Brett Favre would've started; a little shoulder boo boo

[cpk1994]

No player can just leave if the team doesn't want him to.

That's the rule, and how it works in theory. As a practical matter, I present to you Exhibit A:

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[Rastak]

Hmmm, so some people wanted to trade a few years of mediocrity for a Super Bowl win? Alot of people would gladly make that trade. Plus, it's not like Rodgers could just leave if he wanted. He's under contract and could be franchised if they really felt that strongly about his bright future.

How do you know that it would be medocrity? That claim is baseless becuase you can't predict the future. And franchising Rodgers without having played a meaningful down would have been the single dumbest thing TT could ever do in his GM life. TT would have an even bigger mess on his hands if he did that.

I can predict the future as well you seem to be able to LOL.

No, but at least TT was smart enough to know that if he didn't trade Favre his QB situatuion would be the same in two years as the VIkings is now: Garbage.

And this has led to.......drum roll......a tie with the Packers! 2-3 Yea......LOL.


I think your doom and gloom scenario is bullshit but I have to admit that TT amd MM were the guys with the info to make the call. It was their opinion obviously that it wouldn't work. Do remember, they ain't the pope,they make mistakes on occasion. so it isn't 100% certain they made the right call. Obviously I don't have a huge stake in this, it's just my opinion based on the facts I know of.

Sure they make mistakes, but this is fact: If Favre was allowed back in two years the Packers wouold have no Favre AND no ARod. What they would be left with is Flynn and Brohm. No expeirence at the most important postion at all.

Now it's your turn to predict the future? How do you know this to be fact?

No player can just leave if the team doesn't want him to. That's why they created tags. If Rodgers continues playing like this he's gonna get a BIG ASSED CHECK by the end of next year. How can you say it would be significantly lower overall than a one year tag? They'd work out a deal I would guess in the end, after one year unde a tag. Plus with the packers cap situation I don't agree that it would be the dumbest thing in the world. Unless you had serious questions on the guys ability and that doesn't seem to be the case based on this summers actions.

Now you are confusing the present with the hypothetical situation of Favre being here and being the starter. No GM would tag Rodgers or any player that hasn't played a meaningful down. No one. If TT tagged Rodgers after caving into Favre while telling Rogers he was the man, don't ever expect Rodgers to accept any offer.

He can get the big check now becuase Favre is gone. Don't confuse the two.

Well, then make sure he gets some starts next year. In fact, name him the starter and set Favre free after this year as one scenario. Another would be to tender him with a 1 and a 3. If noone would pay a guy top 5 for a single year not to lose him, would anyone deal a 1 and a 3 for someone who had never taken a meaningful snap? Seems just as unlikely. I just think they had options. Moot point of course, this is just a means nothing hypothetical discussion to kill off an hour before the mightly Gophers take the field (I'm kidding on the Gophs).


On the Owens thing, is Rodgers that sort of guy? There are definately players who can get out of the tag situation, but they generally have to be assholes to start with to pull it off.

[MJZiggy]

Ras, that only keeps him for one year, and in theory pisses him off even more as players seem to unilaterally hate being tagged.

[Scott Campbell]

On the Owens thing, is Rodgers that sort of guy? There are definately players who can get out of the tag situation, but they generally have to be assholes to start with to pull it off.

McKenzie showed no outward signs of assholitus prior to his demands to leave. And Rodgers would have had far more reason to be bitter about his treatment by the organization.

[Rastak]

On the Owens thing, is Rodgers that sort of guy? There are definately players who can get out of the tag situation, but they generally have to be assholes to start with to pull it off.

McKenzie showed no outward signs of assholitus prior to his demands to leave. And Rodgers would have had far more reason to be bitter about his treatment by the organization.

You might be right. He did take a financial bath by not starting earlier. He had alot of incentives in his contract he never met. He'd probably be pretty pissed if it happened again this year. He'll be looking to recoup all that with his nect contract me thinks.

[Zool]

And this has led to.......drum roll......a tie with the Packers! 2-3 Yea......LOL.

Wrongo Jasperson, we gots the tie breaker.