Brett speculation from LeRoy Butler

[KYPack]

Don't shoot me, I'm only the messanger dept...

This from PFT

"Rumor Mill
BUTLER STIRRING THE BRETT POT
Posted by Mike Florio on April 30, 2008, 4:06 p.m.
Former Packers safety Leroy Butler is convinced that former Packers quarterback Brett Favre wants to play.

And Butler thinks it will only be a matter of time before Brett makes it known that he’s ready to return.

So says Butler in an interview with WTMJ in Milwaukee.

Butler speculates that, once Brett says he wants to play, the Packers likely won’t welcome him back. So then the question becomes whether he gets traded to another team.

That’s where Butler’s theory falls apart. He mentions the other NFC North teams — Chicago, Minnesota, Detroit — as the possible destinations for Favre.

There’s no way that the Packers would trade him to any of those teams. In fact, it’s possible that the Packers won’t trade him to anyone.

But Brett still has some leverage in this regard. He can show up at pretty much any time before the late November/early December deadline for coming off the reserve/retired list and say, “I’m here. Deal with me.”

If the Packers decide they don’t want him, they’ll either have to trade him or release him. And if they release him before the trade deadline, he becomes an unrestricted free agent, and can play for any team."

Great Gack!

Help me brothers and sisters!

make it stop!

[The Leaper]

Favre made his decision, and he will stick with it. I'm sure he wants to play again, but he sure as hell doesn't want to go somewhere else to learn a new system. He also isn't interested in putting in the effort to play. As a guy pushing 40, it will take a lot of effort to be in good enough shape to play week in and week out.

Will he regret the decision he made down the road? I think he will...he may already regret it. That's something he will have to live with. I don't see him holding the Packers ransom to play elsewhere...and I don't really see Green Bay welcoming him back now.

[hoosier]

I am less inclined to believe that Favre is seriously contemplating coming back (thought it's possible he doesn't know what he wants) and more inclined to think that he's addicted to the media spotlight. If that's the case, he doesn't need to come back at all, he just needs to keep dropping these tantalizing hints...until November comes and it's time to get off the pot. I think we just need to be patient for the next six months or so. and then the whole thing will just die its quiet little death.

[neil38133]

I don't think Brett is coming back, he has said he doesn't want to do all the preparation, and I believe him.

I also don't think he's a media hog. Reporters and others keep asking him about this, what is he supposed to do, ignore them, or lie to them? Sure, he has second thoughts - he is walking away from a game he loves, and a team that he gave a large portion of his life to. But the fact that he has doubts doesn't mean he's coming back.

[Scott Campbell]

I just heard Brett on WKRP in Cincinnati speculating about LeRoy Butlers return to football.

[Lurker64]

Why won't this stop?

[cpk1994]

I don't think Brett is coming back, he has said he doesn't want to do all the preparation, and I believe him.

I also don't think he's a media hog. Reporters and others keep asking him about this, what is he supposed to do, ignore them, or lie to them? Sure, he has second thoughts - he is walking away from a game he loves, and a team that he gave a large portion of his life to. But the fact that he has doubts doesn't mean he's coming back.

He can stop agreeing to do interviews, so they can't ask him questions. Brett just needds to shut up already.

[RashanGary]

I just called 107.5 today and asked Havel what he thinks happened. Havel is very loyal to Brett and won't say anything that would hurt his buddy, but he did say a few thigns.

First off, the reason I called was because Havel has been hinting here and there that Brett didn't really know what he wanted to do. He also hinted that the Packers were luke warm on having him back.



I'll do my best to paraphrase Havel here, but here's what he said. He said from what he understands, the Packers gave him a timeline and Brett didn't want a timeline. Rather than making a commitment to something he wasn't 100% sure of at the momen, he retired. Havel didn't say what Brett is feeling now, but what he did say pretty much tells me that Brett does want to come back. Havel said Brett should have said he was coming back and then in August if he really wasn't into it to retire (basically making a situation that keeps him out of the predicament he's in now which is wanting to play but being backed in a corner). The feeling I get from Havel is that Brett wants back in and Havel is a pretty darn reliable source for Brett Favre info.


Anyway, I believe this story. I think Brett is strongly reconsidering his decision. I think he wants another year. I don't know how open the Packers will be to taking him back. If I had to guess, I'd guess they are ready to move on. On a side note, I'd love to trade him for a 2nd round pick.

[RashanGary]

Also, Havel has said over the last week or two that the Packers didn't even make an effort to ask him to come back. From everything I am piecing together, they made the deadline and told him he had to have an answer. He told them on that day that he had to retire becuase he wasn't sure. They said "OK". It all happened very fast. I don't even think Brett realized they were serious. He's used to being given more time, given mini camps off and being coddled. Instead they hung up the phone and let the story out before he could change his mind, then called him in for a retirement presser. Just like that, he was done. In his mind, I think he was just posturing to have mini camp off. In McCarthy's mind it was over on that day.

[Freak Out]

I just heard Brett on WKRP in Cincinnati speculating about LeRoy Butlers return to football.

Who was doing the interview?

[gbgary]

Why won't this stop?

YES!! enough already!! i can't believe he'd come back and create a hugh mess like that. he's done. i wish reporters would stop the repeated, goading questions.

[packers11]

On a side note, I'd love to trade him for a 2nd round pick.

I hope that was a sarcastic remark...

If not that should be nominated for the dumbest post ever...

[swede]

On a side note, I'd love to trade him for a 2nd round pick.

I think Brett is worth at least as much as John Hadl.

And he has more hair.

[GBRulz]

He can stop agreeing to do interviews, so they can't ask him questions. Brett just needds to shut up already.

I bet if you count the media stories, there are more articles about possible scenario type things vs Brett conducting interviews. I mean, take this one for example, Butler is blabbing his mouth...just one of many. Really has nothing to do with "brett needing to shut up already."

BTW, I'm still waiting for this big free agent announcement that Butler said was going down last off-season. Now THIS is a guy who sometimes has a yapper that never shuts up.

[Kiwon]

When Brett says that he's not going to keep in shape I believe him.

Last year was a great run for him and the Packers came very close to getting into the Super Bowl. He left the game on a high note.

Besides, even if he wanted to come back, my guess is that his family would put the brakes on. Sharing their husband and father with everyone else for 17 seasons is enough.