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I know this has been rehashed to death, but my friend and I were discussing it today and we came up with an interesting theory. Favre wanted to play for MN all along, even prior to his 07 retirement.
Here me out.
1. Favre gets mad at the organization for expecting him to practice and act like a member of the team
2. Favre talks to his friends in Minnesota (Bevell and Childress)
3. Favre realizes that if he retires, the Packers will likely release him (ie Reggie White) and he can come back and play for the Vikings ...making it all look like an unplanned series of events
4. Favre retires and then goes on Letterman and is quoted as saying "something is bound to happen when training camp begins" ..many of use were suspicious when we heard this ..no idea he would turn into a traitor though
5. Campen, from the Packers, visits Favre at his home and realizes that he wants to play and is talking to the Vikings, he mentions it to Thompson
6. Thompson contacts Favre and says he hears he wants to come back and is all for it.
7. Favre balks at the idea, but he thought TT would say "no", and release him. This is often times referred to as the first time Favre "changed his mind" after retiring. Thompson didn't blab about this but it is where the tampering charges that he filed stemmed from.
7. Favre later decides that he wants to contact Thompson about the whole thing, Thompson is on vacation and sets up a conference call for when he returns. At this conference call, Bus Cook and Favre play the "Packers want to go with Rodgers" card and ask for their release but Thompson is already well aware that Favre wants to go to the Vikings based on conversations that he has had with Campen and probably other people. Thompson basically tells him that he is not going to get his release.
8. Favre waits until training camp begins and attempts to force Ted's hand saying "trade me or release me" ..funny though because since he didn't file reinstatement papers, the only thing TT can do is release him at this point
9. Ted decides to play hardball now ..he files the tampering charges and basically says, "you are not getting released, we will look to trade you if thats what you want"
10. At this point, Favre begins playing the "I want to be the QB for the Packers" card knowing they are now set on Rodgers and have drafted 2 QBs and the relationship is now broken beyond repair, he thinks this will save him from looking like a jerk to Packer Nation and he will still ultimately get what he wants. Things get ugly though and Favre decides to take the "no holds barred" approach realizing that his plan has already greatly backfired ..going on the record with Greta and what not.
11. Goodell steps in, makes Favre file his reinstatement papers and tells the Packers they need to look into trading him
12. Favre is traded to the NYJ and Ted makes sure he puts a poison pill into the deal so that Favre cannot be traded to the NFC North
13. Favre gets his release from NYJ, and joins MIN. Like he wanted all along.
So really, might Favre's first retirement have been faked also? Im not sure he wanted to play for us at all. This is the ONLY explanation for why he balked when TT said "ok."
And before someone says "go to hell for bringing this back up" to you I say, "Dont read it and/or dont reply." I wanted to post it so I could here what other people thought.
Here me out.
1. Favre gets mad at the organization for expecting him to practice and act like a member of the team
2. Favre talks to his friends in Minnesota (Bevell and Childress)
3. Favre realizes that if he retires, the Packers will likely release him (ie Reggie White) and he can come back and play for the Vikings ...making it all look like an unplanned series of events
4. Favre retires and then goes on Letterman and is quoted as saying "something is bound to happen when training camp begins" ..many of use were suspicious when we heard this ..no idea he would turn into a traitor though
5. Campen, from the Packers, visits Favre at his home and realizes that he wants to play and is talking to the Vikings, he mentions it to Thompson
6. Thompson contacts Favre and says he hears he wants to come back and is all for it.
7. Favre balks at the idea, but he thought TT would say "no", and release him. This is often times referred to as the first time Favre "changed his mind" after retiring. Thompson didn't blab about this but it is where the tampering charges that he filed stemmed from.
7. Favre later decides that he wants to contact Thompson about the whole thing, Thompson is on vacation and sets up a conference call for when he returns. At this conference call, Bus Cook and Favre play the "Packers want to go with Rodgers" card and ask for their release but Thompson is already well aware that Favre wants to go to the Vikings based on conversations that he has had with Campen and probably other people. Thompson basically tells him that he is not going to get his release.
8. Favre waits until training camp begins and attempts to force Ted's hand saying "trade me or release me" ..funny though because since he didn't file reinstatement papers, the only thing TT can do is release him at this point
9. Ted decides to play hardball now ..he files the tampering charges and basically says, "you are not getting released, we will look to trade you if thats what you want"
10. At this point, Favre begins playing the "I want to be the QB for the Packers" card knowing they are now set on Rodgers and have drafted 2 QBs and the relationship is now broken beyond repair, he thinks this will save him from looking like a jerk to Packer Nation and he will still ultimately get what he wants. Things get ugly though and Favre decides to take the "no holds barred" approach realizing that his plan has already greatly backfired ..going on the record with Greta and what not.
11. Goodell steps in, makes Favre file his reinstatement papers and tells the Packers they need to look into trading him
12. Favre is traded to the NYJ and Ted makes sure he puts a poison pill into the deal so that Favre cannot be traded to the NFC North
13. Favre gets his release from NYJ, and joins MIN. Like he wanted all along.
So really, might Favre's first retirement have been faked also? Im not sure he wanted to play for us at all. This is the ONLY explanation for why he balked when TT said "ok."
And before someone says "go to hell for bringing this back up" to you I say, "Dont read it and/or dont reply." I wanted to post it so I could here what other people thought.
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