A battle is brewing. Time to pick sides

[mraynrand]

Dead on TwoSeven. Going to be a kick in the nuts watching Brett play for another team but TT has to put the Packers first.

If TT were putting the Packers first, there's no WAY IN HELL he'd risk a superbowl run on an untested starter when he has a QB on his roster who played at an MVP level last year. IT MAKES NO SENSE. Thompson is having a tantrum because Favre isn't fitting his jello mold.

What else makes no sense: Brett has one of his best years on a team that looks very strong with a bright future, Favre finally has weapons, one game from SB and so then amidst all of this excitement and hope for 2008 Brett..drumroll please..retires, he does so because he says he has nothing left to give and cannot do it anymore, end of story, Pack mourns his leaving but respects his choice, pack publically and emphaticaly states AR is the man and team has moved forward supporting their new QB as they should, Brett will be honored immediately by being one of a very short list to have his number retired, sadness in GB but hope and anticipation of a new era begins, Brett then privately says he wants to return in March, the Packers privately say come on back even after they have publically called AR the man and GBP his team, Brett then says oops I changed my mind again, Packers say ok-- your decison again, and they move forward again, they draft TWO quarterbacks and change the offense for AR, then Brett gets an itch, he calls all of the info just rumor and says he's staying retired, meanwhile his family is taking cheap shots (oh his behalf?) at upper management. Favre puts TT and team in a no-win situation by demanding a release, Favre thinks team owes it to him to put the team in a crappy position by letting him go anywhere he wants (like MN, for instance). now Favre is pissed at the team for not complying with his every want and need after his i can't do it anymore so i'm retired- wait i'm not retired in march-retired again in march-now i have an itch in june saga? he has put himself and the team and upper management in a shitty position..and it's somehow TTs fault that it all happend. who loses? the fans that have loved the Pack and Favre for a long time, the organization for damning the legacy that is Favre and potentially it's future by alienating it's new QB, and TT who loses maybe the most no matter what he decides. what a wonderful way top repay the GM that has done a pretty good job putting a good young team together and rescuing it from salary cap hell just a few years back. I wonder if Brett cares. THIS RIDICULOUS DRAMA ALSO MAKES NO SENSE.

Argument some will make: What Brett hs done for GB is legendary and therefore he should be given a free lifetime pass to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, regardless of how it will effect GB, the team, or its fans. Point taken. My response: Is Brett more important than the team and its future? Was his legacy a solo act? Did he do all of those wonderful things in the mid-late 90s all by himself? Quick quiz..number of MVPS won, superbowls played in, and SBs won by Brett Favre without Ron Wolf, Mike Holmgren, Reggie White, Leroy Butler (and a few other notables) right there with him...I LOVE THE MAN. Brett is one of the greatest ever, but football is a TEAM sport, and he is NOT solely responsible for all that has made Green Bay Titletown USA over the course of the last eighty years.

What Brett hs done for GB is legendary and therefore he should be given a free lifetime pass to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, regardless of how it will effect GB, the team, or its fans. Point taken.

That's total bullshit. Favre shouldn't be given a free pass. But all the I'm retired, I'm not retired back and forth is based on NFL and Packer SOURCES - none of whom have been named. Who the hell are they? WHy the *uck should I believe that crap. And even if it's true, the end result is that favre appears to really want to come back. He's not more important than the team, but having him is in the best interests of the team. As far as I can tell, there's no harm done. But perhaps, more "Packer" and "NFL" "sources" (to be named later - or ever?) will prove me wrong.

[Bretsky]

http://sports.aol.com/voices/jensen/_a/favre-should-pack-it-in/20080712084309990001

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If he wants to play he should play
If TT wants to trade him he should get a draft pick

I hope it gets done fast