OFFICIAL FAVRE WATCH: DECISION DAY/NEWS/FINALE/PREVIEW

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Fan MerlinWizard222 Note

MerlinWizard222's comments [to be respected, as fans are entitled to their opinion]: "Personally, I don't see Favre up and walking away now. That being said: I agree Favre doesn't want the "Favre final tour" crap, I wouldn't either. But, TT wasn't too high on keeping him around when he flew into town either. You have to look at the direction of the organization and even though the Packers had a lot of bright spots in '06, TT can't afford to "build through the draft" and expect to keep Favre wanting to play for a young, inexperienced team. We have a lot of locks for starters and some who's contract are up. The Free Agency market will be a good one. If TT doesn't go after a few players, if I were Favre, I would walk. If TT is so stupid that he looks past the 2006 accomplishments and brings in another 10 rookies, then I may have to consider not being much of a fan anymore. We get it Ted, you like the draft. You need to get it Ted, we want to WIN NOW!"

[The Shadow]

Re: MerlinWizard222 Perceptive Note

quote="TopHat"Favre doesn't want the "Favre final tour" crap".

Respectfully disagree

"You have to look at the direction of the organization and even though the Packers had a lot of bright spots in '06, TT can't afford to "build through the draft"

Actually, I think history has demonstrated that is far & away the BEST way to build.

" If TT doesn't go after a few players, if I were Favre, I would walk."

Allowing a player to dictate team decisions is just possibly not the wisest philosophy....?

If TT is so stupid that he looks past the 2006 accomplishments and brings in another 10 rookies, then I may have to consider not being much of a fan anymore.

Shane! Come back! (Please bring your ball back...)


"We get it Ted, you like the draft. "

To Ted's credit, thank goodness.


"You need to get it Ted, we want to WIN NOW!"

Daddy, I WANT AN OOMPALOOMPA RIGHT NOW!
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[The Shadow]

Again, I declare myself pretty solidly in Thompson's corner.
His moves seem to have the Packers finally on track.

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Re: MerlinWizard222 Note

quote="TopHat"Favre doesn't want the "Favre final tour" crap".

Respectfully disagree

"You have to look at the direction of the organization and even though the Packers had a lot of bright spots in '06, TT can't afford to "build through the draft"

Actually, I think history has demonstrated that is far & away the BEST way to build.

" If TT doesn't go after a few players, if I were Favre, I would walk."

Allowing a player to dictate team decisions is just possibly not the wisest philosophy....?

If TT is so stupid that he looks past the 2006 accomplishments and brings in another 10 rookies, then I may have to consider not being much of a fan anymore.

Shane! Come back! (Please bring your ball back...)


"We get it Ted, you like the draft. "

To Ted's credit, thank goodness.


"You need to get it Ted, we want to WIN NOW!"

Daddy, I WANT AN OOMPALOOMPA RIGHT NOW!
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TOP HAT'S NOTE: YOU QUOTED MERLINWIZARD222'S COMMENTS, A RESPECTED FAN'S OPINION SHARED BY PACKER FANS ABOUT WINNING, UNDER OUR RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN A FREE SOCIETY.

[FavreChild]

Brett is not leaving.

Even if he was leaving, the Pack would bring in Plummer. Garcia would be fine, but now he will cost a pretty penny. No way TT will pay for that...

But it's a moot point...

Brett is not leaving.

WELCOME BACK, BRETT!!!! Another year, another 6-0 division record!! 8)

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AMUSING: SIDNEY SAYS WAITING IS "UNBEARABLE"

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=61&p=2&c=613146&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fpackers.scout.com%2f2%2f613146.html

Sydney Speaks! Not again, Brett! By Harry Sydney Packerreport.com

If you are already tired of the Brett Favre saga, which is well under way this off-season, read how PackerReport.com’s Harry Sydney feels about it. Like always, Sydney gets in your face and explains exactly how he feels about the quarterback’s indecision: another Favre indecision saga is unbearable.

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POLL RESULTS

Will Favre retire?

Yes, Chicago was his last game 22%

No, he will be back for the 07-08 season! 78%


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GREAT FANS' TRIBUTES

Youv'e got at least 2 more years in the tank. Give it at least one more. You have got those teammates of yours primed for a deep run next year. If you don't come back...THANKS FO THE MEMORIES..and good luck with your next venture. PS If you want to come hunting in the norhtwoods..let me know. We have over 800 acres and a 17 acre pond.

You are the best ever, come back only if you still love the game. However, understand you are still playing like one of the best in the game, receivers will be better, offensive line a bit stronger, and TE's will actually be able to catch passes rather than just block next year.. go out with a 30+ touchdown campaign. You've labored through decline and rebuilding, next season is a chance to bear the fruits of your labor.

I know you gotta do whatcha gotta do, Brett. But you still have it in you no matter what the detractors said last year or the few that still hold on to such an idiotic belief. I never doubted, and there are a bunch of those who, regardless of the media hype, didn't have any doubt either. Just keep on keepin' on and do what you know you can do. Regardless of your decision, many blessing to you and your family throughout the new year and beyond. Peace & Love4OneAnother.

Football just wouldn't be the same without Favre. I began to love football because of Brett Favre. I don't know what football is without him and I don't want to find out any time soon.

FOR AN ATHLETE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO END A SPORTS CAREER, PROFESSIONAL OR NON, AND 'THE HEART OF FOOTBALL' --BRETT FAVRE HIMSELF--WILL SOMEDAY FIND THAT OUT. . .HOPEFULLY NOT ANYTIME SOON. HE HAS TOO MUCH TO OFFER, AND A SOLID TEAM WITH SUPERIOR POTENTIAL TO AT LEAST GO 12-4 NEXT YEAR. IF HE LEAVES, WILL HE THINK, 'WHAT COULD i HAVE DONE WITH THAT TEAM?' THERE WILL BE A TIME HE'S ON THE SIDELINE REMINISCING, BUT NOT NOW.

I know you must get this a lot but you truley are my hero. i look up to you and everything that you do. i have written papers about you, and everything. It would be the greatest brithday present for the 3rd year in a row if you would come back.

I made it to my very first Packer Game in Lambeau Field this year and it just happened to be Oct. 29. Many "firsts" happened that day! My "first" time in Green Bay, we won our "first" home game of the season AND Brett, you did your "first" Lambeau Leap! What a day we had! I hope you come back for another year....

I am NOT ready to see Brett go. I expect his last game to be a HUGE tribute to him and I think the New Years game was not it, and proved he can do it agan, he's ONLY 37!!!!

If only for a few hours every week we can escape troubles in our life and watch the greatest player ever, than PLEASE don't retire. You are still the man and can obviously still play. Lets take one more run at the big show and bring the trophy home where it belongs, but we cannot do it without you!

What do you say to your hero? You’re the highlight of the NFL and I'm sure your family is proud. You know what you’re capable of on and off the field so it's not a question of ability. Just by being your self you have captured the hearts of just about every Packer fan that exists today, win or lose. Many of them won't admit it but for some of those people you’re the reason why they are Packers fans including myself. You represent the Green Bay Packers and the state of Wisconsin by character alone despite being a Mississippi native; you’re a Cheese head by heart. You are as loyal and committed as every Packer fan and I can only ask that you give us one more year of representation as the best damned quarterback to have ever played in the NFL. And I mean that not only in your abilities, but also in your humanity.

Favre has to stay, he is the heart and soul of the packers.

I feel better about next year than I did about this year. Brett deserves to go out huge!

Brett is without any doubt the greateest player to ever play the game both on and off the field. thank you brett for all the years and memories you have given us packer/football fans. please come back. go pack go.

I have seen you play over the past 10 years and loved and enjoyed every one i been through the good and the bad like when we lost the superbowl to denver on my birthday. but im a die hard fan and bleed green and gold i would love to see you play for at least 1 more year but if is time and you decide to retire i support that to and wish you and your family the best, and thank you for all the wonderfull memory's. GREEN BAY ALL THE WAY!

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UPDATE

ECHOING SHADOW COMING.

[The Shadow]

Be careful when praying that you don't mistake a jockstrap for a rosary....

[GrnBay007]

Be careful when praying that you don't mistake a jockstrap for a rosary....

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Re: AMUSING: WAITING "UNBEARABLE"

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=61&p=2&c=613146&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2 f%2fpackers.scout.com%2f2%2f613146.html

Sydney Speaks! Not again, Brett! By Harry Sydney Packerreport.com

If you are already tired of the Brett Favre saga, which is well under way this off-season, read how PackerReport.com’s Harry Sydney feels about it. Like always, Sydney gets in your face and explains exactly how he feels about the quarterback’s indecision: another Favre indecision saga is unbearable.

what drama?

we haven't heard peep about this, at all. other then the internet forums with fans wondering whats going on, you hardly see anything about will he or won't he. infact, all you really do see about it, is reporters bitching about the drama, which IMO, isn't even there

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Re: AMUSING: SIDNEY SAYS WAITING IS "UNBEARABLE"

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=61&p=2&c=613146&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2 f%2fpackers.scout.com%2f2%2f613146.html

Sydney Speaks! Not again, Brett! By Harry Sydney Packerreport.com

If you are already tired of the Brett Favre saga, which is well under way this off-season, read how PackerReport.com’s Harry Sydney feels about it. Like always, Sydney gets in your face and explains exactly how he feels about the quarterback’s indecision: another Favre indecision saga is unbearable.

what drama?

we haven't heard peep about this, at all. other then the internet forums with fans wondering whats going on, you hardly see anything about will he or won't he. infact, all you really do see about it, is reporters bitching about the drama, which IMO, isn't even there

TOP HAT: GENERALLY, I AGREE. As one fan said, "The silence is deafening which makes me think that he is in talks with the Packers, his family, his manager etc about coming back."

[Merlin]

I hope Favre comes back as well. The sad reality is that the "future" to me is NOW and in TT's mind it's still years away. This is the NFL where a team can go from 0-16 to 16-0 in one season. Unfortunately TT doesn't agree and is spending all his time making "his" team. This is OUR team. No more Seattle castoffs.

TT is the reason we are 12-20 over the past two seasons. Name the last GM who had that poor of a record spanning two years? How far back do you have to go? The fact remains that whatever feel good things that happened this season, they won't get any better if you continue to put 10 rookies on the field every season. That isn't building, that's destroying. At some point you have to draft for necessity and not the best player available (one could argue that Rogers was the BPA at the time or not). You have to look at the holes you need to fill and not look at "young blood". I said this before and I will say it again, when all of these great rookies are viable veterans and their contracts come up, will you pay them or will you "build through the draft"? We have a very young team with a lot of great talent on it. When you take a look at when those contracts are up, we may not be able to keep them all. We have a good base and on that base you add skilled veterans to add leadership and strength. TT's direction has been to tear the organization down, add one good veteran, one younger veteran replacement, a convicted drug/alcohol addict, and over pay a #2 safety. He also put our kicking game in the hands of what amount to be rookies as well. He wrapped it all up in duct tape and hoped to god that it would stick together. That was just last year. Sure, he got Hawk, Jennings, Spitz, Colledge and Moll. Those five alone will command large salaries at the end of the rookie contracts. Can we keep them all? I doubt it.

You are entitled to your opinions that is true. You are open to disagree as well

[cap360]

merlin sorry but you are clueless