Favre seeks release from Packers (updated)

[MTK]

I think if you're the Packers you have to tell Favre thanks but no thanks and work out a trade or release him. Sure he can still play and they most likely would have a better shot with him at the helm but it's not fair to Rodgers. The team moved forward this offseason with Rodgers as their QB and to yank that out from under him at this point doesn't make sense. It's his time.

I've got nothing against Favre and I'll admit I'm a big fan of his. If he wants to come back and play fine, come back and play. But it does put the Packers in a difficult position that's for sure.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think if you're the Packers you have to tell Favre thanks but no thanks and work out a trade or release him. Sure he can still play and they most likely would have a better shot with him at the helm but it's not fair to Rodgers. The team moved forward this offseason with Rodgers as their QB and to yank that out from under him at this point doesn't make sense. It's his time.

I've got nothing against Favre and I'll admit I'm a big fan of his. If he wants to come back and play fine, come back and play. But it does put the Packers in a difficult position that's for sure.

Probably not the exact same situation, but what would you say if Joe Gibbs announced today he wanted to come back and coach the Redskins.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Probably not the exact same situation, but what would you say if Joe Gibbs announced today he wanted to come back and coach the Redskins.

Definitely a different scenario but just to answer the question if that were to happen you couldn't bring him back this late in the offseason. The team has already moved on and have transitioned to Zorn.

Gibbs was pretty comfortable with his decision to retire again, he seemed like a different person at his announcement, like he had been set free.

Favre clearly was not as comfortable with his decision as most everyone could tell. It's really not a big shocker that we're sitting here talking about him possibly coming back.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Probably not the exact same situation, but what would you say if Joe Gibbs announced today he wanted to come back and coach the Redskins.

I'd say no and I personaly feel its time for the Redskins to move on with a fresh young Coach. Now I would not have a problem with him as a general Mgr. kind of like what the Tuna ia doing in Miami but Gibbs moved on at the right time. While I think Gibbs did a great job helping getting this team reorganized I think he is a little too much old school in play calling for todays NFL.

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Probably not the exact same situation, but what would you say if Joe Gibbs announced today he wanted to come back and coach the Redskins.

If Coach Gibbs decided he still had the fire, he'd have been a lot quiter than Bus Cook and Favre have been. The only reason this is a big deal is that it was leaked.