hear that the story had gotten legs.
"It's crazy to me that I'm the guy they're all talking about, and the story is out there everywhere, and I have nothing to do with it,'' he said. "It's not something I'm thinking about. It's kind of funny. Even when I'm retired, they won't let me stay retired.''
This morning, he was driving from his 465-acre property in Hattiesburg, Miss., to a doctor near the Southern Mississippi campus. He thinks he has a hernia, suffered late in the season, and was going to see about getting it repaired. As he drove, he passed a sign that interrupted his thoughts on this story. "Hey, I'm passing a sign that says, 'Favre Tees. On Sale.' That's great, isn't it?''
Most days he eats breakfast at home with wife Deanna and daughter Breleigh, drives Breleigh to school and spends the day working on his property, mowing and edging and clearing land. "Deanna says I'm married to my property,'' he said. "I love working out there.''
At the NFL Meetings this week, Green Bay GM Ted Thompson said he wanted to visit Favre in Mississippi after the draft. Thompson just wants to say thanks for everything, and to have some quiet time with him.
"Good,'' said Favre. "I'll put him to work.''
Favre said he doesn't miss the physical part of preparing for the season. Last year, he spent most of three months in the offseason working with a live-in trainer who got him in the best shape he'd been in for years. "Not once have I felt like working out and getting ready for football,'' he said. "I just don't miss it.''
But will he? That's something he can't know for sure. Only time will tell. In a rambling discourse about how he thinks he'll feel when the season starts and if he'll be tempted to play, he said, "I suppose anything could happen.'' But the reason that quote is not in the lead of this story is because it's an honest reflection of a man who won't try to predict the future. Ninety-nine percent of what he said in a 20-minute conversation was very much about football being in the rearview mirror. And he certainly would not want the Packers or any other team to line up, hoping he'd change his mind in August and come in to save a sorry quarterback situation.
"How will I feel in four months? Who knows? I'm sure I'll miss it on Sundays," Favre said. "But football's so much more than 16 Sundays. It's about all the other stuff -- the preparation, the off-field stuff. And I don't miss any of that.''
Is anyone else reminded of the old SNL sketch called 'The Thing That Wouldn't Leave'?!
Born of black wind, fire, and steel
Sawbones
Kwang
Me
Bam!
By MJD
Brett Favre is a gridiron legend, he's like a kid who just loves playing the game, he's a cowboy, he's a gunslinger, he's fearless, he's wonderful, he's just a regular joe like you and me, and he's totally spectacular in every way that a human being can be spectacular. I won't disagree with any of that.
But would it really be so wrong if the Packers asked him to kindly shut his yapper?
I've never been one to tell a guy when he should retire. It's his body, it's his life, and he's got to do what's best for him. I've not walked in his cleats.
But when Brett Favre steadfastly refuses to say, "No, I'm not coming back," and we have incidents like we had yesterday, when Chris Mortensen set the whole world abuzz with his "Brett Favre feels itchy!" report, it doesn't just affect Brett Favre. It affects the entire Packers organization.
Again, I don't begrudge Brett Favre the right to change his mind, but he's not doing this in a vacuum. The Packers have an offense that they need to tailor to a new quarterback. They've got receivers who have to develop timing and a rapport with that new quarterback. And that quarterback is having a hard enough time as it is, without having the fans constantly ride the "Oh joyous day, Brett's coming back and I can be happy again, oh no, wait, we're still stuck with other dope" roller coaster.
These are real issues for the Packers, ones they probably started working on after Favre's overly sniffly press conference. These are things they have to deal with, and it doesn't get easier when Favre plays these games.
Now, I know, Favre said that everything that came out yesterday was "rumor," and that "there was no reason" for all the hubbub, but at the same time, he did absolutely nothing to squash what he labeled as rumor. All it would take is a simple, "No, I'm not coming back," but he can't make his mouth say the words. And not saying anything isn't much different than saying "maybe."
The Packers have to know about their future. Either it includes Brett Favre or it doesn't, and if it doesn't, they've got to move ahead with the new guy. They can't afford to be constantly jerked around by a guy -- even if he's a legend -- who can't make a decision.
They won't do it because it would alienate the Favreophiles in Green Bay, but the Packers would be perfectly justified in telling Favre that they've put him in the rearview. Tell him he won't be traded, he won't be released, and if he insists on coming back, he can't do anything but hold the clipboard for Aaron Rodgers.
They've got to know which way they're heading as an organization, and right now, Favre's indecisiveness is keeping them in limbo. If he can't make up his mind, they should make it up for him.
I keep hearing too many Vikings/Favre correlations. Pass me the fucking Paxil!
Lanth: I keep hearing too many Vikings/Favre correlations. Pass me the fucking Paxil!
Yeah, I'm sure if Favre wants to play again that the Packers will trade him to the Queens. Hey, let's trade the QB that still has some talent within the division.
The funny part is all the Viking fans that seem to welcome this notion. These are the same people that have hated him for over a decade and have been saying he's no good for nearly that long. While I think there's zero chance Favre wears purple next year, I will make sure I gather up enough material to hound the purple fans for a decade.
I know, it's a completely improbable scenario.
But the Packers are in fact stuck - if he reinstates himself, they have to put him on the payroll, release him, or trade him. He's making what, $13m this year? That's not a salary they want. If he gets hurt while on the active roster, they have to pay him. So...yeah, Brett's got all the cards here. I don't see him coming here for any reason, however, I keep seeing that angle in the media and it's giving me the willies. I can't even fathom the weirdness of him in Purple (again, even though I know it's about as likely as me somehow getting 5 more inches on my penis overnight). I thought the Jim McMahon thing was akward at first! This would probably give me an aneurysm!
Fuck yeah!! Get Favre wearing some purple and gold, baby!!!
Immitation is the best form of flatery.
Gut reaction: Come back with the Packers or stay fucking retired.
Brain reaction: Come back and join the Falcons! It makes sense in many ways!
Carol Finney: Brain reaction: Come back and join the Falcons! It makes sense in many ways!
Ha!
The worst part of this whole cotton pickin mess is the term, "Comeback". I couldn't care less if he plays again, for the Pack, for the Bears, for the New York Jets. Whatever, you wanna keep playing, keep playing. But the endless sports TV and radio talk using the phrase "coming out of retirement" makes this saga so laughable.
Dude hasn't technically missed ANY games yet......
*vomit*
Sorry, dudes, but your boyhood hero is turning into a parody.
As a devoted Packers fan I can only say this to our beloved Brett Favre, "GO AWAY!"
I want to hump Brian Coopers leg and spuge Orange Blank
Brett Favre the silly billy asked for his release today.
Raiders Raiders Raiders Raiders Raiders
Request...
...denied.
And the response?
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-favrerally&prov=ap&type=lgns
L.A.M.E.
Folkerts: And the response? http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-favrerally&prov=ap&type=lgns L.A.M.E.
doesn't shock me. There isn't much to do up there from July 5th to Labor Day. A whole hundred people?! Wow! haha
oink
Does he look...LIKE...A BITCH?!
Folkerts: Request... ...denied. And the response? http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-favrerally&prov=ap&type=lgns L.A.M.E.
Matt Millen is your favorite team's GM, so you don't get to call anything football related "lame". You cannot win this argument.
Robert Porcher can't get you out of that one!