brett Favre.......

[Chuck Wagon]

"Today in NFL news, Brett Favre has signed a contract with the Oakland Raiders. The contract is reported to be a one day, 185 million dollar contract, the terms of the contract were released. Favre will be paid this one day contract to ejaculate on JaMarcus Russell's forehead, Al Davis commented on the contract. "We wanted to bring in Favre to bust a nut on Russell's forehead in an attempt to give him some of #4 greatness". John Madden was also quoted with saying "If if if if if we could get Favre to ejaculated on anyone who who who who has Cancer...BOOM they would be cured". More information to follow."

 

 

That was very funny.

 

C. wagon.

[NightFire]

Well the drama continues and I say give him his release or even better trade. It's time to start re-building with such a young and talented squad. Even if Rodgers struggles at least he will be getting the experience he needs; that is if he can stay on the field long enough.

 

Favre seeks return, requests release from Packers

 

Brett Favre told the NFL Network's Steve Mariucci on Friday that he's very serious about playing again. The lingering question now appears to be whether that will happen with the Green Bay Packers.

 

Favre has requested his release from the Packers in a letter to the team sent through his agent, James "Bus" Cook. The request comes after a conference call Tuesday in which Favre expressed to team officials his desire to play again.

 

Favre told Mariucci, who was Favre's position coach with the Packers from 1992-95, that he felt the Packers were ready to go forward without him, but that he still wants to play. If that is the team's stance, Favre indicated, then the only alternatives would be a trade or a release.

 

"[Favre] just felt, 'If you aren't going to have me back, then at least release me, to allow me to look for work,' " Mariucci said. " 'No hard feelings; we'll just go on with our business.'

 

"Right now he's feeling pretty darn good," Mariucci said, "and he's very serious about playing."

 

The Packers have remained publicly silent about their interest in welcoming back Favre, who announced his retirement March 6. The Packers released a written statement Friday acknowledging they "are aware of the latest developments" regarding Favre.

 

"Brett earned and exercised the right to retire on his terms," the statement read. "We wanted him to return and welcomed him back on more than one occasion. Brett’s press conference and subsequent conversations in the following weeks illustrated his commitment to retirement. The finality of his decision to retire was accepted by the organization. At that point, the Green Bay Packers made the commitment to move forward with our football team."

 

Favre, 38, played all but the first of his 17 NFL seasons with the Packers, but Mariucci said Favre would consider playing for another team, if the Packers indeed have moved on.

 

"If they will not have him in Green Bay and he wants to play and he's ready and able to play, yes, he would consider playing for someone else," Mariucci said. "As hard as I think that is to imagine, I think the answer is yes, he would consider playing for someone else if it's not going to happen in Green Bay."

 

The Packers placed Favre on the reserve/retired list on April 25, meaning that the future Hall of Famer no longer counted against the team's 80-player roster. To be reinstated off that list, Favre would have to send written notification to the Packers and the NFL of his intentions to play.

 

Once the league is notified, the Packers would have approximately 24 hours to make a decision to either activate or release Favre.

 

The statement did not indicate what the Packers would do at that point.

 

"As always," the team's statement said, "the Packers will do what’s right and in the best interest of the team. As with all Packers greats, Brett's legacy will always be celebrated by our fans and the organization, regardless of any change in his personal intentions."

[Virginia Giant]

Well the drama continues and I say give him his release or even better trade. It's time to start re-building with such a young and talented squad. Even if Rodgers struggles at least he will be getting the experience he needs; that is if he can stay on the field long enough.

 

Favre seeks return, requests release from Packers

Gotta trade him to the AFC...If he's released, he'll sign with the Vikes or Bears, and when they play him the GB fans will boo the Pack GM/higher ups. It'll just be a mess, out of sight out of mind. Plus they could still get a decent draft pick/player from a team like the Bills, who i honestly think are a good QB away from being a contender. Sure they have to play the Patriots twice a year, but they also get Miami and the Jets twice a year. They also just drafted what will end uop being a top 5 wide out int the league.

[boohyah]

Gotta trade him to the AFC...If he's released, he'll sign with the Vikes or Bears, and when they play him the GB fans will boo the Pack GM/higher ups. It'll just be a mess, out of sight out of mind. Plus they could still get a decent draft pick/player from a team like the Bills, who i honestly think are a good QB away from being a contender. Sure they have to play the Patriots twice a year, but they also get Miami and the Jets twice a year. They also just drafted what will end uop being a top 5 wide out int the league.

 

The Packer fans should not boo the GM or anyone else for that matter for this Favre mess. Think about it. Aaron Rodgers was drafted years ago because the Packers felt someday he may need to take over from Favre, who had not been playing great let's face it. Favre gives Rodgers the cold shoulder and only started helping him 2 years ago. For not one, two, but 3 seasons, Favre has publically indicated he may retire, going so far as to cry on the field at Soldier Field. The Packers actually build up a solid team with a decent coach, and in the last game of the season Favre plays like he doesn't want to be out there and throws and interception which costs his team. He retires, the Packers plan for his departure by picking another qb in the 2nd so as to give Rodgers some competition (they say). But again, a draft choice is made based on his departure. Not to mention that in previous offseason he criticized the same front office about how they weren't doing enough to build a team and going in the right direction. He deserves his number retired and to move on, but instead he's been a dick about this. Let him go to the fucking Chiefs where he'll go 4-12 and hopefully he can watch Aaron Rodgers go to the pro bowl. I've never wanted another teams QB to play well like this but Rodgers derserves better.

[Virginia Giant]

The Packer fans should not boo the GM or anyone else for that matter for this Favre mess. Think about it. Aaron Rodgers was drafted years ago because the Packers felt someday he may need to take over from Favre, who had not been playing great let's face it. Favre gives Rodgers the cold shoulder and only started helping him 2 years ago. For not one, two, but 3 seasons, Favre has publically indicated he may retire, going so far as to cry on the field at Soldier Field. The Packers actually build up a solid team with a decent coach, and in the last game of the season Favre plays like he doesn't want to be out there and throws and interception which costs his team. He retires, the Packers plan for his departure by picking another qb in the 2nd so as to give Rodgers some competition (they say). But again, a draft choice is made based on his departure. Not to mention that in previous offseason he criticized the same front office about how they weren't doing enough to build a team and going in the right direction. He deserves his number retired and to move on, but instead he's been a dick about this. Let him go to the fucking Chiefs where he'll go 4-12 and hopefully he can watch Aaron Rodgers go to the pro bowl. I've never wanted another teams QB to play well like this but Rodgers derserves better.

Hey, i agree with all of that...but i talking about how the fans will act. On espn.com earlier, they had a poll asking should the Pack grant favre his release. There were 1,500 votes in Winsconsin, the vast majority saying No, while most of the rest of the country saying Yes. And the reason i mention the amount of votes in Winsconsin is because there was about 500 votes in Virginia, usually in the top 5 in number of votes in those polls, NY was around 700 I believe. The entire rest of the world was at 1,800.

[boohyah]

Hey, i agree with all of that...but i talking about how the fans will act. On espn.com earlier, they had a poll asking should the Pack grant favre his release. There were 1,500 votes in Winsconsin, the vast majority saying No, while most of the rest of the country saying Yes. And the reason i mention the amount of votes in Winsconsin is because there was about 500 votes in Virginia, usually in the top 5 in number of votes in those polls, NY was around 700 I believe. The entire rest of the world was at 1,800.

 

 

You're probably right about that. But hey, I mean he won them one fucking superbowl and it took Reggie White's arrival on D to help that. Look, I know Favre is a good QB, he'll make the hall of fame, but every year it's the same ole shit with him. Everybody was down on how Tiki went out yet, Favre makes him look like a saint.

 

Somewhere, Warren Sapp is smiling.

[so-cal dub]

I wish Brett Farve would just go already. Seriously, every god dammed off season for the last 4 years has been plagued with "What is Brett doing" news. Who fucking cares?

[fishgutmartyr]

I don't envy Green Bay: release him outright, and you just made a member of the NFC North stronger; try to trade him, and you will get flack for sending a HOF'er to another team for a low-round pick. Because who the hell is going to trade for a guy that debates retiring annually? GMs at this point have to think of Favre as a rental.

 

Or keep Favre, which would almost force them to trade Rodgers, and deal with near rookies the following year.

 

I'd let him rot.

[Herc]

good for green bay for not letting him hold the team hostage. fuck that phony

[NightFire]

You're probably right about that. But hey, I mean he won them one fucking superbowl and it took Reggie White's arrival on D to help that. Look, I know Favre is a good QB, he'll make the hall of fame, but every year it's the same ole shit with him. Everybody was down on how Tiki went out yet, Favre makes him look like a saint.

 

Somewhere, Warren Sapp is smiling.

 

You beat me to it. At least Tiki sticks to his word and doesn't dick his team around constantly. Also could you imagine this happening on the Giants and Eli waiting for his chance. I think the GB organization is just sick of being held hostage and with that young team they need to think of the future. Also I am sure they aren't looking forward to another fake retirement next year again.

[boohyah]

Back in March, Green Bay and Favre worked out terms for his return. 2 days before they were to announce it, he pulled out.

 

Enough already. Thompson said it, "Aaron Rodgers is our starting quarterback".

[BronxRik]

Back in March, Green Bay and Favre worked out terms for his return. 2 days before they were to announce it, he pulled out.

 

Enough already. Thompson said it, "Aaron Rodgers is our starting quarterback".

Just to add to that:

 

Packers won't release Favre, or promise defined role

Associated Press

 

 

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The last thing Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy want to do is engage in a public shouting match with Brett Favre, even after the three-time MVP put the team in a tough spot by changing his mind on retirement and demanding a release from his contract just weeks before training camp.

 

But by detailing Favre's dizzying decision-making process this offseason, Thompson and McCarthy hope Packers fans will understand why the team isn't necessarily tossing aside all its plans just because Favre recently decided he wants to play again.

 

 

Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images

Brett Favre announced his retirement from the NFL on March 6.

 

Making their first public comments since Favre demanded his release this week, Thompson and McCarthy told The Associated Press on Saturday that the team had no plans to release Favre. They said Favre is welcome to rejoin the team, but he would be doing so without a defined role.

 

"We've communicated that to Brett, that we have since moved forward," Thompson said Saturday. "At the same time, we've never said that there couldn't be some role that he might play here. But I would understand his point that he would want to play."

 

And if Favre wanted to play for the Packers, he had the chance earlier this offseason. He told offensive line coach James Campen -- a close friend of Favre who McCarthy said has been inaccurately described as an official intermediary between the quarterback and the team -- a few weeks after his tearful goodbye news conference that he was having second thoughts and might play again.

 

With Thompson and McCarthy preparing to board a private plane to fly to Mississippi and seal the deal on a comeback, all Favre had to do was say yes.

 

He didn't.

 

"Ted always wanted Brett back," McCarthy said. "We always wanted Brett back."

 

A message left by the AP with Favre's agent, James "Bus" Cook, was not immediately returned.

 

Favre, who led the Packers to a Super Bowl title after the 1996 season, announced his retirement March 6. He had made high drama out of his waffling over retirement in the past several offseasons, but it seemed to be for real this time.

 

Until Favre told Campen a few weeks later that he was having second thoughts. After several telephone discussions with Favre led them to believe he wanted to return, Thompson and McCarthy were preparing to go to Mississippi when Favre suddenly called McCarthy.

 

"He said he appreciated all the planning we were going to do," McCarthy said. "But he felt that at this point, he had reached a point of closure, to use his words, and he was going to stick with his initial decision."

 

Even after Favre's near-comeback in March, McCarthy and Thompson said they regularly communicated with Favre. Thompson even went to Mississippi to visit Favre in May, and didn't get the sense Favre was having serious thoughts about playing again as the two had lunch on his back porch.

 

"He mentioned several things where you could tell there's always indecisiveness," Thompson said. "He's wondering if he made the right decision. I think that's normal."

 

But the tone changed dramatically in June, when Campen said he was getting worried about Favre. McCarthy said he had a phone conversation with Favre on June 20, and the quarterback sent a clear message: "Give me my helmet or give me my release."

 

Even then, McCarthy said when he asked Favre if he was ready to make a 100 percent commitment to football -- an issue Favre had brought up in his retirement news conference -- the answer still was no.

 

"That always seemed to be the one thing that he had to come to grips with," McCarthy said.

 

Next came a text message exchange between Thompson and Favre on July 4. At the time, Thompson didn't think it was a big deal that he wrote Favre back saying he was traveling and asked if they could talk Monday.

 

But then Thompson began getting texts from Cook. Sensing rising tension, Thompson and McCarthy agreed to a conference call with Favre and Cook on Tuesday.

 

 

Matt Ludtke / Associated Press

The Packers had committed to Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback in 2008.

 

Only then, McCarthy said, did Favre say he was 100 percent committed to playing. McCarthy said he doesn't question Favre's commitment to football, but said Favre often brought up the issue himself.

 

"The way he plays the game illustrates the guy is committed," McCarthy said. "(But) those are his words. That was always his final hurdle that he said he had to get over."

 

The hurdle was apparently cleared weeks before the start of training camp.

 

"Was it convincing? I'd say yes," McCarthy said. "But that was the first time, July 8, that I'd ever heard him say (he was committed). And he continually, from (June) 21 to July 8, told James Campen that he was not going to play. So that's a pretty important piece of the puzzle."

 

Cook then sent the Packers a letter officially asking for Favre to be released, which would allow him to sign with any NFL team.

 

At this point, Favre is not being offered a defined role with the Packers if he returns, and the team not inclined to release him so he could sign with a division rival. A trade may be the best resolution.

 

Thompson and McCarthy declined to discuss that possibility, and Thompson said he had not received any inquiries from other teams as of Saturday morning.

 

Where does that leave the Packers and their beloved three-time MVP?

 

In a pretty big mess.

 

"Quite frankly, it's a little gut-wrenching as an organization to go through it, and certainly for Mike and myself," Thompson said. "This stuff hurts a lot of people. I mean, it hurts. I'm not talking about physically hurting, but the sensitivity. We understand where the fans are coming from. This is a hot-button issue that surpasses anything I've ever gone through."

 

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

 

Packers Won't Release Favre

[Treehugger]

Brett should have been angling for a coaching position if he was so keen to stay involved but this is just fucking ridiculous.

[Gspotter]

Brett should have kept his big mouth shut a few years ago and this wouldn't have even taken off the way it did.

 

He's becoming a cancer to the team. Yes, he's good. Yes, last season he played well. That doesn't mean that you get to do whatever you want, whenever you want, and for as long as you want.

 

Go away with dignity before I sick Corey Webster on you...again!

[rphguy]

latest rumors are that his people are talking to the Tampa Bay Bucs.

 

now, my feelings are that if Bret is gonna come back and not be with the Packers, then He would at least seek a good quality team that is merely lacking a good QB, so he'd have at least a shot at the Superbowl.

 

I think this fiasco is likely as much the Packs fault as it is his.

I'm no Brett or Packers fan at all. He graduated from USM, not Ole Miss, so he's just another Mississippi guy to me, nothing special.

I do know a good bit about him and know people who know him and his family. I understand he is a good quality guy with a great heart.

With all the tragedy in his life and GB being so far from south Mississippi and his competitive desire to win the big one again I can fully understand his back and forth feelings on retiring.

Still, GB has to look at the future and not just holding on to Brett one more year.