How does Favre fit in Thompson's plan?

[Kiwon]

TT has the Packers in full rebuilding mode all without using the word. Obviously Farve is the Packers' past and not the future.

As a new GM, TT would probably rather have Rodgers in there, but would have been be slitting his own throat PR-wise if he had actually pushed Farve out during in the off-season. He would have forever earned himself the moniker as the GM that ran off a Hall of Fame quarterback and a true football hero.

TT is a career football guy and he will work elsewhere in the future. He has to think about his reputation. In the grand scheme of things, Brett Farve will be remembered forever while TT will become just another hard-to-remember front office guy.

[No Mo Moss]

OK, full rebuilding mode, so what. Favre is the best chance to win. Let Rodgers ride the pine. He had some major opportunities in the preseason to showcase what he has and he didn't. If this team steadily improves throughout the season I'm not so sure Favre wouldn't give it another go next year. I'm sure we can all wait just a little longer for 30 years of medicrity.

You don't bench a HOF QB so we can watch Rodgers suck.

This is madness.

[Cobra Kai]

This just occurred to me... Could the trading of Gado, a beloved fan favorite, be a litmus test for trading the most beloved fan favorite in GB history??? Favre.

TT uses the Gado trade to gage the fan reaction to trading a GB folk hero, granted one that was created basically overnight and not a stellar career. But he then uses that reaction to decide, can I really unload a HOF QB without being lynched???

I don't believe this is the case and I probably gave TT haters more fuel to their fire but its an interesting thought...

[bbbffl66]

Trading Brett would also send a message to the rest of the league that GB is not a place where loyalty is rewarded. Welcome back to the Siberia of the NFL. Hey, I think I hear Come On Eileen on the radio. Oh my God it's 1984 again!!!