Murphy on Favre: 'He's really wavering'

[The Leaper]

Unless you believe what you saw in the Dallas game.

Rodgers did play well in the Dallas game...but let's not get crazy here. Rodgers was not the guy the Cowboys gameplanned for. The whole dynamic changes when Rodgers has all the pressure on his shoulders and every defensive coordinator plotting how to ruin him specifically. Teams would take away the shorter routes and force Rodgers to beat them deep.

I'm not saying Rodgers sucks. I think he is a capable QB...although his inexperience would cost the team quite a bit in 2008. That is just how it works in the NFL. It takes young QBs time to get adjusted and for the game to slow down around them. It also takes time for the team to develop chemistry and confidence in the QB.

Those are factors that aren't hurdles with Favre...which is why he makes far more sense as the starting QB in 2008 if he is fully committed to a return. The question revolves around his level of commitment and focus...and we don't have an answer on that yet.

[LL2]

General manager Ted Thompson isn't returning Favre's text messages.

Text messages?

I can think of better ways to demonstrate my comittment to coming out of retirement and playing professional football for the paltry sum of $13M than:

hi ted - this is brettf.

?4u. arm feels gr8. can i come back?

bff,

brettf

p.s. If yes, pls send somebody down to get my locker. thx.

Favre probably wants a new locker and keep old one at his house. That way he can get another shipped to his house when he retires again.

[Joemailman]

Jones' comment was very similar to What Mark Tauscher said back when Brett suggested he could possibly come back if Rodgers was hurt:

"It's tough when you're getting a lot of questions. I'm sure he loves playing, he's made his decision and we as a football team are ready to move forward. We're not going to worry about all those speculations. We respect Brett. He was a great teammate. But this is Aaron Rodgers' team right now."


This statement doesn't necessarily mean that Tauscher wouldn't want Favre back. I think it was a statement of support for Aaron Rodgers. However, I wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot of players tired of the media's obsession with everything Favre.

[Scott Campbell]

General manager Ted Thompson isn't returning Favre's text messages.

Text messages?

I can think of better ways to demonstrate my comittment to coming out of retirement and playing professional football for the paltry sum of $13M than:

hi ted - this is brettf.

?4u. arm feels gr8. can i come back?

bff,

brettf

p.s. If yes, pls send somebody down to get my locker. thx.

Favre probably wants a new locker and keep old one at his house. That way he can get another shipped to his house when he retires again.

If he keeps it up, he'd be able to equip the local highschool with a new pro style locker room by the year 2050. But it's going to take a lot of text messages.

[texaspackerbacker]

The bottom line is what is most likely to make the team win it all next season. That's pretty debateable, but I think the answer is Rodgers.

Favre took essentially the same team (with less experience and having Grant only half a year) to a 13-3 record and within an eyelash of the Super Bowl last year.

Thinking that Aaron Rodgers, who has never started an NFL game in his life, will provide the Packers a better option is a tremendous stretch.

Listen, if you want to argue that getting Rodgers in there now helps us have a better chance in 2-3 years...great. I can see that logic.

Arguing that putting Rodgers in now is the best choice for winning in 2008? That can get you locked up in the looney bin.

That's exactly what I've been "loony" enough to argue in about seven threads now. What you aren't taking into consideration, Nutz, is the supreme effort at preparation Favre made last year after basically playing like crap in '06. Now, he supposedly wants to scale down to 80% of the effort of last year--which spells something like '06 or worse.

Contrast that with Rodgers, who has looked pretty solid, has had three seasons to develop and learn, and who would be playing with the same supremely talented bunch that, arguably, carried Favre to such great success last season.

As for those fans of "31 other teams", how many of them foresaw the great resurgence of the Packers last year like at least some of us are on record as predicting?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Bombs away with Rodgers!

There are risks going with either guy, I'm ready to move on. Rodgers is young, ready and rested.

[Scott Campbell]

As for those fans of "31 other teams", how many of them foresaw the great resurgence of the Packers last year like at least some of us are on record as predicting?

Ok, wait a minute - you predict the same thing every year. Including the 4-12 year!!! I bet you nailed it right on the head in 66, 67 and 96.

[Bretsky]

The bottom line is what is most likely to make the team win it all next season. That's pretty debateable, but I think the answer is Rodgers.

Favre took essentially the same team (with less experience and having Grant only half a year) to a 13-3 record and within an eyelash of the Super Bowl last year.

Thinking that Aaron Rodgers, who has never started an NFL game in his life, will provide the Packers a better option is a tremendous stretch.

Listen, if you want to argue that getting Rodgers in there now helps us have a better chance in 2-3 years...great. I can see that logic.

Arguing that putting Rodgers in now is the best choice for winning in 2008? That can get you locked up in the looney bin.

That's exactly what I've been "loony" enough to argue in about seven threads now. What you aren't taking into consideration, Nutz, is the supreme effort at preparation Favre made last year after basically playing like crap in '06. Now, he supposedly wants to scale down to 80% of the effort of last year--which spells something like '06 or worse.

Contrast that with Rodgers, who has looked pretty solid, has had three seasons to develop and learn, and who would be playing with the same supremely talented bunch that, arguably, carried Favre to such great success last season.

As for those fans of "31 other teams", how many of them foresaw the great resurgence of the Packers last year like at least some of us are on record as predicting?

Not many of us predicted 13-3 the last time we went 4-12 either

[bobblehead]

General manager Ted Thompson isn't returning Favre's text messages.

Text messages?

I can think of better ways to demonstrate my comittment to coming out of retirement and playing professional football for the paltry sum of $13M than:

hi ted - this is brettf.

?4u. arm feels gr8. can i come back?

bff,

brettf

p.s. If yes, pls send somebody down to get my locker. thx.

I'm not as hip as I used to be....bff...that means brett favre forever right?