Where are the papers?

[packers11]

I'm waiting everyday to wake up to ESPN saying Bus Cook has sent Favre's reinstatement papers. I mean if hes dying to play whats taking so long??? Does he have to get them in before training camp or is there no deadline for these papers???

As the days keep passing, I think Favre is rethinking his decision and the longer it takes the better the possibility that he just stays retired.

[LL2]

Good point! If Favre is for real that he wants to play send those papers to Goodell, then show up in GB and get ready to training camp. During that time his agent can discuss a possible trade. In Peter King's article he said Favre has gone underground and that Favre and his agent has not returned calls or test messages. If Favre was serious about playing then come out and say it publicly, and not through his buddy sports reporter of the Biloxi news.

I was reading an article over the weekend (not sure where as there are so many damn articles on this subject right now) where Siefert said they went through the same thing with Montana. They decided to trade Montana to the Chiefs as we all know, but Siefert and the 49ers brass were heckled for a long time, but then Steve Young wins a Super Bowl and everyone was like Joe Who? Rodgers can only hope for a similar turn out. I wish Favre would stop acting like some Diva!

[Harlan Huckleby]

Papers - ver are zee papers? Vee must see your papers.

[Pacopete4]

Ya, I really think he should come out and say something to the press about his intentions or put in his papers if he really does want to play. And once he does, get his butt up to GB early and start getting ready for the season and let the best QB win! (which will be Favre)

[Merlin]

Who knows, maybe they are negotiating with the Packers. On one hand that would make sense so it doesn't turn into more of a circus then it has already been. On the other it does make it appear that Favre isn't serious.

[Pacopete4]

PS. My guess is you will see something before this weekend due to him having to be in Green Bay July 19th for the Packers HOF inductions to Winters and Brown.

[The Leaper]

Re: Where are the papers?

As the days keep passing, I think Favre is rethinking his decision and the longer it takes the better the possibility that he just stays retired.

I'm guessing that is the hope of Thompson at this point.

[texaspackerbacker]

All these days? What has it been, 2, maybe 3 days since the story broke? Really, today is the first business day.

I think there is a chess game going on here. The Packers would still prefer that Favre stay retired. Brett and his agent know that, and know also that a trade is probably more likely than actually going back to the Packers.

I wouldn't expect any paperwork very soon--not until things get sorted out a little more.

[The Leaper]

I wouldn't expect any paperwork very soon--not until things get sorted out a little more.

Tex...the Packers won't trade Favre unless he asks for reinstatement. They have no reason to trade him if he isn't an active player...unless someone offers a crazy deal.

[texaspackerbacker]

I wouldn't expect any paperwork very soon--not until things get sorted out a little more.

Tex...the Packers won't trade Favre unless he asks for reinstatement. They have no reason to trade him if he isn't an active player...unless someone offers a crazy deal.

I sort of agree with you--that's why it's a chess game. All sides will want the agreement in place before any paperwork, but if a trade is agreed to, then bang bang--reinstatement papers and formal paperwork for a trade.

If there is no trade, then Favre has to be the one to blink first, because he is the one wanting to depart from the status quo.

[Carolina_Packer]

I wouldn't expect any paperwork very soon--not until things get sorted out a little more.

Tex...the Packers won't trade Favre unless he asks for reinstatement. They have no reason to trade him if he isn't an active player...unless someone offers a crazy deal.

I sort of agree with you--that's why it's a chess game. All sides will want the agreement in place before any paperwork, but if a trade is agreed to, then bang bang--reinstatement papers and formal paperwork for a trade.

If there is no trade, then Favre has to be the one to blink first, because he is the one wanting to depart from the status quo.

Can you imagine if we trade his rights to someone else before he's reinstated and he changes his mind and retires on his new team? I'm sure, given his indecision that any trade would be very conditional.

[The Leaper]

If there is no trade, then Favre has to be the one to blink first, because he is the one wanting to depart from the status quo.

I think even if there is a trade, Favre has to blink first. Thompson has no incentive to trade Favre until he becomes an active member of the Packer roster. Why would he talk with anyone else before Favre reactivates himself as a player?

[Ballboy]

I really don't think it is any kind of chess game.


The Packers are in the drivers seat and in a winning situation.

The brass have said Brett is more than welcome to come back as a back-up which does two things for the Packers:

1) Vet behind Rogers
2) When Rogers gets hurt, we have a past MVP to take over.

Packers have been looking for a veteran backup. We have the money to pay Brett if he decides to come back.

Packers other option is to trade him and get something(maybe a 3rd rounder) in return...we all know what TT does with 3rd round picks.

Brett has really tarnished his legacy by working the media on this. He should've met face to face with the brass and found out what the Packers were thinking. Once he realized that they had moved on, he should've kept his mouth shut and stayed retired.

I love Brett(as much as a man can love a man) for everything he has done not only on the field but charity as well. Would I have loved him to come back this year PRIOR to him saying he was retired...YES!!! Things didn't work out that way.

[Gunakor]

Ya, I really think he should come out and say something to the press about his intentions or put in his papers if he really does want to play. And once he does, get his butt up to GB early and start getting ready for the season and let the best QB win! (which will be Favre)

Are you sure it would be Favre?

Think really hard back to last year. If there was a fair and open competition for the starting QB job, Favre would have lost. Rodgers outplayed Favre during the preseason last year. Then he didn't see any game time until Dallas where, once again, he outplayed Favre. Rodgers outplayed Favre in every opportunity he was given last season. So how can you be so sure that Favre would win a fair competition?

This isn't to discount what Favre did last year. You don't have to rant about it to me, I already know. What I don't know is if Rodgers can have the same kind of success, but given what I saw from Rodgers last season and preseason I think he can.

[The Leaper]

If there was a fair and open competition for the starting QB job, Favre would have lost.

There wasn't a competition, so no one knows how that would've changed Favre's approach. Without a competition, there was no pressure on Rodgers in training camp. He also never really faced 1st string defensive talent. That changes the equation a lot.

Claiming Rodgers outplayed Favre at every turn last year is quite a stretch. There still is no adequate evidence of what Rodgers will do under the pressure of being "the man".