ESPN's The Hotlist just reported Favre officially said he wants to come back and wants released.
edit Link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3483521
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Omg Favre to the Vikings looking like a real possibility??
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Wonderful. I'm sick of the guy already.
I hate when athletes pull this garbage.Ronnie Bass, screamer, Tone_E and 3 others like this. -
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I for one don't want him here. I think the Bears would be a good fit...
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also the redskins
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This could get REAL ugly for GB...
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I would love to see him go to Minnesota to see all the Greenbay PAcker fans cry. Omg it would be wonderful.
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Kudos to Green Bay for locking the door behind him. Its unfair for Favre to string them along like he has the last few years.
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I never thought I'd see this day its definitely strange. I don't understand why the Packers wouldn't want Favre back (Rodgers is still a young guy), this will surely get fun. Also I'm starting the countdown to seeing a "Favre should come to Miami" thread started in the main dolphins forum (well maybe that was more of a FH tradition I'm not sure yet). -
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wow Green Bay plays Minnesota on Monday Night Football too oh ESPN would love that if he went to the vikes.(the game his jersey was to be retired.)
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Not only does Favre want to go to a contender, but he wants to go to one that has high quality receivers. So I think the Jets would be out, and I think Minnesota as well... Tampa Bay has a shot even though they don't really have the receivers, Favre would love to end up with Gruden (are you kidding me, that's an interesting pairing). An interesting team would be the Cardinals... given their two stud receivers, and an improving defense... I could see that happening.
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Man this guy loves the spotlight, he's just like T.O.
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I had a lot of respect for Favre especially the way he handled himself through all those personal tragedies. But this is starting to erode that.
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Minnesota has Berrian and Rice and a better team than the Bucs. Bucs have a shot. I don't think the Cards because of Lineart and Warner.
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Minnesota or Baltimore makes the most sense to me. He'd start for both teams. Though I don't know how he'd feel going against Green Bay. It isn't like they screwed him over so there shouldn't be a grudge
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Anyone want to guess as to why he doesn't want to play for Green Bay anymore? Is it just because they don't seem too keen on bringing him back or does he really just prefer to play for a new team?
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Favre will want to play for a team with veteran leadership and talented veterans.
Kansas City, Miami, Detroit and San Francisco are out of it and Chicago and the Jets (please lord Baby Jesus, 6lbs 7oz's make this happen) are long shots. The most likely landing spots are Tampa Bay, Minnesota and Baltimore. -
GB is in the driver seat not Farve...if he wants to be reinstated he will be GB property. I can see them working a trade vs. simply releasing him. They control his destiny, but he did force their hand now.
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There are not too many good teams who need a QB....I think maybe Minny, the Bears, and the Baltimore Ravens would make the most sense. I am sure Green Bay doesn't want him to stay in their division, so maybe a team like Baltimore???
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One other note is that I noticed in the excerpt from the article that BK posted, it stated that Darrell Bavell is the Vikings current OC and that he was Favre's QB coach from '00-'05. In those five years with Bavell coaching Favre, his averages were an 85.2 QB rating, 62.1% completion percentage, 26 TD's and an average of 22 interceptions.
Apart from those years ('00-'05), I did his career numbers with the Packers. He raised his completion percentage .9%, QB rating was 9.3 lower, 2 touchdowns lower and his interceptions were five more than his career average of 17. Those numbers are the differences between his career numbers done (excluding the Bavell years which are listed in the second paragraph).
According to the stats above, Bavell had an negative impact on Favre's career in those years he was coaching him (aside from the completion %). -
This is selfish. I've always thought Favre was a selfish person by the way he handles things. So far, nothing he has done can disprove that. From his countless press conferences to discuss what he had for dinner, to his game of Louisiana No Hold-em with the GB front office. I'm so tired of this guy. I was happy that he found a way to go out gracefully still on top of his game. But my gawd, was it all a charade to avoid the rigors of the offseason? At least be a man and own up to what you're trying to do. I hope he gets his wish, and then realizes that he is nothing without the team that surrounded him in GB. And not just the team either. The fans, the media, everyone in GB worshiped him. Another team will accept him with open arms, but the expectations will be great. And instead of winning 'for Favre', he will be forced to win it for his new team.
In the end. I think GB locks him out of the league, as they should.
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