Comments on: ‘Bidding war’ for Favre?

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:00:19 +0000

Gruden does seem to have a habit of screaming at his QBs and I don’t think Favre would handle that well.

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:13:59 +0000

Leroy Butler: “Brett belongs in GB. If he trows 20 interceptions in NY or Tampa he is toast. If he throws 20 interceptions in GB, they day oh that’s just Brett. The first interception in Tampa, Gruden will be in his face mask screaming his head off.”

Interesting comment.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:06:45 +0000

Adam Schefler on NFL.com reports that there is no bidding war for Favre. He says basically the Jets & Bucs have both made conditonal pic offers and are just waiting for the Packers to make up their mind–no other players have been offered. He did say of course this is all subject to change with one phone call.

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:25:19 +0000

Patrick, if TT is self-absorbed and has a large ego then what would you say about Favre?

And let’s wait and see how the season turns out before assigning labels to it.

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:48:32 +0000

Unless Rodgers throws the ball directly to the opposition, like Neil O’Donnel, I really don’t think we can blame Rodgers for the upcoming brutal season. The blame SHOULD fall on the q-tipped, self absorbant TT and his ego. Unfortunately when they fail to make the playoffs this year he’ll pass the blame onto McCarthy and probably fire him. What a frickin joke.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:46:41 +0000

JLS – How do you know Rodgers is not the next Steve Young? Obviously your vast knowledge of the quarterback position is far superior to Ted Thompson, Mike McCarthy, Joe Philbin and Tom Clements. Please, enlighten us…

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:42:51 +0000

Oh, and no apologies intended. It’s just a fact. The schedule is brutal. But, I’m affraid you’re right Rodgers will take all the blame for anything less than 13-3. He can’t win and for that I still blame T.T.’s handling of the issue.

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:41:19 +0000

We don’t know how Rodgers will be. Luckily we have a talented WR corp, a potentially great running back, and hopefully an improved defense. He’s going to take time because no matter how much talent you may or may not have, you need actual experience in a game situation. He may suck but he may also be great. But after 3 years learning behind Favre and 2 years with Mike McCarthy as a coach says that he has the tools to be pretty good.

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:27:45 +0000

Mac, Rodgers has not been on the field for any significant period. Those two rare instances where he actually played, if I remember right, he played pretty good. Of course, he got injured surrounding those two games. If that’s your worry, I’m with you. But if it is a performance issue, I certainly have never seen anything negative outside a fooling around scrimage.

We will all know soon. In the meantime, I’m going with T.T and M.M. on this. Actually, QB is the most difficult position to predict success or failure.
Lienhart (maybe too early), Grossman, Pennington, Griese, are just a few of the no miss QB’s. There are many more. Bart Starr was a 17th round pick.

By: Mac G

Mac G — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:16:46 +0000

RLC, to your point about only “experts” can evaluate NLF QBS, and not fans that watch the games, then why do most of them suck big time at it? eg. the NFL draft.

I agree with most of your points but I am concerned about the apologist tone you are creating for Rodgers potentially struggling.