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    Ok, it sure seems like he enjoys listening to himself. I'm beginning to think he's going to become a commentator. He has an opinion on everything lately, and is pretty quick to find a microphone.



    updated: April 20, 2006, 4:11 PM ET
    Favre thinks McNair being treated unfair by Titans
    Associated Press

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Brett Favre, who has been treated with patience by the Green Bay Packers while deciding if he will retire, doesn't like the way the Tennessee Titans have dealt with Steve McNair, their veteran quarterback.

    "All of the things he has done for that team," the Packers QB said Thursday. "He really has been the face of that team for the last 10 or 11 years, the one bright spot really. To be treated that way I think is really unfair. He doesn't deserve it ... It is not right."

    On April 3, the Titans had a team trainer tell McNair, the NFL's co-MVP in 2003, that he could not work out on the team's property until they can reach a deal reworking his contract. They fear an injury would put them on the hook for $23.46 million under the salary cap.

    Favre and McNair have the same agent, Bus Cook.

    McNair agreed to a six-year extension with Tennessee for $47 million in June 2001, a deal reworked often to provide the Titans with much-needed salary cap space until now. The Titans declined to pay a $50 million option to extend his deal, which now runs through 2006.

    The NFL Players Association has filed a grievance on McNair's behalf, charging the Titans breached his contract.

    Favre declined to comment about his own playing future, but he made the comments before attending a fundraiser for the Chattanooga football program as a guest of coach Rodney Allison. Allison was quarterbacks coach at Southern Mississippi when Favre played there.

  • #2
    Favre didn't say anything about the war in Iraq, Don Rumsfeld, or Britney dropping her baby. McNair is Favre's buddy and wouldn't you agree he's being treated pretty shabbily?
    "Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck

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    • #3
      Brett was asked a question when doing a thing for charity, and he gave an answer...media make too much of these things.
      "I would love to have a guy that always gets the key hit, a pitcher that always makes his best pitch and a manager that can always make the right decision. The problem is getting him to put down his beer and come out of the stands and do those things." - Danny Murraugh

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      • #4
        Do people honestly believe that if Brett Favre retires from football that the Pack will suffer through countless 4-12 seasons? I don't believe in that. What he is doing is tarnishing his brilliant career. 5-10 years from now will we be as True Packer Fans be remembering Brett Favre's career or this should I play or retire melo-drama?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by mraynrand
          Favre didn't say anything about the war in Iraq, Don Rumsfeld, or Britney dropping her baby. McNair is Favre's buddy and wouldn't you agree he's being treated pretty shabbily?
          I would agree Mcnair is the face of that organization. He has played through alot of tough times with them and was a trooper. This guy deserves more then this.

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          • #6
            Favre bashers wish TT would treat him the same way. Total lack of class by the titan's organization. Favre is speaking as McNair's friend not just a fellow football player.

            Guess no one is gonna wanna play for them either huh?

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            • #7
              Wasn't Lombardi blasted by the Packer Faithful when he left for Washington? Nobody seems to mention that anymore.

              The problem with being a famous footballer in the off-season is that every word said into a microphone is broadcast across the country. Pundits, with nothing better to do, jump on it to provide inflammatory commentary to justify their over-priced useless jobs.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by pacfan
                Wasn't Lombardi blasted by the Packer Faithful when he left for Washington? Nobody seems to mention that anymore.

                The problem with being a famous footballer in the off-season is that every word said into a microphone is broadcast across the country. Pundits, with nothing better to do, jump on it to provide inflammatory commentary to justify their over-priced useless jobs.
                Might be because he never did much of anything with the Redskins as he was too sick by the time they got started on the season. And I agree with you about pundits in the offseason. I wonder if I called John Clayton and said Brett told me he wasn't coming back would he run with it and call me an 'inside source...'
                "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings

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                • #9
                  zig, Lombardi coached one full year with the 'skins before his illness, leading them to a winning record for the first time in ages. Unfortunately, he never made it to the 2nd season with them.

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                  • #10
                    I'll have to re-read that section of Pride. The book made it sound like he was listed, but in the hospital and unable to do anything with the team by the spring after arriving in DC. It didn't seem to say anything about a full season of coaching before getting sick. But you're right. Amazing by the way that a man who died long before the internet has a website.
                    "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings

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                    • #11
                      Ya, he was actually quite the star in D.C. for that year before being stricken. He would walk into restaurants and receive impromtu standing ovations and the like. He breathed life into a once proud but now morbid franchise (much like GB when he was hired) and had stirred the masses in the city with his presence and winning season. That broke a string of 14 consecutive losing seasons by the 'skins. Remarkable coach, best ever.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by esoxx
                        Remarkable coach, best ever.
                        Can't argue with that logic!!
                        "Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings

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                        • #13
                          Here's the rest of the article - more of Favre talking about TO and the Boys - wouldn't that be irony if Brett went to Dallas? Would you still love the Packers, love Brett and hate the Cowboys??? I'd have mixed feelings - depends on what he wants to do ultimately...

                          Favre also described Terrell Owens, who played at Chattanooga, as a "phenomenal player, we all think that. I think every team that picks him up thinks that they can maybe change the way he approaches things.

                          "Dallas is loading up and if he can give them the year that he gave Philly his first year they feel like they'll be in the Super Bowl," Favre said.

                          "I don't know if there is a player out there who is as dominant as he is, when he wants to be. I know he can't be covered. He is his own worst enemy or has been. But would I have loved to have signed him? Sure."

                          As Favre arrived at Chattanooga's Finley Stadium, he was greeted outside by a Packers fan displaying a sign: "Favre's No. 1 fan from Thailand" and stopped to be photographed with him.

                          "Jack" Wattanawongsawang, 33, of Chattanooga said he has been a Packers fan since moving to the United States 10 years ago and later getting introduced to football on a visit to Lambeau Field.

                          Wattanawongsawang said he wants Favre to make decision on his playing future based on "what is best for him. I want it to be best for him. As a Packer fan I'd like to see him as long as I could."
                          The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
                          Vince Lombardi

                          "Not really interested in being a spoiler or an underdog. We're the Green Bay Packers." McCarthy.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by ChubbyHubby
                            Do people honestly believe that if Brett Favre retires from football that the Pack will suffer through countless 4-12 seasons? I don't believe in that. What he is doing is tarnishing his brilliant career. 5-10 years from now will we be as True Packer Fans be remembering Brett Favre's career or this should I play or retire melo-drama?
                            Chub Hub, I honestly feel that in 5-10 years almost everyone who is a Packers and Brett Favre fan today will look back and remember all the great games he was in, and won for us, the games he turned around in the 4th quarter. All this 'should I play or retire' drama will be long since forgotten. He's been a Green Bay Packer for far too long for people to carry bad feelings. I feel real strongly about this, let's hope that's the way it plays out.
                            Judy
                            Is it really a halo or
                            just a swelled head ?

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                            • #15
                              Re: More Favre Commentary

                              Originally posted by Scott Campbell
                              Ok, it sure seems like he enjoys listening to himself. I'm beginning to think he's going to become a commentator. He has an opinion on everything lately, and is pretty quick to find a microphone.



                              updated: April 20, 2006, 4:11 PM ET
                              Favre thinks McNair being treated unfair by Titans
                              Associated Press

                              CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Brett Favre, who has been treated with patience by the Green Bay Packers while deciding if he will retire, doesn't like the way the Tennessee Titans have dealt with Steve McNair, their veteran quarterback.

                              "All of the things he has done for that team," the Packers QB said Thursday. "He really has been the face of that team for the last 10 or 11 years, the one bright spot really. To be treated that way I think is really unfair. He doesn't deserve it ... It is not right."

                              On April 3, the Titans had a team trainer tell McNair, the NFL's co-MVP in 2003, that he could not work out on the team's property until they can reach a deal reworking his contract. They fear an injury would put them on the hook for $23.46 million under the salary cap.

                              Favre and McNair have the same agent, Bus Cook.

                              McNair agreed to a six-year extension with Tennessee for $47 million in June 2001, a deal reworked often to provide the Titans with much-needed salary cap space until now. The Titans declined to pay a $50 million option to extend his deal, which now runs through 2006.

                              The NFL Players Association has filed a grievance on McNair's behalf, charging the Titans breached his contract.

                              Favre declined to comment about his own playing future, but he made the comments before attending a fundraiser for the Chattanooga football program as a guest of coach Rodney Allison. Allison was quarterbacks coach at Southern Mississippi when Favre played there.

                              This was profootballtalk.com's take:

                              LORD FAVRE NEED TO SHUT UP

                              We were amazed to see Packers quarterback Brett Favre (the whole "He Who" thing is getting stale) chiming in regarding the treatment of quarterback Steve McNair by the Titans. Even though they have the same agent, the relationship between the Titans and McNair is none of Lord Favre's business.
                              "All of the things he has done for that team," Favre said Thursday. "He really has been the face of that team for the last 10 or 11 years, the one bright spot really. To be treated that way I think is really unfair. He doesn't deserve it. . . . It is not right."
                              But if Favre believes it's proper for the quarterback of one team to comment on matters relating to the quarterback of another team, we invite any of the other 30 starting quarterbacks in the NFL to weigh in regarding the manner in which Favre has been stringing along the Cheeseheads regarding his "I'm afraid we'll suck again" crybaby routine.
                              Here's a suggested quote for anyone who might be interested: "All of the things those fans have done for him. To be treated that way I think is really unfair. They don't deserve it. . . . It is not right."

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