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Originally Posted by Daseal
GTripp, I disagree greatly. Favre is better than 90% of all QBs in this league, even at his age. But to say few places would let him start? MN, Chicago, Tampa, Carolina (depending on Delhomme health, but hes better than Delhomme if both are healthy), Miami, Baltimore, Atlanta, San Fran are all places I could see him waltz in as the starter.
I fully expect him to be released so he's going to take the best situation for him. GB is bluffing saying they'd accept him as a backup. They won't pay him 12.5Mil to sit on the bench.
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I think that you are basing your opinion off of only his 2007 season, which is a mistake, IMO.
A player is never really as good as his best season in recent memory (That's free fantasy advice if anyone is thinking about grabbing Brady with one of the first three picks).
Favre is going to be 39 years old in October, and the track record of guys who had reasonable success after that age is limited to George Blanda...who really wasnt all that good throughout his career anyway.
Even supposing that Brett Favre was on the free market right now, I think he'd be the 3rd best QB available (with Culpepper and Leftwich more valuable). My only pro Favre point -- that if he said specifically that he wanted to be a Redskin, I would listen to his contract demands, still holds true.
I think it's buyer beware on Favre, and the Packers as an organization since Ted Thompson took over have been one of the very best organizations in the entire league, and they are handling this the right way.
With Culpepper and Leftwich unable to find a job right now, it's really clear that there is no market for Favre's services. I think all the teams you named Daseal, wouldn't be any worse off with Favre at QB than the guy they currently have. But by this point in the season
every GM in the league is convinced that his guy is the next big think at QB, be it Grossman/Orton, Shaun Hill/Alex Smith, Tavaris Jackson, Jake Delhomme, John Beck/Josh McCown, Jeff Garcia/Luke McCown or whoever all NFL personnel guys are too arrogant to think that the players they have worked so hard to acquire might not be as good as a 39yr old Brett Favre.
Therefore, no market for Favre's services, so he's going to have to be a backup somewhere if he wants to play again.
I say, if he wants to come in
here and compete, why the heck not? Just don't get into a bidding war for a player we clearly don't need.