Brett Favre Goes To The New York Jets
by Brandon on Aug 7, 2008 9:01 AM CDT
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It's anticlimactic, but the Packers traded QB Brett Favre to the NY Jets. GM Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy have wanted this for at least the last month. They wanted to control Favre's next location and keep him off the Packers. Whether he remains in retirement, or is traded to a non-NFC North team, they wanted him gone to give their guy, QB Aaron Rodgers, his chance. In the end, the Packers are the big winner by trading him to the AFC and gaining a future draft choice, at least a 4th rounder, maybe it can improve up to a 1st rounder, for a player they wanted to go away.
The only holdup was that Favre had been refusing to speak with any team, even after the Packers had granted permission because he still wanted to start for the Packers. And it wasn't that he was trying to stick it to the Packers either. Instead of going quietly to New York, he could still be sulking on the sidelines, sucking $12 million out of the Packers this season, and whining every chance he gets about his situation.
This isn't a big deal for the Packers at this point. The draft choice is in the future, and the quarterback situation remains the same as it has been for the past few months.
How will Favre like playing for the Jets? Buffalo Rumblings thinks this is a really bad trade for the Jets because this helps now, but hurts their long term future. Since Favre's future isn't long term, that won't be his problem. The current Jet team has been constructed to win now. They paid big big bucks in free agency for Pro Bowl G Alan Faneca, veteran DE/LB Calvin Pace, and traded for the incredible bulk of DT Kris Jenkins. The addition of Faneca is the one who really helps Favre because the Jets offensive line was a complete disaster last season. Football Outsiders says the Jets offensive line was almost the worst pass blocking team last season, but they were middle of the road in 2006 when they had a quality veteran playing left guard, the position Faneca will be playing.
While his offensive line is good, his running back is a step down from RB Ryan Grant. RB Thomas Jones is 30 and only average at this point according to the 2008 Pro Football Prospectus. The upside is that WR Jerricho Cotchery is very good. The 2008 PFP says "He's a true number-one receiver whose number are held back by his supporting cast." With a solid offensive line and a true number one receiver at his disposal, the 2008 NY Jets won't remind Favre of the 2008 Packers, but it should remind him of the 1992-1993 Packers that provided him with WR Sterling Sharpe and little else, and he played very well for that team too.
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I Like This Move
Wasn’t Sterling Sharpe a TE? At any rate, I like this move for both sides. Favre gets to go to a team with a good supporting cast. They may not be great, but they aren’t as bad as Tampa. The Packers get to move on with their lives and temporarily get out of the media spotlight. I expect that to last until Aaron Rodgers first interception. Then the floodgates will open. I can’t wait to see the Jets play the Patriots and it starts week 2. I don’t know if they can take them, but I think it will be fun to watch.
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by rondogg on Aug 7, 2008 11:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Shannon Sharpe was a TE
Shannon was Sterling’s little (bigger) brother. Sterling was a helluva wide reciever and pretty much all that Farve had that season.
Not a packers fan, but interested in GB because they mostly remind me of my beloved Steelers, in that, their fans are some of the most rabid, they have a rich history, and they buck the system in their ownership.
They have also been one of the few teams to remain competative year in and out like the Steelers.
"Damnit mom! You almost ran over Greg Lloyd!"
at an autograph signing back in 95. He walked out in front of our minivan, and my mom almost hit him. He apologized.
by PA ARMY OFFICER on Aug 8, 2008 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Favre starts out slowly for the Jets and Rodgers starts out good for the Pack then what will be said?
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
by verno329 on Aug 7, 2008 12:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The only holdup was that Favre had been refusing to speak with any team, even after the Packers had granted permission because he still wanted to start for the Packers.
Gotta disagree with you big time on this. If he only wanted to play for the Pack then why didn’t he take McCarthy up on the chance to have an open competition for the starting job? Why did McCarthy come out of his 6+ hours of meeting with Favre to say that he didn’t believe that Brett wanted to be part of the Packers? Why did he ask for his release repeatedly throughout this ordeal and refuse to provide a list of teams that he would accept a trade to? Because Minnesota was his only destination of choice. Face the facts.
And it wasn’t that he was trying to stick it to the Packers either. Instead of going quietly to New York, he could still be sulking on the sidelines, sucking $12 million out of the Packers this season, and whining every chance he gets about his situation.
That option would be humiliating for him which is why he didn’t go that route. I don’t blame for that, I wouldn’t humiliate and embarrass myself just to get some sort of revenge. But he was most certainly trying to stick it to the Packers. Why else would he persistently leak each and every personal conversation with anyone associated with the team (even his friends such as Campen) and portray it in the most negative fashion possible? Why would he tell the press that TT was “shattered” when Brett said he was gonna come to camp if it wasn’t to humiliate him? Why would he tell the press that TT said that he would get fired if Brett showed up if not to publicly embarrass him? During his 6 hours of meetings with Favre, McCarthy told Brett that he was sick of the leaks from each and every conversation they have had. So what does Brett do? Takes a break in the meeting to call Mortensen and recount everything that has been discussed. Then when it is complete he calls all of his other guys to tell everything that went on. Is that mature behavior?
The way for Favre to stick it to the Packers was to play for the Vikings. He figured that if he acted like a brat that he would eventually get his way. If he humiliated the Packers brass at every opportunity they would eventually get so fed up with him that they would just want him gone at any cost. Thats why previous to his meeting with McCarthy (who apparently convinced him that that WAS NOT going to happen under any circumstances) Brett was unwilling to discuss a trade anywhere. He only wanted to go to the Vikings. He confirmed this fact when he said that if he can’t play for you he wants to play against you. Again I ask you, is that mature behavior? I don’t buy the story that he only wanted to stay in the division because he already knew those teams and it would be easier for him to prepare. After all of his 16 years I think he should be able to figure out how to prepare for different teams.
Do yourself a favor and read these two pieces by Michael Silver. You can certainly say that they are written from a GB mgmt perspective but they are very insightful and, if you can put aside the adoration for Favre for a minute (not just directed at you Brandon), might give you a different point of view.
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
by verno329 on Aug 7, 2008 1:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That article is one of few which tells the story from that perspective. thanks for sharing. However, the one article we may never see is the one which explained what REALLY went on during the offseason when Brett WAS acting classy, keeping his mouth shut, and quietly asking for options. I am a Favre fan and a Packer fan but you cannot really state that one is at fault more than the other until we know the whole story. We may never know the whole story. The way I look at it is that Packers AND Brett Favre are at fault for letting this happen. The fans that scream at practices and make fools of themselves are ridiculous. To think that Favre is innocent in all of this is ludicrous. However, to think that the Packers did not provoke any of this is also ludicrous.
What happened is similar to what happens in any incredible relationship which ends…it ends poorly and everyone involved loses their class over it. Time to move on. Brett went to the team that had the best chance to win and will also not affect the Packers until the Superbowl, so let’s all be Packer fans together again. It is certainly debatable whether the Vikings or jets will be a better team, but no longer our concern.
By the way, if I had doubts about Aaron Rodgers being a good fit for the situation, they were all erased. Not many people would have held themselves in check as well as he did. For example, can you imagine how the Jeff Garcia situation in Tampa will go now that he shot his mouth off during all of this?
by GatorPacker on Aug 8, 2008 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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