Brett Favre Decision

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by PFunk26

... I soured on him ever since the I wont help Aaron Rodgers bit ...

Originally Posted by Hog1

The Aaron Rodgers thing Chapped me as well.

Brett Fav-rey is a schmuck and I can't wait to see his mopey ass go, but I actually agree on his stance with Aaron Rodgers. It's not his job to "help" Aaron Rodgers -- that's what coaches are for. The whole 'players mentoring younger players' is a crock. Players are there to compete for the starting job and win it. Not to groom their eventual replacements.

[MTK]

He should just hang it up.

The Packers are simply not a team that is going to be able to compete for much at all this year.

They're in rebuilding mode and even though they have a ton of cap space, they've barely used it.

They're clearly planning on rebuilding through the draft and they aren't interested in reloading for one last shot with Favre.

Hang it up Brett, helluva career, first ballot HOF for sure.

[That Guy]

favre doesn't want to be traded, he wants to be cut. That way he doesn't have to play, but he can blame it on someone else. He knows GB is a loser. He's already said there's no way he'd play for anyone else.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by That Guy

favre doesn't want to be traded, he wants to be cut. That way he doesn't have to play, but he can blame it on someone else. He knows GB is a loser. He's already said there's no way he'd play for anyone else.

That's pretty insightful, Guy. Brette wants to be cut - it's becoming more and more appearant that he really wants the decision to be made for him.

I'm not sure that he would play the role of the of the victim if they cut, but is it possible that he has now become accustomed to tradgedy and sympathy?

What ever the case nay be, the thing that rubbed me the wrong way about Brette was how he handled the whole Javon Walker thing....one year removed, Javon will continue his career after returning from injury without the contract that he demanded, and yet Brette walks off into the sunset with his millions.

My point is, since he voiced his opinion on Javon coming back to the team, which he did, I think Brette should now step up and ask management to renegotiate Javon's contract. Furthermore, he felt Javon's team "needed him to be in camp"...in other words, be a professional and do right by your team. By him dragging all this out he's seems sorta of guilty of pulling a similiar act.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Right, I mean that's what coaches are supposed to do: coach. It's not like Favre has some kind of deep down secrets that he dared not share with the coaches. The coaches will know most, if not all, of what Favre would teach a youngster.

[skinsgt]

Farve just retire please!! So we can stop talking about this.

[Twilbert07]

Who's older Favre or Brunell?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Twilbert07

Who's older Favre or Brunell?

Favre. Brunell started his career as Favre's backup. As did Matt Hasselback, Aaron Brooks, and I believe Kurt Warner (though Warner may have just been for one summer)

[SkinsLove24/7]

-Favre born October 10, 1969
-Brunell born September 17, 1970

They both came into the league undrafted but Favre entered 2 years before Brunell in 1991, while Brunell entered the league in 1993.

[SkinsLove24/7]

Actually a mistake they weren't undrafted. I was looking at the wrong thing so I'm not sure but the age is correct.

[Sociofan]

Originally Posted by SkinsLove24/7

Actually a mistake they weren't undrafted. I was looking at the wrong thing so I'm not sure but the age is correct.

Favre Rd. 2 #6 by the Falcons 1991
Brunell Rd. 5 #6 by the Packers 1993

[freddyg12]

lot of good points in this thread. Sure hope brunell doesn't try this next year!
I'll give farve credit for his great years & his overall class, but he needs to step up & realize that the packers shouldn't make free agent decisisons based on him coming back cause they're gonna have to rebuild with or without him.
Fact is, for at least the last 3 years he's been as much a problem for the team w/his play as he has been a plus. How does a vet qb get away w/so many ill advised into coverage passes, many of which get picked off? If you watch the highlights of that famous monday night game against oak. he threw a few jump balls that driver & walker came down with. Remember the game against us in 04? He lit it up in the 1st half, but then we picked off 3 from him in the 2nd & if not for a bogus illegal motion call that negated a td by portis, we could've won that one. The packers deserve credit for trying to gently ease out a legend, but they'd be better off to get rodgers in the mix asap.

[PhxRedSkin]

[quote=freddyg12]lot of good points in this thread. Sure hope brunell doesn't try this next year!


Brunell won't try this next year for two reasons.
1. Brunell isn't a franchised QB and (we) Redskins fan can live without him.

2. We've got Campbell and we'll cut him if he does try anything like this.

Hail from AZ

[SUNRA]

I have read every thread today concerning Brett Favre and I can count approximately 3 threads that get right down to the nitty gritty of the subject.
The behavior that Brett Favre has exhibited in the the last 2 months towards his teammates and fans is coming from one who is opportunistic, self-absorbed, insecure and a god damn hypocrite. This self righteous moron had the unmitigated audacity to call Javon Walker out in the press last year about his absence in training camp, and turns right around and makes a statement, " Whata' they going to do, cut me. " That's right. That's what the hypocrite said.

Brett Favre is a major contributor to what's wrong with the NFL because when he's wrong, which is most of the time, he gets a pass because of his statisical accomplishments and personal tragedies. So god damn what. He shits and pisses like the rest of us and should have been scorched in the media. Most of what the coverage has been is vanilla, pussy footing bullshit instead of a critical analysis of last season which clearly showed he was the worst QB in the league. When Mark Brunell stunk up the place in 2004 , everybody had an opinion on the subject. But for some reason, only Micheal Irvin had the balls to call Favre out on Prime Time. No player is above his team, right? What about when it's a good ole' boy whom everybody seems to drool over and can't seem to do any wrong even if he insults the very organization that he achieved his greatness? Man, to hell with Brett Favre. I can name 100 people in the NFL who have had worst tragedies than him.

[SmootSmack]

I thought he was joking around when he said "What are they going to do? Cut me"

Anyhow, it's so rare to find an athlete who knows when to quit. If you're at the top of your game you think "why can't I do this another year or more?" and if you slip you think "why can't I bounce back?"

Some of the past century's greatest athletes (such as Ruth, Mays, Unitas, Emmitt) finished with disappointingly uncharacteristic results, sometimes embarrasingly so. But in the long run, I don't think it does any damage to their legacy.

I think Favre will play one more season and it will be his "farewell tour" I think he wants to play his last game knowing its his last game. So the Aaron Rodgers era will begin in 2007, IMO.