The Right Decision

[Noodle]

Let's be honest -- absent a career-ending injury, there's no way Favre was going to go quietly in to that good night. Dude is a war horse, and when he hears the trumpets blow, he's going to want to go.

So it was going to be ugly. It just was. We are lucky that Arod did as well as he did, and that guys like Driver stood behind the new QB and didn't let the situation turn in to lockeroom cancer.

Our problems were with OL, DL, and ST, not with cliques and press distractions. Or with QB play.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Could have done it a year earlier.

This picture makes me absolutely sick...I hope he just had a brain freeze during that

[Partial]

The problem with the picture is it is after the ball was thrown. There is a very good chance that the passing lanes on the screen, and to the left were both filled when the ball was let go. Also, let's not forget how relentless that pass rush was. All in all, a bad throw, not enough evidence to judge the decision from that photo.

I would think that you could freeze frame just about every play from every quarterback and see guys open like that. It's very hard to cover a receiver forever, so all odds point to a receiver breaking free. Also, with the relentless pass rush and tall defensive tackles ( tuck is really long ), it is likely that the passing lanes weren't open, but again, you can't see that without seeing the entire play.

I guess this makes me a troll Logic, who'da thunk?

[Bretsky]

They ended up 6-10 so I'd say to start they either screwed up plenty of things as an organization and/or personnell

But letting Favre move on what not one of their screw ups; they made the right call.

Need to make plenty more right calls to leave the ship of mediocrity behind

[HarveyWallbangers]

The problem with the picture is it is after the ball was thrown. There is a very good chance that the passing lanes on the screen, and to the left were both filled when the ball was let go. Also, let's not forget how relentless that pass rush was. All in all, a bad throw, not enough evidence to judge the decision from that photo.

I agree with this. I said as much when it was first posted. Bad throw. I don't question the decision though. There was another angle from when Favre was letting the ball go, and it wasn't nearly as bad.

[Freak Out]

That's a great hold....who is that?

[MJZiggy]

I don't know, but I'm thinking they declined the penalty...

[oregonpackfan]

Absolutely it was the right call.

Again, I am grateful to Favre for all the success he brought to the Packers. That said, it was time for the Packers to move on to a younger QB. In addition, the whole retirement/non-retirement issue for three years was draining on the Packers organization.

The Jets have a 39 year old QB who has diminished skills. The Packers have a 24 year old promising QB with a great future. The Packers also have a respectable draft choice for letting that 39 year old QB go.

[MOBB DEEP]

worked out bad for ALL parties involved

terrible, tear-jerking year; at least obama won....

[Lurker64]

worked out bad for ALL parties involved

Really, we ended up with a QB that threw for 4000 yards, scored 32 TDs to only 16 turnovers (despite an injured throwing shoulder for most of the season), and we got a third round draft pick essentially for free.

Purely from the perspective of the QB position, I think Green Bay made out like a bandit. Ideally the Packers brass would not have let the whole ugly situation drag out as long as it did, but it's not entirely clear there was anything (sensible) they could do about it.

Though, everything about this year *except* the play at the QB position was a disappointment for Packer fans.

[Guiness]

Hind sight's 20-20. Of course the brass made the right decision, in retrospect. As Lurker just stated, 4000yds, 32TDs 16INTs??? If he does that for 10+yrs, we're looking at two consecutive HOFers (ya, I know, I just jinxed AR) and Chicago will wonder wtf they ever did to deserve that kind of shit north of them.

But, I digress. Asking now, the answer is obvious. Based on this past year, AR was the right choice. But who would've made that decision in September. I, for one, will admit that I thought short term (i.e. the 2008 season) Farve was the better choice.

[GrnBay007]

The Packer organization was clearly looking at the future of the team. I can't say whether that was right or wrong considering the chemistry Favre had with the team in 2007....and would most likely carry over to 2008. Chemistry takes time to build.

Considering AR's stats this season, if they to not completely dominate next season I think MM's job needs to be seriously reconsidered. If they repeat 2007, he needs to go.

[channtheman]

Well, I thought it was the right decision in August and I still think it is the right decision. I remember how excited I was for the season to start after watching Rodgers in the first preseason game. Too bad the offensive line and most of the defense didn't really feel like playing this year.

[SkinBasket]

Re: The Right Decision

Not stirring up the pot, but this is the elephant in the room. Disregarding everything else, did the Packers make the right decision to move on at QB before this season?

For 2008, no, for the future in general, obviously.

Completely agree. Brett Favre would have played several key positions on defense this year and prevented that 5 game skid by invoking the "it" factor to summon magical unicorns (really are there any other kind?) and fumble inducing bolts of rainbow to decimate the opposing offense. So obvious, I don't know why someone would make a poll.

[Pugger]

I voted yes too.  It is too bad the situation got so ugly but both sides must share the blame for that.  Did the team have a hangover from all of that  crap?  Probably to a degree.  But the lousy play of ST and D were more culpable than the offense most of the time for our dreadful 2007 season.