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Well, it's true. Favre and Rodgers started in two completely different eras in football history. A lot of today's QB's might not be able to make it back then. Could rodgers? Don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by cpk1994
Their records are the same through the first 6 games of their first season starting true, but favre also plays what was it, 3/4 a season prior to his first season as a starter?
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Originally Posted by packerbacker1234
theres no use in comparing the two.. theres a very slim chance Rodgers could even come close to what Brett has accomplished in his career and still is doing... but that doesnt mean Rodgers cant be one hell of a QB too...
Honestly, Favre has had a HOF career. He's one of the all time greats. It's not fair to Rodgers to compare him to Brett and at this point it's insulting to Brett to compare him to any QB with less than 3 probowls and a SB win and even that would be a stretch.
To Rodgers credit, he's playing great. To Favre's credit, so is he. This team has a very bright future that looks brighter with every drop back from our 24 year old quarterback. We have some work to do on the DL and OL. We have to continue locking up or core before their UFA years. Things should only get better for thsi team and for Rodgers as he gains experience. Life is good as a Packer fan. The fighting and comparisons are getting very old. Favre fans are pissed off abotu how it went down. TT fans are pissed off at how it went down. Really though, it's over. It's worked out pretty well for the Packers and pretty well for Brett too. I think that jet team is pretty good (defense, offense and ST's). In the down AFC, he has a chance to win a SB (and fetch us a 1st round pick). Life is good for everyone here.
Yes, they do get old. My main concern for the packers if if a new deal doesn't get struck between the NFL and the players association, there will no longer be a cap. That being the case, it's going to be hard to keep players in GB.Quote:
Originally Posted by JustinHarrell
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Originally Posted by packerbacker1234
a guy like Jerry Jones will ruin the NFL and make it real hard for the packers
A team in ANY big market area is going to ruin it for the packers. NY teams, NE, etc. Just look at baseball to get the picture of what areas for football teams are going to start drawing in the most money to pay people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pacopete4
It's not just jerry jones. Cap has kept teams like the packers able to compete year in and year out in the NFL. It puts everyone on a nice even playing field.
The problem is that the players association wants the players to get payed as much as possible, while the nfl wants it to stay the norm.
I don't forsee an agreement being reached. Either the NFL continues with no Cap, or the nfl forces Cap and normal standards WITHOUT a deal with the players union, and the players union goes on strike.
Wow, just think, something like the movie "the replacements" could actually take place in today's NFL.
"So, what ended Favre's career again? What? A 2 years strike after leading the jets to the playoffs? Greedy bastards."
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Originally Posted by packerbacker1234
I better get working out then :lol:
...so we can post favre stuff ANYWHERE now...??? yippee..
The TV money coming in will provide a better balance to all NFL franchises compared to the situation in MLB where teams search and locate there own contract or like the Yankees and Boston own there networks. The Packers for the last 15 years have always been in the top 10 in merchandise sales, which might just happen to be the same years Favre was in Green Bay, gee I don't know, but hopefully the trend continues and the Packers can stay ahead in the uncapped market.Quote:
Originally Posted by packerbacker1234
The Packers simply don't have the deep pockets of an individual owner like Jones or that Scmuck in Washington in Daniel Snyder, but the Packers should be alright I suppose, players will want the best contract available but they also like going to play for a winner and for franchises that take care of them in other ways. They will also be all right because they have been sound fianacially for a long time.
This is going to affect teams like Jacksonville, Buffalo, and possibly Minnesota before the Packers ever feel the real impact of it.
Packers are technically owned by the people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deputy Nutz
Anyways, the packers will feel the effect. TV contracts only go so far - as even the teams in the bigger markets with big pockets have the exact same sort of tv contracts as we would.
Minnesota will feel it too, of course, and we will try to alleviate the pain somehow because we love the packers too much to let greedy teams ruin our hopes... but it will be a vastly different NFL then it is today.
Hopefully, everyone can come to an agreement on a new deal. Cap is one of the best things that has happened to the NFL.
I more than understand that the Packers are owned by the "people" but the people don't exactly run the franchise or considered the CEO of the franchise. The people pony up 200 bucks for a certificate that say that they now own a share in the team, but they can't profit from the share, nor do I believe can they sell it. It was a very brilliant way of making money for the Packers, hell they should do it again and soon.
Anyways, the Market really has nothing to do with it, again that is baseball not football. The Packers have rebuilt Lambeau Field and they absolutely rake it in from that place and from the sponsorships of business in the great state of Wisconsin.
Packers in a very odd position, they are the smallest professional sports city but yet they don't have the problems, they are run like a big market town. Of course that has a lot to do with the fact that they are winning football games, this has been a very successful two decades, strongest of any franchise in the NFL and it has paid off in a big way. Just look at this forum and count how many fans of the Packers show up here that have no connection to the Packers, hell the guy that runs this place just came to Wisconsin last year.
favre reached out to romo. he called him to offer encouragement and said that if he can put up with the pain and cumbersome splint, he should try his best to play. favre said it "hurt like hell playn with that broken thumb but told myself it was worth tryn to play if i can deal with the pain"
beast...
I agree up to a point. If Romo can deal with the pain and the splint, then he should go out and try to play - unless his playing is costing his team games. Favre didn't cost the Packers any games by playing with that broken thumb, so nobody questioned him or the team. Imagine if he'd have lost 7 of his last 9 games rather than won 7 of his last 9 games. People probably wouldn't have been so supportive of the decision. If Romo goes out and starts stinking up the place - even if he can deal with the pain - Brad Johnson should be the starter until Romo's finger is healed.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOBB DEEP
Far from it...the millions we have tied up in emergency excess could easily be dropped by a hotshot like Jerry Jones on 1 player. He's just dying to toss out some massive deals to change the financial landscape of the NFL like the Yankees have done for the last 10 years. We'd be toast in 5 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deputy Nutz
And Rodgers says he hasn't talked to him since he retired. Hmm...Quote:
Originally Posted by MOBB DEEP
Boo-who! I bet Rodgers is soooooo torn up about it. No way Brett is going to the prom with him now.Quote:
Originally Posted by th87
FAVRE!!!! FAVRE!!!!
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Originally Posted by mraynrand
the fun starts now for the Jets will he or wont he :http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/p...urn=nfl,115434
This is a thread that really needs to go away.