Report: “Favre Can’t Stand Green Bay”

[retailguy]

Report: “Favre Can’t Stand Green Bay”
Posted by Mike Florio on May 2, 2009, 4:05 p.m.

Though plenty of folks continue to accept at face value the same “I ain’t comin’ back” message that a certain quarterback was communicating as late as early July of 2008, the signs point to the Second Annual Brett Favre Retirement becoming the Second Annual Brett Favre Unretirement.

Why? Favre reportedly still wants revenge on the Green Bay Packers.

“Favre can’t stand Green Bay,” an unnamed league source told Gary Myers of the New York Daily News. “He wants to play Green Bay and say, ‘I told you so.’ His bitterness is creating this. I think he’s calling Minnesota. I think Minnesota is talking about this as we speak. You haven’t heard the end of Favre. No way. He is bionic. As long as somebody will let him in, he will play.”

[retailguy]

Wow. I hope this isn't true. But, I must admit, it was my feeling after watching Greta's interview...

Revenge rarely works. But, WOW. This is really sad if true.

[retailguy]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2009/05/02/2009-05-02_all_signs_point_to_brett_favre_returning_to_nfl_with_the_vikings.html

Here's the NY Daily news article...

Brett Favre eventually will go back to Green Bay, make peace with the organization that humiliated him when it didn't want him back last summer and traded him to the Jets, and retire as a Packer. But he didn't need the Jets to release him last week from the last two years of his contract for that to happen.

So, let's connect the dots and see where they lead:

• Favre retired in February, but the Jets refused his request to release him, wanting to keep his rights in the event he changed his mind and wanted to play again - he is prone to flip-flop, of course - and Kellen Clemens and Brett Ratliff stunk up their new $75 million practice facility in the offseason.

• The Jets traded up to get Mark Sanchez in the draft last weekend and the text-messaging between GM Mike Tannenbaum and Favre intensified. Favre still wanted to completely cut his contractual ties with the Jets. Three days later, the Jets released him. Sources say Favre, who will be 40 in October, wants to keep his options open. Favre released a statement saying, "At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football."

The three key words: "At this time."

• The Vikings are a quarterback short of being a Super Bowl contender, and they need to sell tickets and have been trying for years to get a new stadium.

If Favre was planning to stay retired, why would he even request the Jets cut him? The dots? They lead right to Minnesota, exactly where Favre wanted to be traded last year. The Vikes have Sage Rosenfels and Tarvaris Jackson, meaning Favre can step in and try to write a better ending to his career after he ran out of gas with the Jets and stick it to the Packers at the same time.

One NFL source insists Favre can't peacefully retire until he finds a way to get revenge on the Packers. He wants back into the NFC North so he can face the Packers twice. The Bears traded for Jay Cutler and the Lions drafted Matthew Stafford. Hello, Minnesota.

"Favre can't stand Green Bay," the source said. "He wants to play Green Bay and say, 'I told you so.' His bitterness is creating this. I think he's calling Minnesota. I think Minnesota is talking about this as we speak. You haven't heard the end of Favre. No way. He is bionic. As long as somebody will let him in, he will play."

The Jets did Favre a huge favor by cutting him now. They were under no obligation to let him go. But Favre actually had the Jets in a vulnerable position and ultimately they would have no choice but to cut him if he came out of retirement:

• The Jets are $12 million under the salary cap. Favre's base salary for 2009 is $13 million. If Favre told the Jets tomorrow he was coming back, they would be given three days by the NFL to activate him. To activate him, they would have to get under the cap. To trade him, he would have to be activated. They are going to need a chunk of that $12 million cap number to sign Sanchez. They could no longer afford Favre. The math didn't work.

• When the Jets traded for Favre last August, the Packers smartly put in a poison pill that made it impossible for the Jets to turn around and trade Favre to the Vikings, Bears or Lions. If they traded him to an NFC North team last year, they would have had to give the Packers three first-round draft choices. If they did it this year, they would have had to give the Packers two first-round picks.

The Jets are convinced the Vikings are the only team Favre wants. If they felt they could trade him anywhere else, they might have considered retaining his rights. Ultimately, they saw no reason to hold onto Favre when they couldn't get anything for him in a trade. The only way this backfires is if Tom Brady is not ready for the start of the season and Favre signs with the Patriots. By the Jets releasing him, the real loser is Green Bay if Favre goes to Minnesota and plays well. The Packers did not call the Jets to complain after they released Favre.

• Once the Jets drafted Sanchez, he became the face of the franchise and the Jets no longer wanted Favre back even if he wanted back. Favre was not a willing tutor to Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. There's no reason to believe he would have embraced Sanchez. And the Jets wanted no part of the soap opera Favre put the Packers through last summer. The Jets rented Favre for one year at a cost of a third-round pick. It almost paid off. If they the Jets were not able to get Sanchez, they would not have cut Favre last week.

Favre has used the last four months to let his torn biceps tendon in his throwing arm heal up. The time off has also let him recharge his competitive spirit. Training camps don't open until about Aug. 1. He reportedly hired a personal trainer. The web site Pro Football Talk reported last week there was a flight that left Minneapolis for Hattiesburg, Miss., on Wednesday morning and returned later in the day. The trip supposedly was made the day after the Jets released Favre. Was the Vikings' hierarchy aboard?

Before long, Favre will be throwing to the high school kids in Hattiesburg. And then you can figure he will start leaking word around mid-June he's got the itch to play again.

Wide receivers Hakeem Nicks, the Giants' first-round pick, and Ramses Barden, the first of their two third-round picks, represent the choices they would not give up for Cleveland's Braylon Edwards or Arizona's Anquan Boldin. Wise move? Short-term, it's not likely the Giants will get the production from either of the rookies they could have gotten from Edwards or Boldin. Rookie receivers usually don't make an immediate impact. Long-term will take a couple of years to figure out. But considering the Giants also had two second-round picks and another third-round selection, I would rather have taken my chances with Edwards or Boldin and given Manning a proven receiver on a win-now team. Remember, the Giants not only don't have Plaxico Burress, they are not bringing back Amani Toomer.Draft overkill
The NFL has one year remaining on its contract with Radio City to hold the draft. It has not been determined if Roger Goodell will take the show on the road in 2011. But you can just about count on it being reconfigured once again to maximize TV ratings, which is pretty much the league's No. 1 concern. The latest proposal being tossed around is to hold the first round in prime time on a Thursday night, rounds two and three on Friday and four through seven on Saturday. ... Now that the Saints have extended their Superdome lease through 2025, look for the NFL to award the 2013 Super Bowl to New Orleans. The next three are in Miami, Dallas and Indy. New Orleans is a 2013 finalist with Tampa and Glendale, Ariz. The last time New Orleans hosted was the 2002 game between the Rams and Patriots. The NFL wants to put a post-Katrina Super Bowl in the Superdome as a sign of commitment to the Gulf Coast region.

[gbpackfan]

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

[oregonpackfan]

I hope Favre comes to his senses and realize that revenge is always "sweet."

I would like him to look back and be grateful for having a fabulous NFL career with the Green Bay Packers.

He still has a great wife and two lovely daughters. It is time for him to begin the other chapters of his life.

[Brandon494]

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

He threw for 6 TDs in a game last season, dont really think he is making a fool of himself. Also wasn't his arm hurt during the end of the season when he started to struggled?

[DannoMac21]

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

He threw for 6 TDs in a game last season, dont really think he is making a fool of himself. Also wasn't his arm hurt during the end of the season when he started to struggled?

Notice he said the end of last year? When the Jets literally collapsed and most of it due to Favre's horrible play.

[Scott Campbell]

I wonder if MN is desperate enough to put up with the accompanying freak show.

[svh1962]

let him come back. then i would hope that b.j. raji and clay mathews meet him in the backfield and introduce themselves.

[PlantPage55]

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

He threw for 6 TDs in a game last season, dont really think he is making a fool of himself. Also wasn't his arm hurt during the end of the season when he started to struggled?

The guy says Brett sucked in the second half of the season last year (which, in reality, should be the second half of the season for the last 5 years) and you bring out the 6 TD game from earlier in the season (something that Brett humpers LOVE to do). The 6 TD game, which was an anomaly in an otherwise mostly bad year for Brett. It was ONE game.

It's remarkable what continues to be ignored by the blind.

[gbpackfan]

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

He threw for 6 TDs in a game last season, dont really think he is making a fool of himself. Also wasn't his arm hurt during the end of the season when he started to struggled?

As other readers have pointed out, I stated he was terrible AT THE END OF THE SEASON. I am a HUGE Favre fan, as big as any, but facts are facts my friend. Now stop drinking the Kool Aid and come to your senses. He is done. Get over it. This is foolish and embarassing!

[The Shadow]

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

I certainly agree.
It was especially sad to learn how little he was as a person.

[Jimx29]

You need to change that title of the thread and include "an unnamed source and I think (3 times)" think that......blah blah blah....

[Packnut]

Favre

It's just gets to funny. It's always the same morons here ripping Favre. Nothing but a bunch of little bitch's..............

[Packnut]

Fool

It will be very sad to see Brett play another year. He was terrible at the end of the season last year. He is ruining his legacy and making a fool out of himself.

I certainly agree.
It was especially sad to learn how little he was as a person.

And you've always been king of the morons here..........