Brett Favre - Out of retirement to play more ball

[azianai]

John Madden's Curse needs to live another year, he totally talkd Favre into coming back to tear his ACL. Anyway, news is the Green Bay Packers are not gonna release him.

[Jokerswild]

I just read the Packers said he could come back as the back-up. I think thats just a ploy to force Farve to let them trade him and get some value. Farve should agree to come back as the back-up just to see if thats their intention.

[screwballl]

the news I saw is that they will not release him from his contract but they will also not let him come back as an active player... which means if the 2 drafts and Aaron Rodgers end up getting hurt, he will have a chance to play... otherwise he will be qa benchwarmer... if he decides to go that route...

[Jokerswild]

I read mine on Sports Illustrated but personally I think they ought to just release him and save their image and his.

[screwballl]

The "official" press release from the Packers team:

posted 07/11/2008

The Green Bay Packers are aware of the latest developments regarding Brett Favre.

Brett earned and exercised the right to retire on his terms. We wanted him to return and welcomed him back on more than one occasion.

Brett's press conference and subsequent conversations in the following weeks illustrated his commitment to retirement.

The finality of his decision to retire was accepted by the organization. At that point, the Green Bay Packers made the commitment to move forward with our football team.

As a retired player, Brett has the option to apply for reinstatement with Commissioner Goodell. If that were to occur, he would become an active member of the Green Bay Packers. As always, the Packers will do what's right and in the best interest of the team.

As with all Packers greats, Brett's legacy will always be celebrated by our fans and the organization, regardless of any change in his personal intentions.

Brett and Deanna will always be a part of the Packers family.

[Boy'nBlack]

Kansas City didn't suck with Montana, wasn't a sucky team in that entire era, and wasn't a bad move. They have some serious retirement plans at Kansas City, and that's the thing to do if you plan to do so. Look at all that go there to retire...they take care of retired players VERY well. Ask Moon and Allen to name a couple others.

Marty ball just doesn't get any team past the AFC Championship. AFC playoffs don't make a team sucky.

I relate to Favre. When that's what you do day in and day out, that relaxing stuff you find fun...well...it's fun for a month. I long to have a vacation at home, but I itch to come back to the grind within 4 days tops. You can only catch so many catfish, split so many logs, and work the ground so much before you're anxious once again. And he's damned good at football.

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Boy'nBlack

Marty ball just doesn't get any team past the AFC Championship. AFC playoffs don't make a team sucky.

Maybe, but it doesn't get them a spot in the big game either, which in the end as far as an NFL organization goes, is what really counts.

[Boy'nBlack]

No...money does. The perpetual losers, that yet get there...they still make big money. Cleveland makes more money when they suck than several superbowl winners. It takes teams like the CowGirls, pats, and 49r's to couple fandom with superbowl titles to sway common thought.

KC won a couple of those too. And the royals suck, but they've been champs before...so I don't follow the champion thought process. After the playoffs, it's luck. Ask the Bills.

I've always liked good teams, not just ones that glide up through and make it through. My most memorial games are not from the champs, and that drives fandom. A team that makes it to the superbowl 4 times in a row can't stink. Nor can a team that is always in the conferance playoff. Fumble, drive, red right 88...and Don Beebe swatting the ball out of Leon Lett's return is beyond my favorite play ever. Until The bills optioned to kick two years ago old school style instead of passing for 7.

So I just don't think bowls are all that. Heck, the browns have the most championships until you bring up the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay in Super Bowl I...a name tagged by the Chief's owner himself. I love the game, and the teams that keep coming up with good games, I'll love. I don't root on the bandwagon. Epic teams are rare. I'm following one now, and we might get lucky. The curse is still there, the mistake by the lake, and another single play may hold them back. But that doesn't mean anyone that gets to that point sucks. They just failed in one play all year. That superbowl title stuff is so ESPN call in radio stuff.

Chiefs did quite well that year Montana was there, and after without. It's not basketball where on player makes the team. You can't make an awesome trade and be playoff, or superbowl, material. It's more than that. It's a recipe.

You need Yoda back. I dont' recognize you so quickly Garet!

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Boy'nBlack

You need Yoda back. I dont' recognize you so quickly Garet!

LOL. I know. I need to render him properly so Yoda's outline isn't so jacked up on a dark background.

Not to change the subject but apparently Favre is not happy.

"I am guilty of retiring early and there is a reason for that," Favre said, according to an excerpt provided to The Associated Press before the Monday night broadcast. "And the major issue is 'Why did he retire?,' and 'He asked for a release because he doesn’t want to play in Green Bay.' That’s not true. And I hope people are hearing this and saying 'OK, that clears it up.'"

It's really sad to see this happening. The fans must be livid.

[Boy'nBlack]

Ya, and that's OUR passion for football...not his. I hate to see good guys I like move out of town, but that's the new football way of life (let alone TEAMS move around so much).

If he wants to play, he's going to want to do so in the same light we want to work for a good company. Maybe not the best company, but one that treats us right, loves us as workers and possible leaders, and just makes going in every day enjoyable. He was very critical in the past three years of head office moves, and coaching decisions. He wasn't happy there, and I think he just stayed for hope, and somewhat for the fans. Not much else.

Watch what Aaron Rogers does in the first 5 games, then you'll know what the Packers choose to do with him. I think he'd be great with a 2 year contract on many other teams...and yes, Kansas City would envelope him with the attention and care such a player calls for. Hell, they kept Trent Green as pretty much the QB coach up until the day he asked to be traded. Same with Jared Allen. If you're happy, they build you up. If you're not happy, say when and the trigger is pulled.

And, um...Atlanta really shouldn't be put out of the sights. He may still be butt hurt over the old days there, maybe not...but they sure could use him. I'll be cool just having him back in the game, and as long as it's not in Silver and Black, and not in Purple. That'd be a Sin either way.