Favre the quitter?

[Pugger]

Armstrong faded today and now is fourth overall and will not win this year's Tour. If you watch Lance at 37 try to keep up with those younger riders in that grueling event you can see he isn't the same rider as he was just a couple of years ago even tho I'm sure he trained like mad beforehand. So Brett at 40 (he will be 40 in early October), can he keep up with all of the younger guys in the NFL today?

[ThunderDan]

Armstrong faded today and now is fourth overall and will not win this year's Tour. If you watch Lance at 37 try to keep up with those younger riders in that grueling event you can see he isn't the same rider as he was just a couple of years ago even tho I'm sure he trained like mad beforehand. So Brett at 40 (he will be 40 in early October), can he keep up with all of the younger guys in the NFL today?

Armstrong was the perfect teammate today. He knew he couldn't win and by putting in the extra effect to close the distance between himself and his teammate he would have helped the other teams. So instead he rode on the back of his group not using extra energy to keep himself in the running to win the Yellow Jersey and other opponents also.

After today really only three people have a "reasonable" chance of winning.

[Bossman641]

live and let live....

like d. driver said "i wish him the best..."

haters abound..

DAYUM...

You're always talking about haters and how it's just entertainment. And yet, you've hated on Ted Thompson and have wanted him fired.

Kinda funny.

It's my position that alot of the anti TT rhetoric that once was seen here was because alot of us saw clearly that TT was dismantling the team around Brett Favre. It was obvious TT was headed in a new direction and of course that was difficult to stomach for thse loyal to Favre the player and arguably all time favourite Packer player.

Well Favre is gone. Time to move on and pull for TT and his team. Of course some will continue to follow and enjoy whatever Favre does that's positive as well. Unfortunately for Packer fans loyality barometer it appears that Favre and the TT Packers are on a collision course and the drama is going to build.

Who wins here. Any NFL fan that appreciates the intrigue and the story. It's like watching the exploits of Lance Armstrong currently in the Tour de France. Today he's running in second place and may all be out of it, but the next couple of legs may indicate an unexpected result and he may seize the lead from Contadour. It's the story.

GO PACKERS!

Clearly saw he was dismantling a team? Proof?

Comparing Favre to Lance Armstrong is laughable. Talk to me when Lance retires, refuses to put in the time and work required, and then trash talks his former team and joins another team (at least partly) out of spite.

[MOBB DEEP]

live and let live....

like d. driver said "i wish him the best..."

haters abound..

DAYUM...

You're always talking about haters and how it's just entertainment. And yet, you've hated on Ted Thompson and have wanted him fired.

Kinda funny.

TT was headed in a new direction and of course that was difficult to stomach for thse loyal to Favre the player and arguably all time favourite Packer player.

bingo

quite elementary really

and since aaron is a stud and favre is still balling well i have no quams with TT other than the way he handled "my brett..."

life goes on and its gona be a doozy this season

[Scott Campbell]

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

Congratulations for seeing so clearly.

[mraynrand]

Comparing Favre to Lance Armstrong is laughable. Talk to me when Lance retires, refuses to put in the time and work required, and then trash talks his former team and joins another team (at least partly) out of spite.

The first cut is the deepest...

[MOBB DEEP]

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

Congratulations for seeing so clearly.

GNR...

[Scott Campbell]

GNR...

GNR?

[hoosier]

The latest on Favre from ESPN: his shoulder is fine but he's still feeling "conflicted" about joining the Vikings. The rationale makes perfect sense. Having already reached pretty much every major team and individual milestone imaginaable, and being 39 years old, who wouldn't be ambivalent about TC followed by 17 weeks of having 300 lb lineman trying to take his head off? But Favre clearly has a large share of control over how this story is getting reported, and it's beyond me why he would want to contribute this "will he or won't he?" game. Why not just find some underground bunker and disappear from the media spotlight until he's made up his mind one way or the other? He's not doing the Vikings or his "legacy" any favors.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4350876

Favre has experienced the rigors of an 18-year NFL career and apparently worries about their effect. Favre seems aware that he will be criticized for renouncing his retirement for a second time and that would make it impossible for him to sign with the Vikings, only to experience physical problems and leave the team without enduring a hailstorm of negative reaction about why he ever tried to play again. That is the reason, according to those close to him, that he remains conflicted about what to tell the Vikings.

[LP]

"...Darrell Bevell, who was Favre's offensive coordinator in Green Bay for three seasons."

Since when was Darrell Bevell an offensive coordinator in Green Bay?

[Zool]

"...Darrell Bevell, who was Favre's offensive coordinator in Green Bay for three seasons."

Since when was Darrell Bevell an offensive coordinator in Green Bay?

Facts schmacts

[]{ilr]3]

The latest on Favre from ESPN: his shoulder is fine but he's still feeling "conflicted" about joining the Vikings. The rationale makes perfect sense. Having already reached pretty much every major team and individual milestone imaginaable, and being 39 years old, who wouldn't be ambivalent about TC followed by 17 weeks of having 300 lb lineman trying to take his head off? But Favre clearly has a large share of control over how this story is getting reported, and it's beyond me why he would want to contribute this "will he or won't he?" game. Why not just find some underground bunker and disappear from the media spotlight until he's made up his mind one way or the other? He's not doing the Vikings or his "legacy" any favors.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4350876

Favre has experienced the rigors of an 18-year NFL career and apparently worries about their effect. Favre seems aware that he will be criticized for renouncing his retirement for a second time and that would make it impossible for him to sign with the Vikings, only to experience physical problems and leave the team without enduring a hailstorm of negative reaction about why he ever tried to play again. That is the reason, according to those close to him, that he remains conflicted about what to tell the Vikings.

So now he is thinking about quittin, quitting for a team he has never even played for?

Thats HOF style quitten there boy!

[CaptainKickass]

{ilr]3]

The latest on Favre from ESPN: his shoulder is fine but he's still feeling "conflicted" about joining the Vikings. The rationale makes perfect sense. Having already reached pretty much every major team and individual milestone imaginaable, and being 39 years old, who wouldn't be ambivalent about TC followed by 17 weeks of having 300 lb lineman trying to take his head off? But Favre clearly has a large share of control over how this story is getting reported, and it's beyond me why he would want to contribute this "will he or won't he?" game. Why not just find some underground bunker and disappear from the media spotlight until he's made up his mind one way or the other? He's not doing the Vikings or his "legacy" any favors.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4350876

Favre has experienced the rigors of an 18-year NFL career and apparently worries about their effect. Favre seems aware that he will be criticized for renouncing his retirement for a second time and that would make it impossible for him to sign with the Vikings, only to experience physical problems and leave the team without enduring a hailstorm of negative reaction about why he ever tried to play again. That is the reason, according to those close to him, that he remains conflicted about what to tell the Vikings.

So now he is thinking about quittin, quitting for a team he has never even played for?

Thats HOF style quitten there boy!

Although as a Packer fan - I really wouldn't mind if he decided NOT to play for MN, preferably at the very very last minute. He'd be leaving the Vikings lockerroom/players divided somewhat and there would likely be some animosity felt by the "other" QB's on that team. Taking the air right out of their sails.

Sounds good to me!

[Cheesehead Craig]

So now AD, Hutch and several other prominent players for the Vikes are on record wanting Favre to be their QB. If he doesn't go the Vikes, there's going to be a bunch of hurt feelings and some serious animosity in that clubhouse with T-Jack and Rosencopter. Talk about a no confidence vote.

[Fritz]

If you buy into the theory that Hamlet's biggest problem was his conflicted conscience and his inability to make a decision, then you might see a parallel between Hamlet and a certain former Packer QB.

I bet he's even conflicted about being conflicted.