Comments on: Divorce talks back on – Favre/McCarthy not on same page

By: FMRPKR

FMRPKR — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:38:27 +0000

How can you guys be so dumb? Do you really think Favre is being dishonest or playing games in order to end up with the Vikings??? There’s no way he’s going anywhere. Everything he’s done is just an angle to get back on with the Packers. He’s not going to start over from scratch with a new playbook and team. That’s just an angle to make the packers take him back as he’s banking on the fact that TT would rather have him w/packers than the Vikings. I know for a fact that if TT calls the bluff and sends Brett to the Vikings, Brett will retire again. All these conspiracy theories regarding Brett trying to get out of GB are idiotic and show me just how little some of you know about Brett. The people you should all be angry with are TT and MM. They both got rich on Brett’s arm. Do you think either one of them would have gotten paid like they did if they’d fielded a bunch of 8-8 teams. They owe their careers to Favre and as soon as he gave them a window, they threw him out of it. Acting like the Packers have made so many moves in the last 3 months that they can’t go back is utter B.S.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:06:38 +0000

I have spent the last 12 hours on the verge of throwing up. I THOUGHT from all the reports out there that the Packers had finally come to their senses and would at least allow Brett to compete for his job–now, I’m not so sure.

The game is football, the idea is to win. Simply put, we will more with Favre. I’m quite sure were the truth allowed to be told that to a man, the teammates would prefer to have Favre under center. Yeah I’m sick of his wafting ways but he is still one of the top 5-6 QB’s in the game. The only thing Rogers has proven so far is that he is injury prone.

We have this trifecta of egotistical idiots, TT, MM & MM that appear to want to go down in NFL history as making the worst decisions ever. Let Brett have his 17th year and for God’s sake don’t send him to the Vike’s.

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:40:12 +0000

If Glazer is telling the truth, it indicates that one of the two people in the meeting leaked that info to him. I’m willing to bet it wasn’t Mc Carthy (satire). Favre has used this tactic throughout . One thing we all know, a five hour meeting wasn’t about x’s and o’s.

Since the beginning it has been Favre vs. T.T. By league rule the Packers can now trade him to anyone. Also, by league rule Favre doesn’t have to report to the team he was traded to. If he does not report, he stays on the Packer rooster. That leaves the Packers with only three options:
1. Trade to the Vilings and get crumbs in return.
2. Unconditional Release – goes to the Vikings
3. Keep him — Press leaks about mean old T.T. continue throughout the year. Let’s not forget the first seven games, only two will be classified in the Packer favorite column (Lions and Falcons). Vikings (Even) Then there will be Dallas, Indy, Seattle and Tampa Bay (underdog – qb situation) The Packers could be 2-5 going into the break.

If Favre is so damn concerned about team chemistry then take a trade to a team outside the division. He won’t! He is pretty sure he will get what he wants (why not with that jackass Goodell holding private conversations with him). Rodgers is now a pariah. He stands in the way of the great Brett Favre and he will pay. He cannot win.

As I’ve said before , game, set, match to Favre, Cook and Goodell

By: Mr.Man

Mr.Man — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:33:08 +0000

Screw trading him only to someplace he demands. That’s ridiculous. I think they should just trade him somewhere where he doesn’t want to go for a conditional pick. If he gives in and plays, the pick increases in value. If he reretires, then it’s a 7th rounder. There’s little risk for the trading team, and this situation would be over, at long last.

Also, the one sensible explanation of the “obvious reasons” for wanting to stay in the division that he’s given is that he knows the other teams in it, so he’d have a big head start on analyzing and understanding opposing defenses. That makes sense to me, but (A) that’s only 6 games out of a 16 game schedule, (B) sort of indicates the mental laziness he admitted to in March, and (C) is probably just an excuse to go to what looks like the best team with an unsettled QB situation in the Vikings.

By: awhayes

awhayes — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:59:17 +0000

With you PackerBelle – I can’t help but feel cynical about what seems like his sudden concern for the team. It’s funny, in a way, it seems like both parties want the same thing: Favre to not play for the Packers in 2008. But it’s just that the Packers don’t want him on the Vikes which is the only place Favre wants to be. So odd, this whole thing, just so very odd.

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:51:20 +0000

It is nice to hear Favre is talking about the effect on the team and acknowledging that Rodgers is the starting QB. And it would be nice if I could accept that it was genuine because then I do think everyone could start to heal from this. But all of his comments have been so self-serving lately that it is hard to believe this isn’t his next gambit. I really just want this whole saga to be over and done with but without Favre ending up with the Vikings. If that happens I’m going to a game and booing him a lot.