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• 30. People.

Yes, I’ve been pretty critical of Favre. He deserves it in my opinion. He’s acting like a spoiled brat when he should be acting like a man.

However.

One thing I’ve started thinking about this morning while reading untold amounts of Favre/Packer coverage is something that I wrote about last season, and I’d be surprised if Favre didn’t point it out either publicly or the next time he speaks to Thompson and McCarthy (if he ever does).

Both Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy now have a great deal of security in their respective roles within the Packers’ organization. And Favre is probably more responsible for that job security than any other person with the team, either in the front office or on the field. The story has been told how both McCarthy and even Thompson lobbied Favre two years ago to come back. He really had no reason to at that point. But he did, and gave McCarthy better than a fighting chance to put a respectable offense on the field. Imagine who would have been the opening day starter had he not returned. Rodgers, with one year under his belt, with a rookie head coach and no offensive line. Undoubtedly, it would have been a disaster, and Thomson would have been three years into a five year deal with very little to show for his time in charge. Instead, Favre did come back, bought into McCarthy and his system, and helped turn around what had become a pretty horrible team under Sherman. As the team got better, the wins started to pile up and both Thompson and McCarthy were rewarded with big contact extensions.

It no doubt seems to Favre that now, having secured their jobs for the foreseeable future in Green Bay, both Thompson and McCarthy are trying to usher him out the door without so much as a ‘thank you’. And I can’t say I’m not sympathetic to that viewpoint…

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• Who’s Lying Now?

So I’m reading this Tom Silverstein article and it inspired me to photoshop some Favre mock-ups. How frickin ugly are these jerseys?

From the article:

A client of Cook’s recently told a friend that Miami and Carolina were the teams that were Favre’s most likely landing place, and probably the only way he would know that is if discussions had already taken place with those teams.

Two things are clear to me. 1. This is a huge mess. 2. I probably will buy whatever team jersey he ends up with unless its the Vikings, Bears, Lions or Cowboys.

Just think - not too long ago. Last week in fact, we were contemplating about getting on board the bus and learning how to keep our mouths shout. Now we are looking to the future with draft picks in 09 & possibly 2010 as a result of a possible Favre trade. Why does that sort of excite me and sort of make me feel ill?

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• Woods Nails It

Leave it to Favre to try and ruin the first date my wife and I have had in years. A few words on the latest developments…

First of all, Tom Silverstein’s post over at the JS Online Blog is required reading. In it, he gives an account of a petulant Favre over the past few months, one that was tolerated by Packer management up to the point where they were ready to bring Favre back - they even charted a plane to Mississippi to seal the deal on Favre’s return.

Secondly, Al Jones, Favre’s buddy at the Biloxi Sun Herald, is now the official owner of the “Worst Column Masquerading As Anything Resembling Coherent Thought Ever Award”

Lastly, (for now) I understand the Packers’ reticence to release Favre outright. The thought of him playing in Purple makes me want to vomit. However, I will admit I love the idea of the Packers’ playing him in the season opener and Aaron Kampman sacking his sorry old ass.

Obviously, I’ll have much more to say in the coming days/weeks, when it is not 2:30 in the morning and I am beyond upset. For now, I am pissed at Favre. I am pissed at Thompson. I love the Green Bay Packers.

Go Pack Go.

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• It’s Over

…than the prospect of Favre playing in another team’s uniform is this post from Brats and Beer Guy cluing us into the fact that the Miller Brewing Company no longer exists, and is now called MillerCoors. Are you freekin’ kidding me? Miller and Coors? As B&BG puts it perfectly:

What sad times we live in that Miller, and with it my favorite Leinenkugels, is now part of that abomination known as Coors.

I can only offer solace here.

Peter King gets the “Favre Unretiring” ball rolling this week by stating:

I fully expect Favre’s agent to send a letter to the Packers within the next 10 days, stating that Favre, 38, wants to be taken off the National Football League’s reserve/retired list.

And so it begins. If King is correct (and his known relationship with Favre makes that a near certainty) the Packers will have no choice but to allow Favre back on the team. I mean, please, they won’t trade him. There’s no way they cut him. If that letter gets sent, and it sounds like it will be, Favre will be the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers in 2008.

Obviously, I have mixed feelings about this, as does most of Packerdom. My biggest question is this: Will EA be able to add Favre to the Packers’ roster in time for Madden ‘09?

UPDATE: If this is true, Favre’s return would not only screw over Aaron Rodgers, but Electronic Arts as well…;)

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• It’s Over