Should the Redskins take a run at Favre?

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

Besides, the biggest point in all of this...

The Packers say they will not release Brett Favre. That means you can trade for him, or he won't be on your team. If people start suggesting we actually trade for him, please turn in your fan license.

Yeah, I was considering going on a big rant about the shortsightedness of signing him, the negative long-term financial impact on the team, the affect on Campbell, etc, etc...

But the fact that he's due $39M the next three years and won't be released means we'd not only have to give too steep a price to get him, but we'd also have to eat his contract. And he's 39. No way. Rolling the dice on the (way way) off chance that he'd lead us to a Super Bowl with a rookie head coach would be foolish. Plus it would send the wrong message to a good core of players.

To answer your question SS, the opportunity cost I would expend to win one Super Bowl is pretty high. It's a Super Bowl. There are a bunch of teams out there that have NEVER tasted it. It's damn near priceless. If we were a team that was right there, on the cusp, everything in place, and just needed an extra bump up at QB, you know, that "one missing piece" type of scenario... then MAYBE I trade for a Favre. But we've got a rookie head coach, some new assistants, and few question marks on Def, Off, and ST. IMO, the chances are much greater Favre would be a wrench in the gears of our plans/goals beyond 2008 than he would be a Super Bowl champ as a Redskin.