Oh ****, Brett Favre

[EP Hotties]

Just wondering what people think of the Brett Favre comeback rumors. I personally think that the only team that he will comeback with would be the Packers, but other teams such as the Ravens, Bucs, and (shudder) Vikings have been thrown out there. Being a Vikings fan, there is absolutely no way that we'll sign him, but wouldn't it be awesome to see his jersey get retired while he was playing against them (Vikes play Pack in first MNF of season). What does everyone else think?

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I seriously think its annoying and that Favre needs to go the f**k away.

[Arctic Blast]

Well, since his existing contract with the Packers would still count (he never formally filed his retirement papers, so that contract is still in effect, and there's no way the league would let him file them now that he's publicly mused about a comeback), it's not like he could sign with anyone he wants to. Green Bay would hold his rights...releasing him would cost them a fortune the next year or 2, so it would be completely at their discretion to trade him.

[Kotoll]

He never should have retired in the first place.

[Arctic Blast]

I think he should have made sure he knew what he wanted...it seems now like he made a hasty choice.

[koolzach1]

I seriously think its annoying and that Favre needs to go the f**k away.

Calm down, jeez... A man wants to do what he loves, and thats play football.

[mnstonecold]

i used to live in Wisconie land and now live in MN and no one around here wants Favre to comeback but it will not be with the Pack is my opinion.

[gRYFYN1]

Well, since his existing contract with the Packers would still count (he never formally filed his retirement papers, so that contract is still in effect, and there's no way the league would let him file them now that he's publicly mused about a comeback), it's not like he could sign with anyone he wants to. Green Bay would hold his rights...releasing him would cost them a fortune the next year or 2, so it would be completely at their discretion to trade him.

Yes Favre is under contract with the Packers untill 2011 or 2012. But Cutting him won't cost them anything. NFL contracts are non-guarenteed, so it' free to cut people (although the pro-rated portion of their Signing bonus is applied to the cap figure for the year, which for Farve is only about 4-5 million)


Farve is scheduled to make about 12 mil this year, leaving about 45- 50 mil over the last 3-4 years of his deal, so if he dosen't retire he will need to be relased anyways.

[RickD]

I think the man can still play but should he?

It also reminds me of the whole silly MJ thing in basketball...he retires..comes back...repeats the scenario until he made a fool of himself.

[dickay]

Calm down, jeez... A man wants to do what he loves, and thats play football.

Amen........the guy thought he made up his mind. He now regrets that decision.

MJ never made a fool of himself, never. Neither will Favre. If he throws for 8TDs and 15 picks for a last place team, he still would not have made a fool of himself. Does anyone regard MJ as a fool because of his last subpar year?? No, they remember his greatness.

Let the guy play as long as he wants. I think the pack will release him, but then again...i think they must be worried the Vikings might want to grab him. It'll be interesting, but all that counts is this;

There is NOBODY that can sell me that the NFL is better without Favre!

[Rongar]

Amen........the guy thought he made up his mind. He now regrets that decision.

MJ never made a fool of himself, never. Neither will Favre. If he throws for 8TDs and 15 picks for a last place team, he still would not have made a fool of himself. Does anyone regard MJ as a fool because of his last subpar year?? No, they remember his greatness.

Let the guy play as long as he wants. I think the pack will release him, but then again...i think they must be worried the Vikings might want to grab him. It'll be interesting, but all that counts is this;

There is NOBODY that can sell me that the NFL is better without Favre!

I like him, too...would always watch if he were playing

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I get that he loves football and all that, and I loved watching him play too, but this is getting ridiculous. I didn't have a huge problem with him taking his time to make a decision in the past couple seasons, but its his own fault now that he made a hasty decision to retire and is regretting it. All the drama and stuff hes putting everyone and the team through is completely unnecessary and he should simply live with his decision.

[Arctic Blast]

Yes Favre is under contract with the Packers untill 2011 or 2012. But Cutting him won't cost them anything. NFL contracts are non-guarenteed, so it' free to cut people (although the pro-rated portion of their Signing bonus is applied to the cap figure for the year, which for Farve is only about 4-5 million)


Farve is scheduled to make about 12 mil this year, leaving about 45- 50 mil over the last 3-4 years of his deal, so if he dosen't retire he will need to be relased anyways.

Yes, and that cap hit wouldn't be too bad...except that, when Favre agreed to sign that big extension back in 2001 to give the Pack some cap relief, they also guaranteed a portion of it BEYOND the $15 mil in signing bonus, as sort of a thank you. In fact, the entire amount of guaranteed cash, including signing bonus, comes out close to $35-40 mil out of the total deal. The cap hit would be a bit bigger than what you were mentioning. Also, keep in mind that Green Bay has been acting this offseason like that contract was off the books (only the remaining bonus money would still count towards a retirement cap hit,l and it can be spread out over 2 years). They still have to sign Ryan Grant, who's going to get money, and they want to sign several other players to extensions, most of which are going to involve raises (hello, Greg Jennings!). Besides...if you're Green Bay, why would you want to take a cap hit to lose a guy for nothing, ESPECIALLY when he basically put you IN this situation by not taking the time to truly make a decision beforehand? Screw that, you hold his rights, and you trade them.

[dickay]

I get that he loves football and all that, and I loved watching him play too, but this is getting ridiculous. I didn't have a huge problem with him taking his time to make a decision in the past couple seasons, but its his own fault now that he made a hasty decision to retire and is regretting it. All the drama and stuff hes putting everyone and the team through is completely unnecessary and he should simply live with his decision.

OK, well his decision now is that he wants to play apparnetly. So live with decision A, but not wth decision B????

Screw your drama.....if the guy wants to play, there's nothing wrong with it.

[gogosox11]

Coming from a Bears fan, I don't want Favre anywhere near the Packers, or the Vikings for that matter. Really, he should just retire. It really is getting to be like a Michael Jordan or Roger Clemens type of thing. Obviously, Clemens eventually got into trobule for staying around for so long and MJ just got annoying. I don't want Brett to taint his legcy if he keeps coming back.