That is not to say that the Packers should never trade Favre to the Vikings (obviously 4 first round picks is a no-brainer), but that it will require significantly more compensation from the Vikings than from the Bucs, just as it should require more compensation from the Bucs than from an AFC team. In that case it’s not just about the head to head games. It’s about the wild card spot.

I bet there is one thing we’ll all agree on…
Bus Cook is the devil.
Why aren’t the sports writers demonizing him like they should be?
They rarely even mention his name, even though he may very well be the power-drunk driver behind this entire fiasco.

If Glazer, Mort, and King are so sure that Brett wants to play with the Vikings, they must have a clue that Brett had serious discussions with the Vikes about such a scenario. Why would Favre even be leaning towards playing for a team he knows the Pack wouldn’t allow him to play for unless he really felt they wanted him and would make him their starter? Hmmmmmm. If that were the case, I guess the tampering charge has merit. I guess Goodell’s office better interview Mort and King as part of the tampering investigation. Obviously they have some inside information. My view: Glazer, Mortenson and King are blowing Favre’s Viking desire way out of proportion.

Paraphrased

” I told Brett the same thing I told Sharper you can’t play for a team with uniforms that ugly. Seriously, I don’t care about any of this I care about the Packer organization.”

Sounds like the team is getting sick of the sideshow up in Green
Bay. A quality player for Favre would satisfy me and I don’t really care where he goes anymore. Just so he shuts his bipolar yap. Football is a team game and right now his actions are beginning to impact the team.

For those of you who remember the “Glory Years”, Ted Thompson is a pansy compared to Lombardi. Just ask Jim Ringo, his All-Pro center. This crap from Favre would have stopped the first time he started sticking his nose into decisions that are reserved for management. Lombardi had plenty of “individuals” to deal with. Hornung, Mc Gee, Taylor, Gregg, Kremmer, etc. Not one of them would have publicly questioned him, ever. They were a team not a collection of individuals.

Sherman allowed this behavior, in fact, he rewarded it. It got him a 4 and 12 final season. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of having Favre in purple for the Monday night game. Maybe then he will understand what a jerk he turned into. Only if we receive adequate compensation, of course.

Second, you write: “Favre doesn’t want to play for the Vikings.” Sorry. All of your persuasive power is not enough to get me to simply set aside indications that he does, in fact, want to play for the Vikings. In addition to the communications with Bevell and Childress — Favre acknowledges they happened “often” — there were independent reports from reputable journalists on Bus Cook’s outreach to the Vikings. And then there are the numerous reports from top NFL reporters — Jay Glazer, Chris Mortensen, Peter King and others — that simply assert that Favre wants to play for the Vikings, in the case of two of them — Mortensen and King — in articles that ran immediately after they met with Favre.

Second, you are presuming that Favre wants to go to the Vikings. Why? Because he spoke to Bevell and Childress? So what. He talked to Matt Millen, too, do you think he wants to play for the Lions? Because some sports media guy said so? Please. Even the best sports writers have made some pretty crazy assumptions in their frenzy to find new ways to spin this situation out of control, and that was one of them. Favre doesn’t want to play for the Vikings, and he knows full well that the Bears, Vikings, and yes, even the Lions, are 100% out of the question.

Favre also doesn’t want to play for the Bucs and certainly not the Jets. He wants to play for the Green Bay Packers. His request for a full release and his “willingness” to consider being traded are his negotiating tools. Am I the only one who sees this? Favre stated that Thompson asked him whether he was interested in a trade, and his response was “Yeah, but not just to the teams you want me to go to.” Well, what does that leave? The teams Thompson won’t consider plus the teams Favre would consider: X + Y = Zero. The only option is for Favre to be a Packer. And if I’m not mistaken, once Favre is on the roster, it’s Mike McCarthy’s call, not Ted Thompson’s. Right now, McCarthy has absolutely no choice but to hold the line and say that Aaron Rodgers is the #1 QB. Just like Jon Gruden, Childress, and the Jets coach have all been absolute in standing by their current QB’s throughout this whole storm. Coaches don’t speculate and diss the QB’s on the roster. At least the good coaches don’t. However, I do believe McCarthy said today after the first practice, that there would be no problem with Favre returning to the locker room, he’s been a great part of the Packers past and perhaps their future….

The Pack filed tampering charges because they think his discussions with them led Favre to want to come out of retirement, not because Favre wants to play for the Vikings. Please. Favre knows the Packers aren’t going to let him go to the Vikings. He was asking for their opinion on whether he should return to the Packers,

Let’s face it folks, Favre burned the bridge to the Packers. You don’t dis your boss and your bosses boss and expect everything to be OK. No way. Favre on the Packers won’t ever happen. That would be an organizational train wreck.

I agree with Steve, trading to the Vikings is not a bad idea, long term, I feel the Packers are still ahead of the game.