Favre the quitter?

[hoosier]

They might both be conflicted to the nth power, but I doubt Brett shares Hamlet's ability to plumb the depths of his own being:

Hamlet: A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.
Claudius: What dost thou mean by this?
Hamlet: Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar.

[woodbuck27]

.......... because alot of us saw clearly that TT was dismantling the team around Brett Favre.

Congratulations for seeing so clearly.

Football Scott!!

We can always count on you to be so genuine and conribute so much to the morale here at Packerrats. Don't you ever grow old on yourself Scott?

[Freak Out]

They might both be conflicted to the nth power, but I doubt Brett shares Hamlet's ability to plumb the depths of his own being:

Hamlet: A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.
Claudius: What dost thou mean by this?
Hamlet: Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar.

"It is not, nor it cannot come to good."

[woodbuck27]

http://www.twincities.com/ci_12899523?nclick_check=1

Take a gander at the pic of Brett Favre at the bottom of this release. He's looking lean and hard. He looks in incredible condition and it's obvious he's wanted in Minnesota.

Will he be the perceived last link?

I'll be very surprised if he doesn't give it one more hitch with the Vikings. Is he anxious? Of course he has to be. As we age there does come a time when we realize we cannot compete at as high a level as we once did. The body and mind are the sanity of the reality check.

That's where Brett Favre is right now. Dealing with that struggle. Reality.

GO PACK GO!

[Scott Campbell]

Don't you ever grow old on yourself Scott?

I'll always be young at heart you blind ole fart.

[woodbuck27]

Don't you ever grow old on yourself Scott?

I'll always be young at heart you blind ole fart.

Scott I'l say goodbye to you now bcause it's obvious to me your setting yourself up to be banned from Packerrats.

I feel sad for you Scott.

[Fritz]

.......... because alot of us saw clearly that TT was dismantling the team around Brett Favre.

Congratulations for seeing so clearly.

Football Scott!!

We can always count on you to be so genuine and conribute so much to the morale here at Packerrats. Don't you ever grow old on yourself Scott?

Scott, I think that's Waldo's cousin!

[MJZiggy]

Please see my post in the prediction thread...thx.

[Fritz]

They might both be conflicted to the nth power, but I doubt Brett shares Hamlet's ability to plumb the depths of his own being:

Hamlet: A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.
Claudius: What dost thou mean by this?
Hamlet: Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar.

Maybe not, but I bet Favre can plumb the depths of a dirty joke!

Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap?

Ophelia: No, my lord.

Hamlet: I mean, my head upon your lap?

Ophelia: Ay, my lord.

Hamlet: Do you think I meant country matters?

Ophelia: I think nothing, my lord.

Hamlet: That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs.

Ophelia: What is, my lord?

Hamlet: Nothing.


Ah, Shakespeare. That dirty bastard!

[Waldo]

Do you think that all those players have really contacted Favre.....

Or, as this story (the latest about the conflicted thing) seems to have originated from sources close to Favre (cough Cook), is this public contract negotiation.

Where in reality the Vikes offered something Cook balked at. Instead of settling it in a negotiation room like normal agent-teams, Cook knows the tremendous power of his idolic client, and is playing them godfather style.

Chilly & co - 1 yr, 2M, incentive laden.
Cook - LOL, call back when you are serious.
Cook to Favre - They don't want you yet. I'll fix that, just act like an aw shucks good boy and play with the kids.
Favre - Sounds good. But I really want to play for them, and my arm feels fine.
Cook to ESPN - We have a deal in place for 1 yr 10M. But Brett is conflicted, he doesn't know if he really wants to do it, though several Mn players (including all their stars) have contacted him and he feels an obligation to them.
Chilly to the FO - We don't have a deal for that? Should we call the players and see if they have been calling Brett? Can we trust them to tell us if they have been? Should we wait for them to call if he is lying? Call Brett and see what he has to say.
Brett to Chilly - No I haven't talked to ESPN. I've been throwing with the kids. My arm feels great. Have you and Bus worked out a contract.



"I'll make Chilly an offer he can't refuse, I'll assure him that his name or his career will be on that contract."

Chilly knows:
Bus wants 1 yr 10M.
He will have chemistry problems and angry players/fans if Brett doesn't come to town.
They expect 1 yr 10M, any less and they know that it was the Mn FO, and not Brett, dragging their feet.

Mn fans know:
Contract is in place.
Brett wants to be sure his arm is right, but if he falters later, you know what to blame.
Players really want him and locker room is not divided.

GB fans know:
Favre is conflicted, and if it weren't for his sense of duty, he wouldn't be doing this.

Bus Cook is a snake.

[hoosier]

And meanwhile the "confliction" grows stronger and stronger every day.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81171197&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Multitude of issues likely to delay Favre's decision on possible return

Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.

[hoosier]

Where in reality the Vikes offered something Cook balked at. Instead of settling it in a negotiation room like normal agent-teams, Cook knows the tremendous power of his idolic client, and is playing them godfather style.

Thomas George claims that a higher up in the Vikings org told him that Favre would be earning "north of 10M" if he plays. It doesn't sound like they have a disagreement about payscale. I suspect this latest act in the circus might well be exactly what it seems--Favre hemming and hawing and procrastinating.

In any case, this kind of dispels my greatest fear: that Chilly was going to find a way to reign Favre in and make him into an effective cog in the Vikings well oiled ground-based offense.

[ThunderDan]

http://www.twincities.com/ci_12899523?nclick_check=1

Take a gander at the pic of Brett Favre at the bottom of this release. He's looking lean and hard. He looks in incredible condition and it's obvious he's wanted in Minnesota.

Dudes in khaki shorts and has his watch on. The high school football player behind BF looks to be in better shape.

[Fritz]

To play, or not to play. That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous media, or test arms against a sea of high schoolers and by throwing, end doubts. To retire, to sleep - no more - and by a sleep say we end the countless meetings and the thousand unnatural shocks that a quarterback is heir to. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. To retire, to sleep; to sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub, for in that sleep of retirement what dreams may come, shuffled off to Buffalo - or Minnesota.

[MOBB DEEP]

http://www.twincities.com/ci_12899523?nclick_check=1

Take a gander at the pic of Brett Favre at the bottom of this release. He's looking lean and hard. He looks in incredible condition and it's obvious he's wanted in Minnesota.

Dudes in khaki shorts and has his watch on. The high school football player behind BF looks to be in better shape.

SO...??!!

same thing last summer rockn the cargo shorts and watch; yet MADE PRO BOWL!!