Bleacher Report Reports Favre to Tampa

[DonHutson]

A second and a backup veteren QB was the minimum I was looking for in the thread I started about Favre's value.

The three I mentioned there were Favre for Simms or Garcia and a pick, Favre for Boller and a pick, or Favre for Delhomme and a pick.

I'd rather get Garcia in the deal to serve as a one year backup while Brohm gets acclimated to the NFL. But Simms serves the same purpose, and he could be around longer if Brohm or Flynn fail to pan out.

The second rounder basically recoups the pick we spent on Brohm, which may have been used elsewhere had Favre not retired before the draft.

I'm not all that scared of the Buccs in the playoffs. They had a good run through a crappy division to get in last year. Healthier Saints and Panthers teams might knock them out altogether.

[cpk1994]

How do you trade a player that is still on the retired list? TB is not going to make that deal until BF OFFICIALLY unretires.

TB? You mean GB. And I give an emphatic NO to this deal. Chris Simms is a pile of garbage, Not worth it.

[packers11]

its monday... im waiting

[texaspackerbacker]

I hope you're not holding your breath. I think this whole story came from the imagination of the media asshole that wrote it--figuring that Tampa could use Favre, Tampa wants to dump Simms, and wrongly assuming that Green Bay would like a vet backup QB like Simms.

That's not to say that a trade similar to this--hopefully without the backup QB--couldn't happen with any number of teams. But beware when some fool says he knows it's in the works.

[Harlan Huckleby]

BF is still retired. There cant be any deals until that status changes.

right, but that doesn't mean that GMs can't make deals conditional on the paperwork going through.

[The Leaper]

right, but that doesn't mean that GMs can't make deals conditional on the paperwork going through.

Correct.

However, I'm guessing Thompson doesn't want to be the GM that traded Brett Favre unless he really has to be. If Favre doesn't request for activation, Thompson doesn't have to do anything...and why should he?

[Harlan Huckleby]

can you imagine Favre sitting home next fall watching the NFL on TV?

He said he can play, and now he's made a big deal about saying he wants to play. this is his last shot, he's playing.

[Gunakor]

How do you trade a player that is still on the retired list? TB is not going to make that deal until BF OFFICIALLY unretires.

TB? You mean GB. And I give an emphatic NO to this deal. Chris Simms is a pile of garbage, Not worth it.

Simms might be garbage, and he might not be. However, he wasn't even the sticking point to that deal anyway. It's the second round pick that would make this deal work.

[DonHutson]

How do you trade a player that is still on the retired list? TB is not going to make that deal until BF OFFICIALLY unretires.

TB? You mean GB. And I give an emphatic NO to this deal. Chris Simms is a pile of garbage, Not worth it.

Simms might be garbage, and he might not be. However, he wasn't even the sticking point to that deal anyway. It's the second round pick that would make this deal work.

I agree. You're trading for the pick. Presumably the team that gets Favre would have a QB to get rid of. We currently have a rookie as the primary backup. While he seems to be doing fine so far, it might be nice to have a little experience there. The FA options have been, and still are, unpalatable.

So why not take a QB back in the deal? If Simms or whoever it ends up being can't beat out Brohm then we'll get rid of him. If he does, then that's a good thing. It would be preferable to trade Favre into the AFC. A similar trade might bring that 2nd rounder and someone like Kyle Boller or Sage Rosenfeld. Those two are similar to Simms - probably career #2 material. When or if Brohm takes their job, that's fine.

[MJZiggy]

I thought this deal was supposed to be signed, sealed and delivered by the time I went to work on Monday. Stupid sources...