Favre plans to retire!

[sheepshead]

A jets presser in 49 minutes.

[bobblehead]

I can't believe the Jets made him make a decision so early....those bastards.

[BlueBrewer]

Thank God!!!! Now I hope he gets his shit together and comes back to Green Bay to go out in STYLE. Time will heal wounds, but he can't live without the spotlight forever, look for him to end up back in GB in some capacity or on a network pre-game.

[bobblehead]

Thank God!!!! Now I hope he gets his shit together and comes back to Green Bay to go out in STYLE. Time will heal wounds, but he can't live without the spotlight forever, look for him to end up back in GB in some capacity or on a network pre-game.

Very true. Brett returning to the organization would be a good thing all around but I don't think it'll happen for several years yet.

[Fritz]

Wait a minute...the Jets would owe the Pack a #1 pick if they traded him to an NFC North team this year. But what if he retires and later decides to come back? If the Jets then cut him - after all, by May they'll have his salary re-spent on other players mostl likely - he can sign on with anyone, right?

Hard not to notice the part of the article in which Butt Cook apparently asked the Jets "informally" if they'd consider releasing him...

[mraynrand]

Re: Favre plans to retire!

[b]

"There was a time in my career where I paid more attention to individual stats..."

How many press conferences did we listen to that he never checked his stats?

I think he was talking about LeShon Johnson's stats. Favre really cared about the running backs.

[Zool]

Wait a minute...the Jets would owe the Pack a #1 pick if they traded him to an NFC North team this year. But what if he retires and later decides to come back? If the Jets then cut him - after all, by May they'll have his salary re-spent on other players mostl likely - he can sign on with anyone, right?

Hard not to notice the part of the article in which Butt Cook apparently asked the Jets "informally" if they'd consider releasing him...

I would think that part or all of his salary is guaranteed if he's on the Jets roster after a certain timeframe. If he decides to come back after that point and they cut him, they would still be on the hook for his salary putting them over the cap with dead money. Their only choice if he comes back late is a trade.

[channtheman]

"So does this mean that we give the Jets a 6th round pick for next year?"

No it means we owe the Jets a 7th pick next year. It only increased to a 6 if we received the Jets 2nd round pick. We didn't. We only received a 3 because the Jets did not make the playoffs.

By my count the Packers have an extra pick in the 3rd round and the 6th round. They have no 7th rounder at this point.

Oh okay. I wasn't to sure what the whole deal was with that but I see now. Don't worry about Ted not having a 7th though. One of these years his dream of owning the entire 7th round will come to fruition.

[sheepshead]

Thank God!!!! Now I hope he gets his shit together and comes back to Green Bay to go out in STYLE. Time will heal wounds, but he can't live without the spotlight forever, look for him to end up back in GB in some capacity or on a network pre-game.

Very true. Brett returning to the organization would be a good thing all around but I don't think it'll happen for several years yet.

I say sooner than later.

[packinpatland]

Trent Dillfer on ESPN just now, commenting on Brett Favre, said he may not be the best QB to have played the game, but in his opinion, he was the greatest football player to have played.
I thought that was nice.

[cpk1994]

Wait a minute...the Jets would owe the Pack a #1 pick if they traded him to an NFC North team this year. But what if he retires and later decides to come back? If the Jets then cut him - after all, by May they'll have his salary re-spent on other players mostl likely - he can sign on with anyone, right?

Hard not to notice the part of the article in which Butt Cook apparently asked the Jets "informally" if they'd consider releasing him...

I would think that part or all of his salary is guaranteed if he's on the Jets roster after a certain timeframe. If he decides to come back after that point and they cut him, they would still be on the hook for his salary putting them over the cap with dead money. Their only choice if he comes back late is a trade.

This right here should stop the "Favre to Minnesota" speculation dead.

[LL2]

I wish him the best.

As do I. I wish he could have played for us forever.

He didn't start or end as a Packer. Glad we got those in-between years.

Me too. Just wonder if he will sign a 1 day contract and retire as a Packer. To me that would be the right thing to do. It will never happen as long as TT and MM are in GB.

[cpk1994]

I wish him the best.

As do I. I wish he could have played for us forever.

He didn't start or end as a Packer. Glad we got those in-between years.

Me too. Just wonder if he will sign a 1 day contract and retire as a Packer. To me that would be the right thing to do. It will never happen as long as TT and MM are in GB.

He can't do that unless the Jets release him. The Jets don't need to do that as they will just put him on the retired list until it expires. He will not retire as a Packer and it won't have anything to do with TT & M3 so we can stop that nonsense.

[KYPack]

It will never happen as long as TT and MM are in GB.

You got it. There's serious bad blood between those 3. I think it's mainly Favre has the ass at Thompson, but MM earned some hate for that little talk he had with Brett at the end last summer.

Those are fresh wounds and haven't even started to heal yet.

[cpk1994]

It will never happen as long as TT and MM are in GB.

You got it. There's serious bad blood between those 3. I think it's mainly Favre has the ass at Thompson, but MM earned some hate for that little talk he had with Brett at the end last summer.

Those are fresh wounds and haven't even started to heal yet.

Again, Favre CANNOT sign a 1 day contract he still has a contract WITH THE JETS! He has to be released from that to do so.

That said, if this scenario was possible, TT would let Brett sign a one day contract to retire as a Packer.The only question is whether Brett would sign it.