brett favre is having fun

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man, if Favre winds up getting the starting nod, I'll buy a Favre jersey, deface it, and root against him all year...

Aaron Rodgers probably will play a safer style of football for the team anyway, about now. He did almost lead them back against the Cowboys after Brett stunk it up last year.

I'd say trade him to the Jets, but they already have two guys that can throw interceptions...

what an asshole

this fucker decided to stay away and then changed his mind AGAIN

"Frankly, Brett's change of mind put us in a very difficult spot," team president and CEO Mark Murphy said in a statement released by the team. "We now will revise many actions and assumptions about our long-term future, all predicated on Brett's decision last March to retire.

"As a result of his decision, we invested considerably in a new and different future without Brett and we were obviously moving in that direction. That's why this wasn't easy. Having crossed the Rubicon once when Brett decided to retire, it's very difficult to reorient our plans and cross it again in the opposite direction -- but we'll put this to our advantage."

actually this is better

But those close to the story believed late Saturday night Favre was going to turn down Green Bay's invitation to return to camp with no guarantee he would be competing for playing time. Instead, sources said late Saturday, Favre had all but decided to take the team's offer of a rich, long-term marketing and promotions contract instead of playing.

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What changed on Sunday morning is unclear

Brett's medication, I'm starting to think.

will this story please stfu

i turned on sports center for the first time in a long time this weekend and just about fell out of my chair when i saw the crawl:

AL/NL/OLY/X-GAMES/FAVRE

really? his funness merits his own "league" of news?

Sporting News headline today: "NFL defenders to have 'more fun' against Favre"

why not, he's typically good for two, maybe three turnovers....

But those close to the story believed late Saturday night Favre was going to turn down Green Bay's invitation to return to camp with no guarantee he would be competing for playing time. Instead, sources said late Saturday, Favre had all but decided to take the team's offer of a rich, long-term marketing and promotions contract instead of playing.

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What changed on Sunday morning is unclear

drinky drinky

I tried listening to ESPN talk radio last Thursday on the baseball trade deadline to see if they had any updates and again today. I cut back four times in my 50 minute drive to work, NEVER once in the time I would listened would they shut up about Favre. I tried again today to see if there was any baseball news on the show, they NEVER went to any other story, everything was about Favre.

It is about like there is no other sport going on in the world. My God it is like worse than T.O. fever from a couple of summers back and that is hard to believe.

Question: Why would the Packers be obligated to pay him $20 mil to stay retired? Surely that has never happened before.

I guess ESPN just doesn't care that much about baseball. Here it is, the dog days of August, no football or basketball going on, this is supposed to be when baseball's media coverage is at its peak, right? So why the hell do I look at ESPN.com and the top story is that "college football practice has begun"? Seriously, who gives a FUCK about college football right now???

I hear you. Don't get me wrong, I love football, but I don't really give a crud until week 1 starts. Pre-season football is completely useless.

Talking head on 'the herd' today on ESPN was going off from the 'preseason game' with the Colts and Redskins, that the Colts were at best a 4-12 teaqm and the Redskins could get to the NFC championship game. Of course never mind the Colts LOST ALL FOUR of their pre-season games the year they won the Superbowl. Beyond that, I remember reading an article in the Indy Star a couple seasons back on how since Manning has gotten good, the Colts pretty much never run any of their regular plays in the pre-season. Everything is completely generic when it comes to their routes and blocking schemes, that way they cannot use preseason footage to game plan for early season games.

I always think this is about Bernard Fevre when it shows up in site new answers. carry on.

Oh God, please make it stop!!!

Pre-season football is completely useless.

i disagree. i moved adrian peterson WAY up on my fantasy draft board after watching him in 3 preseason games.

no football or basketball going on

au contraire, mr. snrub. training camp has been in full swing, preseason games have begun. football is on. and i personally care more about that than anything that could happen in baseball right now. i'm sure there are more like me, too.

Right here. Screw baseball.

Since my baseball team was basically eliminated from contention in like May, I am pretty excited about Chargers season. Not so excited about Golden Bears season, though.

As for baseball, wake me up in mid-September.

will you people please get back to the subject that matters most, the return of brett favre

Apparently his meeting with Ted Thompson was not fun.

Rodgers should put Visine in Favre's Gatorade.

I'm back around to finding this interesting again; this just released on NYT:
"Thirty minutes before practice began, Favre climbed into his burgundy Cadillac Escalade and left without comment. According to multiple media reports, Favre and Coach Mike McCarthy agreed that having Favre take the field under any circumstances would prove too disruptive. Favre has apparently asked the Packers to trade him."
Really, you can't make this up!

According to the latest, Green Bay might trade him to Tampa Bay. Now that would be interesting. Tampa already has a veteran quarterback who's pretty good at running the offense. Add to that the fact that Farve, by all accounts, is not particularly easy to coach and you have a quite interesting scenario. In other words, how many weeks before Gruden strangles Farve by his raggedy neck beard. It's enough to almost make me a Tampa Bay fan.

It seems to be that the wherever Favre's head is right now will make him a poisonous addition to any team that takes him on. I hate the Bucs, so they're welcome to have him I guess (though I'd rather see him be a Jet).

I would majorly LOL for potential Favre/Mangini interactions.

God, I felt so bad for Mike McCarthy who had to do a presser about his endless meetings with Favre today. He was really doing the best he could and it's obvious all he wants is to go coach practice but is just totally getting fucked by this.

i feel bad for him to since mccarthy is the guy who helped brett into having One of His Best Seasons Ever At the Age of 38

please god let him go to the vikings

i couldn't think of anything funnier than green bay fans having to sit through that game on opening night

No shit.

Why do I have this irrational hate for Farve's wife? I think I trace it to her embarrasing appearance in the Monday Night Football booth, but I'm not sure.

"I would majorly LOL for potential Favre/Mangini interactions."

Looks like your getting your wish.

Favre to the Jets! Holy s**t, the comedic factor of this thing just went off the charts.

There is no way that Favre can go into NY and win with the Jets. C'mon, there is no way that would ever work, if it does it will be the flukiest thing in the fluky freakin' world. It will probably more likely lead into a seven sack multiple fumble and interception orgy with Richard Seymour having ripped off Favre's $4 jersey, placing it on on a first down marker and waving it in the Meadowlands like a flag.

ESPN John whats his name said this afternoon Favre would pick retirement over going to the Jets. Oh God thank you...this whole thing really did need a punchline.

if it does it will be the flukiest thing in the fluky freakin' world

Dude, that's what happens in the NFL. Watch the Packers and Jets end up in the Superbowl.

My boss just informed me that he has season tix to the Jets and that I'm welcome to tag along to some games/tailgates this season = I am suddenly a very big Jets fan.

-- forksclovetofu, Thursday, 24 July 2008 16:42 (2 weeks ago) Link

The press is going to DEVOUR him

ahahahahahahaha.....oh come on! the JETS?

hope D'Brickashaw is up to the task...if Favre actually plays and does not re-retire.

this may be the two games all year where Miami DBs come up with interceptions

Ohmigod LOLLLLLLLL it actually happened. Pats fans are gonna have the knives out and 9/14 and 11/13 just became the most can't-miss regular season games.

what, the Patriots will win 31-24 instead of 31-7?

suddenly Kellen Clemens is a sad, sad man

Browns vs Jets tonight in preseason action. The fate of the world hangs in the balance!

x-post no, just because I can probably spend all my aggression towards the rest of the NFL in two simple games!

They're dropping Pennington as we type. I think he'll be lucky to get a backup job.

I've been listening to Mike and Mike this morning and Greenburg just called Farve, "John Wayne in shoulder pads." LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOl!!!

First thing, the Packers have really pwned Farve by sending him to the Jets. If he had gone to Tampa, there would be an outside chance of getting to the Superbowl, but there is no chance in the AFC East. Without Farve, the Football Outsiders project the Jets as winning 7.2 games. With Farve, they could improve to what, 9 or 10 games. It's maybe enough to get back into the playoffs, but getting to the Superbowl ...ain't happening. Still, he is an upgrade over Pennington.

Second thing, everyone's looking at this from a fan's perspective and not from a general manager's. Good GM's are always thinking five to ten years down the road. At age 38-39, Farve isn't in the picture anywhere in five years. Here are some stats that explain what the Green Bay management may be thinking:

http://www.advancednflstats.com/2008/07/brett-favre-is-overrated.html

And a reminder of what the last couple of playoff appearances have been like:

http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_2318_Cheesehead_reality_bites.html

I'm not saying that Farve doesn't belong in the Hall of fame. He most certainly does. Nor I'm I denying he had a good year last year. He most certainly did, but at age 38-39 the chance that he will be as good as he was in 2007 as very slight.

Good GMs may be thinking 5-10 years down the road, but shitty GMs who are gonna get fired if their team has a bad season need themselves some gunslinger.

And that's what Farve is now, a stopgap. Plus, the Jets are going to make a shitload of money from product sales. So it's a good move for them in the short term. They almost had to do something to get some attention away from the Giants.

The press is going to DEVOUR him

He's about the only player I can think of who wouldn't give a fuck, and would come out the other end undigested.

Whatshisface called me at 1.17 this morning to very drunkenly explain what a big deal this was. What happened again?

this is going to end in hilarity.