Favre to compete for starting job

[The Shadow]

I think Rodgers is going to win the competition.

And if that should happen. look for Favre, his brother, Deanna, Bonita, and Bus to start the whining again or take their ball and go home.

[imscott72]

I think the best scenario is for Favre to be the starter, with the stated backing of Aaron Rodgers. Give Rodgers a contract extension which will assure him the pay of a starting QB.

The problem with this scenario is that Rodgers has already said that if Favre comes back, he will ask for a trade. If he will be looking for a trade before this contract is up, you cannot assume he will want an extension because the likelihood is that he will tell them where to stuff their extension and if they won't trade him, he'll be gone in free agency.

do you have a link to this? I never saw him quoted as saying this. Not saying he didn't, but I never saw it.

[MJZiggy]

It's in one of these other threads here somewhere. There are so few lately, it should be no problem to find...

[digitaldean]

Ultimately Packers Management should have allowed Bus Cook to find a trade partner prior to the draft. Maybe we could have swapped pics (ie Matt Hasselbeck) and/or accumulated picks.

Uhh....just how are the Packers supposed to find a trade partner before the draft when Favre made his choice AFTER the draft? (also he nixed the un-re-retirement before the draft too).

The Packers mgmt. didn't miscalculate in this. They did not find a trading partner to get what they wanted. If Favre doesn't go out of his way to help those who will replace him, he will do more to hamstring this franchise in the future.

IF we win a Super Bowl this year, Favre will get his deserved accolades. But if this team disintegrates when it hits a rough patch, he will be the primary suspect.

[SD GB fan]

i propose a two QB, gadget offensive system.

who cares for the west coast system, anyways?

[rbaloha1]

Incorrect

[/quote]Problem is Bus and Faver only want to deal with the Vikings. Trading him their would be a miscalculation that would be enough to land TT in the unemployment line.[/quote]

The LA Times ran a story around March reporting Bus Cook was seeking a trade for BF. The Vikings were not the only team mentioned in the report.

The Vikings only mantra started in June. Again the Packers possibly had a chance to trade BF in March but ARROGANCE overruled their thoughts.

[boiga]

do you have a link to this? I never saw him quoted as saying this. Not saying he didn't, but I never saw it.

Although, a Caveat to that rumor is that it comes from a board member who claims Rodgers told him that while drinking at a bar.

We've heard no official ultimatum of that sort yet.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The Packers mgmt. didn't miscalculate in this. They did not find a trading partner to get what they wanted.

How do you find a trading partner, when the guy you are trying to trade won't talk to the new team? Not exactly a sales advantage.

[falco]

Re: Incorrect

Problem is Bus and Faver only want to deal with the Vikings. Trading him their would be a miscalculation that would be enough to land TT in the unemployment line.[/quote]

The LA Times ran a story around March reporting Bus Cook was seeking a trade for BF. The Vikings were not the only team mentioned in the report.

The Vikings only mantra started in June. Again the Packers possibly had a chance to trade BF in March but ARROGANCE overruled their thoughts.[/quote]

what??? the packers had agreed to let favre return to the team in march....

[MJZiggy]

do you have a link to this? I never saw him quoted as saying this. Not saying he didn't, but I never saw it.

Although, a Caveat to that rumor is that it comes from a board member who claims Rodgers told him that while drinking at a bar.

We've heard no official ultimatum of that sort yet.

Ah yes. BTW, that's a her not a him.

[DonHutson]

No, you have it right Mazzin. With this move Ted is saying that the Packers would rather keep Brett on the roster than give him up to the Vikes.

However, that's less relevant now that Favre has lost his veto power over trade talks. Now any team that wants to pay the Packers for him can obtain full rights over him whether he likes it or not. So, we no longer have any reason to try for a trade with the Vikings either.

If the Packers are in a nasty mood, Brett could be a Dolphin by tuesday.

I don't think any team will trade for Favre unless Favre says he is willing to go there. I can't imagine that at this point in his career he wants to go to what may be the worst team in the league.

That never stopped Tampa Bay from trading for Jake Plummer.

My recollection is that the Plummer situation didn't create quite the media frenzy that the Favre situation has.

But the scenario is the same. Plummer threatened to retire if he was traded to Tampa Bay. Tampa went throuigh with it anyway. Plummer retired. That was my point.

I don't remember for sure, but I thought Plummer retired from Denver and said he didn't want to play anymore. Tampa made the trade on the off chance Plummer was really just miffed with Denver. He wasn't and he stayed retired.

Favre clearly does want to play, but only for certain teams. So I still don't see why any team would give up something to voluntarily step into the middle of this situation. The NFL seems to want Favre to play if he wants to. If some team acquires him knowing full well that Favre doesn't want to play for them, then they become the team that's keeping Favre from playing. They'll have Goodell and the media hounding them.

I don't think any team has been envious of the Packers' situation over the past few weeks.

[digitaldean]

The Packers mgmt. didn't miscalculate in this. They did not find a trading partner to get what they wanted.

How do you find a trading partner, when the guy you are trying to trade won't talk to the new team? Not exactly a sales advantage.

Yes, I failed to list that as well. That was as much or more of a problem as anything else.

But, Brett didn't do anything wrong here , did he?

[boiga]

do you have a link to this? I never saw him quoted as saying this. Not saying he didn't, but I never saw it.

Although, a Caveat to that rumor is that it comes from a board member who claims Rodgers told him that while drinking at a bar.

We've heard no official ultimatum of that sort yet.

Ah yes. BTW, that's a her not a him.

my mistake

[cpk1994]

No, you have it right Mazzin. With this move Ted is saying that the Packers would rather keep Brett on the roster than give him up to the Vikes.

However, that's less relevant now that Favre has lost his veto power over trade talks. Now any team that wants to pay the Packers for him can obtain full rights over him whether he likes it or not. So, we no longer have any reason to try for a trade with the Vikings either.

If the Packers are in a nasty mood, Brett could be a Dolphin by tuesday.

I don't think any team will trade for Favre unless Favre says he is willing to go there. I can't imagine that at this point in his career he wants to go to what may be the worst team in the league.

That never stopped Tampa Bay from trading for Jake Plummer.

My recollection is that the Plummer situation didn't create quite the media frenzy that the Favre situation has.

But the scenario is the same. Plummer threatened to retire if he was traded to Tampa Bay. Tampa went throuigh with it anyway. Plummer retired. That was my point.

I thought Plummer retired from Denver and said he didn't want to play anymore. Tampa made the trade on the off chance Plummer was really just miffed with Denver. He wasn't and he stayed retired.

Favre clearly does want to play, but only for certain teams. So I still don't see why any team would give up something to voluntarily step into the middle of this situation. The NFL seems to want Favre to play if he wants to. If some team acquires him knowing full well that Favre doesn't want to play for them, then they become the team that's keeping Favre from playing. They'll have Goodell and the media hounding them.

I don't think any team has been envious of the Packers' situation over the past few weeks.

No, Plummer threatned to retire if he was traded, but Tampa wnet through with it anyway.

[Brando19]

Actually, I read an interview with ARod in which he said if Brett wants to come back, come on...Rodgers just wants him to be happy.