Favre To Sign With Vikings Today

**cmoore_23** · 08-18-2009, 11:54 AM

i have now lost alot of respect for favre... this is bs...

**CY ST8T** · 08-18-2009, 11:57 AM

as a Packer fan and former Brett fan, it will be so sweet if Rodgers could show him up in Lambeau.

**TarHeelHawk** · 08-18-2009, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by akclone

Sure they didn't want him. If they had wanted his services they would have found a way to make it happen. Its gonna look bad when Minny makes the playoffs and GB sits again.

He retired, and the organization took him at his word - that isn't too terribly hard to understand. The Green Bay Packers weren't going to stop playing football because Brett Favre retired. It was also plainly obvious last summer that the Packers were willing to bring him back, but only if he was 100% committed to the team. They felt he wasn't and moved on. Seeing how things have played out, it was the right move. Instead of breaking in Matt Flynn or Brian Brohm at QB this year, the Packers have someone who has been with the team for 5 years now.

Come next season, the Packers will be in a better position at QB than the Vikings will be, as this is clearly an all-in type move by the Vikings. The goal for the Vikings isn't to make the playoffs, it's to win the Super Bowl.

**ultracreative** · 08-18-2009, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by CY ST8T

as a Packer fan and former Brett fan, it will be so sweet if Rodgers could show him up in Lambeau.

That will be a Monday night game :D

**TarHeelHawk** · 08-18-2009, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by superfan

Thompson didn't trade up for Rodgers, he fell from possible #1 to the Pack at 25. The rest is spot on. Sorry, you don't throw away a franchise QB for someone who's got a year or two left.

They hardly "threw" Favre away. Favre retired (do people really forget that?), and the organization moved on. You also don't throw away your first round draft pick without him ever seeing the field, which is what would have happened if the Packers had brought Favre back last year.

**Bubbahotep** · 08-18-2009, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by akclone

Sure they didn't want him. If they had wanted his services they would have found a way to make it happen. Its gonna look bad when Minny makes the playoffs and GB sits again.

That ain't gonna happen. Enjoy gettin' Favred!

**akclone** · 08-18-2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk

He retired, and the organization took him at his word - that isn't too terribly hard to understand. The Green Bay Packers weren't going to stop playing football because Brett Favre retired. It was also plainly obvious last summer that the Packers were willing to bring him back, but only if he was 100% committed to the team. They felt he wasn't and moved on. Seeing how things have played out, it was the right move. Instead of breaking in Matt Flynn or Brian Brohm at QB this year, the Packers have someone who has been with the team for 5 years now.

Come next season, the Packers will be in a better position at QB than the Vikings will be, as this is clearly an all-in type move by the Vikings. The goal for the Vikings isn't to make the playoffs, it's to win the Super Bowl.

Maybe it was the right move. I just dont understand the hatred for Favre from Packer fans. Get over it. Pack mgmt didnt want him. He wanted to play. Thats why he is wearing purple and gold this year.

**IcSyU** · 08-18-2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk

Come next season, the Packers will be in a better position at QB than the Vikings will be,

Um, they were last season. Aaron Rodgers >>>>> Gus Frerotten/Tarvaris Jackson

Originally Posted by Bubbahotep

That ain't gonna happen. Enjoy gettin' Favred!

They won with Tarvaris and Frerotten under center (two wayyyyyy below average QBs). If Favre is even serviceable, they'll be better.

**akclone** · 08-18-2009, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Bubbahotep

That ain't gonna happen. Enjoy gettin' Favred!

I wont be gettin Favred, Green Bay will. You think GB is better this year than last? You dont think minny is better now than they were last year when they won the division? GB will not win the division and end up out of the playoffs again.

**TarHeelHawk** · 08-18-2009, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by akclone

Maybe it was the right move. I just dont understand the hatred for Favre from Packer fans. Get over it. Pack mgmt didnt want him. He wanted to play. Thats why he is wearing purple and gold this year.

Not the case at all. He RETIRED - do you not understand that? He hung it up, rode off into the sunset, went a winner, insert your cliche here. He wanted to play, but that's all he wanted to do. He didn't want to put in the work that the other 52 guys on the roster were putting in, and that (putting in the work) was what the Packers were looking for last August. They didn't see it from him, and showed him the door.

**TarHeelHawk** · 08-18-2009, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by akclone

I wont be gettin Favred, Green Bay will. You think GB is better this year than last? You dont think minny is better now than they were last year when they won the division? GB will not win the division and end up out of the playoffs again.

Lets dispense with the notion that Minnesota was some sort of juggernaut last year. They were the team that sucked the least in divison that had 4 of them, hence the first-round playoff beatdown at the hand of the Eagles.

All this hype surrounding the Vikings is only going to make it that much sweeter when they fall on their faces, and with KXNO carrying the Vikings this year, we'll all get to hear Paul Allen sobbing into his microphone when it happens.

**clone52** · 08-18-2009, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk

Not the case at all. He RETIRED - do you not understand that? He hung it up, rode off into the sunset, went a winner, insert your cliche here. He wanted to play, but that's all he wanted to do. He didn't want to put in the work that the other 52 guys on the roster were putting in, and that (putting in the work) was what the Packers were looking for last August. They didn't see it from him, and showed him the door.

You're last sentence shows that Packer's mgmt didn't want him. I don't blame them. If I were the Packers, I would have let him go in those conditions as well.

**Icky_Mettle** · 08-18-2009, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk

Lets dispense with the notion that Minnesota was some sort of juggernaut last year. They were the team that sucked the least in divison that had 4 of them, hence the first-round playoff beatdown at the hand of the Eagles.

All this hype surrounding the Vikings is only going to make it that much sweeter when they fall on their faces, and with KXNO carrying the Vikings this year, we'll all get to hear Paul Allen sobbing into his microphone when it happens.

Nothing is better than a Paul Allen meltdown.

**cyclonemaniac7** · 08-18-2009, 12:17 PM

Anyone know how to get his address? I'm going to look for it now. It's time to send some hate mail.

**Jonecy** · 08-18-2009, 12:19 PM

After looking into my crystal ball, I can tell you that Iron man BF will get hurt again (hello Karma!) and Sage will save the day.......and I don't have to look into a crystal ball to know that Sage will show up and work hard every single day regardless of what happens - this is why I think Sage prevails in the end.

Depth at QB is never a bad thing, but I just have to wonder what the true feelings in the locker room are since Brett is "above training camp" and gets this thing handed to him w/o earning anything as a part of the Vikings roster. Should be a very interesting season in the TC!