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It's been 3 loooooong freakin' years but it's FINALLY here. Maybe. We'll see around August.
At this point in time I really don't give a shit if the Pack retires his number or not. I've been a Packer fan since the mid 60's and I can't recall any player or coach who went to another team just to stick it up the Pack's ass. Sure Lombardi went to Washington but the main reason was he wouldn't dare demand Phil Bengston resign just so he could have his old coaching job back. I recall Herb Adderly going to Dallas and being on one of their Super Bowl teams. Herb refuses to wear the Dallas ring. His heart is still with Green Bay.
About the only way I see this ending on a positive is if Favre would get on any of his TV outlets and apologize for being the dick he's bee the past 3 years. I know both sides are at fault for the way it went down but I need to hear from his own mouth that he realizes what an ass he's been. That has to happen before the healing with the true Packer fans can begin.
Starr, Hornung, Taylor, Kramer, Thurston, Majik, KGB, Henderson and so on are all considered Great EX-Packers. Brent......not so much.
Maybe this is just an urban legend, but wasn't there a story about Herb Adderly that went like this:
Adderly thanked the Packers for "trading me to a playoff team" during the 1970 (?) season. After the Cowboys lost on Monday Night Football 38 to 0 to The Cardinals, someone from the Packers front office sent a reply: "You're welcome."
If indeed Favre sent in his retirement papers he's done. He didn't do this the last 2 times he "retired". :wink:
If Favre's retirement papers were on the floor in front of me, I would wet on them.
And from the guy who continually talked about not wanting to stay too long, who insisted he would retire before the team no longer wanted or needed him. He said a lot of the right things, then did mostly wrong things.
But heck, he got close to another $40 miilion for playing the last 3 years, so I guess he's no fool.
I bet Bert's not feeling so smart right now. Just relieved. He no longer has to be that phony persona he cultivated all those years.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playof...ory?id=6031703
Brett Favre may have left Green Bay three years ago, but he's still got the Packers in his heart.
In an e-mail response to ESPN's Ed Werder, Favre said Monday that the Packers are "by far" the best team left in the NFL playoffs.
"[Packers QB] Aaron [Rodgers] is the best QB and the receiving corps is the best ever, maybe," Favre said in the e-mail. "But [defensive coordinator] Dom [Capers] and the defense gets the MVP award at this stage."
Rodgers, who's emergence made Favre expendable in Green Bay before the 2008 season, led the Packers to a dominant 48-21 win over the top-seeded Falcons on Saturday.
Favre officially filed retirement papers with the league Monday after two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and one year with the New York Jets. The 41-year old Mississippi native originally retired in 2008 after the Packers decided to go with Rodgers as their starting quarterback.
However, Favre decided he wanted to return later in the year and was eventually traded to the Jets.
But Favre insisted he holds no grudges against the organization he was with for 16 seasons.
"There is no bitterness. I'm happy for them and very happy and content with my legacy," Favre told Werder.
Favre again chose to retire after the 2008 season, but signed with the rival Vikings in August 2009. Favre's decision alienated many of those Packers fans who once cheered his Lambeau Field heroics.
Still, Favre thinks this is the year for Green Bay to win its first Super Bowl since Favre and the Packers beat the New England Patriots in 1997 in Super Bowl XXXI.
"I think they will win it all! I hope they do, if you are wondering," Favre said in the e-mail.
Wait, what? Rewriting history a little there? Faver retired AFTER the Packers decided to go with Rodgers? No wonder they don't put the author's name on this bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by ESPN
Why do I get the feeling that he actually means this retirement and he's suddenly realized how badly he's screwed up his legacy--methinks he wants his old fans back and thinks he can make it happen by saying lots of nice things about the Packers when the microphones are on...