sigh.
no, it looks like I read it right.
The Packers legend asked the team for his unconditional release on Friday, but the organization has no intention of granting that request, FOXSports.com has learned. If anything, sources say, the team is prepared to welcome Favre back as a backup to Aaron Rodgers.
how . . . . unsettling.
WTH?
A 12 million dollar backup?
Put him on a short leash but the man has earned a starting role. At the very very least let them fight it out in camp and earn the spot back. ( I'd wager he wins it) sheesh
I wouldn't blame the Packers either way. Fact is, they drafted 2 QB's because of Favre's retirement. They really do need to move on. If Favre comes back and decides to stay another couple years, the steal of the draft a couple years ago, Aaron Rogers, will never have gotten a chance. What if he goes on to great things somewhere else, Chicago, Minnesota, or Detroit? Brett sealed his own fate by retiring, now he has to play with the hand he dealt himself. I think the best thing to do is release him, with the condition he not play for a division rival, a la Joe Montana. Favre gets to play, and the Packers get to move on (they've been held hostage during the offseason long enough).
I would say the fact that they drafted 2 QB's says a lot more about Rodgers than it does about Favre. Brian Brohm, a second round pick, was brought in to compete with Rodgers right away, not to groom for the future. Rodgers may well have fallen in that draft for good reason. (I don't "know" that but who does?) As to the division rivals do you think Favre could be worse than any of those starting QB's, LOL? Fact is, Brertt Favre will be the best QB in GB if the team gets out of his way. Brett is not Joe Montana or Rice or E. Smith even if he has, sadly, gone diva.
Do you think they would have drafted those QB's if Favre hadn't retired? I don't think they could have passed on Brohm, who I thought was the best QB in the draft, but whoever the other one was wouldn't have been drafted. If Favre does come back and get his starting job back, this is the last year of Rodgers contract, I think. What are the odds of him re signing if that is the case? Brett is 39 years old, his last two seasons were horrible and I don't see that team catching lightning in a bottle twice. Which Favre would we see, last years great season, the two horrible ones before, or somewhere in the middle?
I don't think there is a wrong answer for Green Bay. I also don't think there is a right answer. Brett has put the organization in a bad, bad position.
If I quit my job today, and they move on and hire someone else for my position, even if that person isn't as good at my job as I am, should I be able to walk back in and take my job back?