OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[ThunderDan]

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Favre manipulated his way off the Packers with his fake (but seemingly real...tears included) retirement in 2008. Heck, by reports, the Packers even gave him some space, but kept checking back with him to see if he might reconsider because they knew he could still play, given what he did in 2007.

I think Brett wanted out of Green Bay because he saw the writing on the wall with Rodgers having sat on the bench for 3 years and Green Bay having spent a first round pick on him. So, the fake retirement happens, Packer brass keep checking with him into the summer of '08 to see if he changes his mind, and he maintains he's retired. At some point, the Packer brass decides to move on with Rodgers. Favre's got them right where he wants them. Now he can try and come back and test their loyalty, knowing that they likely want to see what they have in Rodgers instead handing the reigns back to Favre. Wouldn't that have been a Shermanesque move if TT/MM said, sure Brett, here's your job back? If Green Bay had done that, Rodgers likely is not a Packer today, so the move would have been short-sighted and sentimental, and not a sound one, even though Favre gave a lot to the Packers (and the Packers gave a lot to Favre). Brett walks back in likely knowing the Packers were in a tough spot and he was going to get moved. Brett gets his wish, so he can keep playing elsewhere. He looks like the victim who just wanted to keep playing football, and the Packers are the bad guy for getting rid of an icon. He has his freedom, and just has to spend a year with the Jets to pay his dues, and then he's truly a free man. How's that for a conspiracy theory?

That would be a mind blower. But after the ny giant game he may have never wanted to play a January game in lambeau again.

[RashanGary]

That would be a mind blower. But after the ny giant game he may have never wanted to play a January game in lambeau again.

Maybe after he saw Randy Moss in the SB, he became really pissed off that the Packers would have won that game with Randy and then the pressure to force his way out started. Minnesota was poised to win, they just needed a QB. Never know.

The timeline makes Favre's actions look either ridiculously indecisive or down right divisive. Actions say more than words, for sure.

[woodbuck27]

Comment woodbuck27:

I thought it might be appropriate to add this article to the Brett Favre thread as wanted everyone here to enjoy re-calling it all; and as it sat three games into Brett Favre last season as a Green Bay Packer (2007) The 2007 season season when Favre led the Packers as the MVP to a stunning 13-3 record and lost a close one in OT or he and his beloved Green Bay Packers would have been Super Bowl bound for the third time under his leadership:


Barnett: Brett Favre: a Packer fan's appreciation

By Thomas P.M. Barnett

Posted September 30, 2007 at midnight

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/se...-appreciation/

" No player in NFL history has met that challenge better than Favre, whose stunning record of 260 consecutive starts, including playoffs, at quarterback stands testament to his personal resilience and intense love for the game.

Four presidential elections have come and gone since Favre first stepped in behind center, and over 200 quarterbacks have made their first NFL start since then. The league's only three-time most valuable player, Favre's most impressive statistic in this ultimate team sport is that Green Bay owns the NFL's highest winning percentage (.625) since he took the helm 15 years ago this month.

Favre has led the Pack to 10 playoffs and two Super Bowls, suffering only one losing season. Only six NFL teams out of 31 sport winning records against Favre, and he's bested each of the Packer's division archrivals: the Bears, Lions and Vikings.

Given his Mississippi roots, Favre's record in frozen Green Bay is most surprising: 40 wins and five losses in games played below 35 degrees." Fr. LINK

Please hit the LINK for this entire Packer fans article on a true Green Bay Packer GREAT... Brett Favre.

Comment woodbuck27:

It may get better but seeing all that....was really special for this Packer fan.

GO PACKERS !

[RashanGary]

Comment woodbuck27:
It may get better but seeing all that....was really special for this Packer fan.

GO PACKERS !

It was a special era of Packer football and Favre was a constant for us for a long, long time. I think the way it ended is at the top of people's minds right now. That combined with how well the Packers are playing right now, I don't think now is the time people will look back on how great Favre was. When Aaron's career spirals or is over, and Ted (or whomever) doesn't have another great QB win the wings, we'll probably look back on it and remember it more.

Right now it's too fresh to want to remember it in past tense, I think, and we're doing too good to be forced to. There's going to be people who say, "yeah, but, look how he left." cuz that's what happened, and it's hard to appreciate someone when you're mad at them. It's called resentment. Fans resent Favre a little now. That's normal, but it should go away with time if wounds don't keep getting opened up.