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Sqrl on 22 July 2008
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brawl4life said:
Quick question for NFC north team fans ...if Favre comes back,but the Packers releases him . Would you not want him on your team even if he takes the team to the SuperBowl ?or rather not have him at all and no SB ? One of the viking fans said this on ESPN mike & mike this morn got me thinking . I might stop hating the bears or vikings if Favre does go to them >.> tho it be weird as hell .

 

I've actually been following the whole Favre situation for a while and I'm a bit torn on it if I'm being honest.  I think Jackson can be a winning QB in the NFL, he has the capability, he just needs to bust his ass to develop himself mentally.

First of all from what I've gathered on the situation the Packers don't want Favre anywhere in the NFC and they don't want him anywhere where he would be playing them this year.  With that said they may not have a choice.  GB clearly wants to move forward with Rogers which I both understand and don't understand.  On the one hand a winning QB is a winning QB and you gotta go with the guy who can win for you right now (ie Favre) but on the other hand you need to protect the future of the team which is supposed to be Rogers.  Mentally this has got to be messing with him and that's simply not a good thing for them no matter how you slice it.

So effectively the Packers have made their choice for Qb this year which means they really don't want Favre on the bench since he will take up a roster spot, cost them 12 million, is a huge media distraction, and will cause Rogers to have doubts every time he has a bad game as the media feeds the Favre rumors.

So the Packers want Favre to stay retired but they don't control that, so if he comes back they have two choices (assuming they don't bite the bullet and bench him): Release or Trade.  Releasing him is out of the question since they at least want something in return for their troubles.  Trading him is problematic because Favre has a veto for any trade deal and he can force them to trade him to a competitive team who can win the Superbowl this year.

From the OTR interview and comments made by Peter King and others who talked directly with Favre on the issue he has a few criteria for potential teams:

  1. A team capable of winning a Superbowl this year.
  2. A team with a similar offense to GB so he can be effective on day 1
  3. He doesn't want to go to a "Big City" team, he doesn't like the big city (ie NY, etc..)

There are also considerations that have to be made from the other team's perspective:

  1. A team that actually needs and wants a QB
  2. A team that can afford to take Favre in terms of money and cap

Based on these criteria there are really only a couple of teams possible, and they are Minnesota, Chicago, and possibly Carolina.  The problem of course being that all three of these teams play GB this year meaning the packers are probably not interested in the trade either.

The Packer's organization basically has a simple situation where they have to choose the slightly more palatable of the highly unpalatable choices.  Personally I think they are going to play chicken with Favre and see if they can get him to stay retired by telling him its bench or nothing.

 
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