ESPN and AP Reports: Favre Will Not Play in 2010

If he truly doesn’t play this year, how can the Packers not be favored to win the North and have the best record in the NFC? The schedule has a few hurdles but essentially the two toughest games become considerably easier with T Jackson or Rosenfells (SP) in there.

They made a deal with the devil…this is what they get! Not saying Brett is the devil but bringing in the guy that EVERYONE hated to be your man…your starting QB…I don’t feel an ounce of sympathy. I AM heading over to DN to see what R4F is saying though!!!!

who do you think he wants to play for this year? Is this a ploy to play in Jacksonville? HA! Wouldn’t that be hilarious?

if his ankle mysteriously healed by the end of training camp?

..if he makes his triumphant return in October or November..

Pack has to be favored now..

Sure… I bet he will come back like he always does

…he is on the Vikings and not the Packers, I hate when he pulls that shit.

Doesn’t think he can beat the Packers this year.

being Brent…

This can’t be a ploy to get out of camp as I thought Childress pretty much gave him a free pass to skip camp.

He is never Boring!

But I wouldnt apologize to the Vikings for anything…I hate them more than anything on this planet…IF Favre doesnt come back…Man everybody in the state of Minnesota KNOWS…They are fucked…And we are gunning for them too…Its gonna be bad for them and i cant wait..

It is sad because he has had a great career and should be celebrated for retiring, not causing everyone to go “ok here we go again.” I still think he plays but not at the same level and that will be it. Even with Favre back I feel the Packers are still the team to beat in the north.

I’m wondering what the thoughts of Thompson and McCarthy are on this… I know what they’ll say, but wonder how they’re feeling or what is said behind closed doors!

-People either don’t care with a been there, done that attitude.
-People are not shocked, surprised, or miffed.
-Vikings go from competitive to “ALL HELLS BREAKING LOOSE. CALL THE FBI’S, CIAS!!!”
-He is doing this to skip training camp.
-Ankle really hasn’t healed.

All are valid, all could be true. I will buy into the skipping training camp because this is what we’ve come to expect. But I don’t know about this time around.

I bet Spielman and Chilly are forcing him out! SPECULATE!

I will sit in the skeptical corner.

Early this afternoon, FoxSports.com reported that the Vikings are prepared to offer Favre more money and more time away from camp prior to the season.

Butler also mentioned that he had heard through some NFL channels that Favre was trying to extend his contract to three years at $13 million a year. He didn’t know if Favre wanted guaranteed money behind this year or some kind of assurance he would be paid next year if there was a lockout.

…the Vikings are the spineless idiots that are groveling at the feet of a 40-year old player, and the Packers are set up with a great young QB. I appreciate what Brett did for our franchise, but no team should ever treat any player like he is some sort of king or savior. Look what happened with LeBron.

Invariably, teams that do that sort of thing ruin chemistry and choke before they get a title.

Then one of the best players in history will be gone from the game. The NFL will not be the same without him. Many of you hate Favre and that is silly. Respect the player for his ability. He was good for the game.

Having said that, the Packers will win the NFC North easily now. For fantasy owners out there, Sidney Rice and other Vikings receivers drop quite a bit without Favre. Their offense becomes a running offense again. AP all day. Stop him and you win. What do the Packers do best? They stop the run. Looks like the chances for the Packers run to a SB victory just got a lot easier.

With Favre there were only three teams that would likely win the SB, Packers, Vikings and Saints. Now without Favre, there are only two. The Packers are younger and improving. This will be their year.

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/3/1602813/brett-favre-plans-to-retire-espn

Don’t believe his lies. He will be back.

With Bigby ailing, the Safety position is relying on a rookie a little early. And I had hoped for a little more help at CB during the offseason. I feel better about the OL. The only area of concern is that defensive backfield that seems to give up too much against good passing teams. I hope that our top guys stay healthy. Assuming that they do, it could be a superbowl year. As always, until we reach the end of the year, nothing is certain.

His family always seems to have to get involved in this stuff. Here is the latest gem I found.

Favre plans to hold a 2 HOUR prime time special on ESPN Thursday night, called THE Decisions, in which he will officially retire and unretire 3 times over in the same program.

He always comes back.

you die by the sword. Childress had to know this, if true, was a possibility. If not, he’s a complete idiot. Yet he did nothing to prepare for it due to Brett’s infamous “I don’t mentor young quarterbacks” stance because he couldn’t jeopardize his return by threatening him in that way.

Until the season is more or less over, I won’t believe it until it he actually files the paperwork for retirement (because that little technicality has never been completed is why I’ve been convinced this is some contrived gimmick for years). This just strikes me as Favre bringing the retirement saga to a new level to keep people talking about him, get more money out of the Vikings, miss more practice time, or some combination of the lot.

rolled his eyes, and said, “Yeah right.”

Wait, that was me.

I hope he comes back, and every single team on the Vikings’ schedule follows the game plan that the Saints’ defense did in the NFC title game; beat the living daylights out of the NFL’s version of Tila Tequila.

Keep in mind, this exact same thing happened at pretty much this exact same time last offseason. Then a couple after his “retirement” I turned on my tv to see him being picked up by Chilly at the airport.

I doubt he’s really retiring.

According to Steve Mariucci, Favre has yet to decide on anything (go figure). Favre has no idea where the rumor started.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d8197fd2f/Mariucci-Favre-not-retiring-yet?module=HP_video

1) Favre is a douche-bag.
2) Favre will blame this on the press and suggest the whole thing had nothing to do with him, even though it clearly did.

What a colossal asshole. Last weekend my family and I went to Door County. While trying to make our way to Peninsula Park, we were stopped in Fish Creek by a guy in a silver Hummer with an Obama 08 sticker on it who was backing a rather large sail boat down the middle of a street towards the marina which was a good 100yds away. He was moving at about 3mph, but it was unclear why he’d chosen to back his rig down the street when he could have driven into the marina like everyone else does and been clear of traffic before ever hitting reverse. Maybe he transmission was out and he couldn’t move in drive. Who knows. We sat there watching him, waiting for a few minutes, when the guy behind us lost his patience, honked his horn about 6 times and then started yelling out his window. Mr. Hummer looked over, but only after the guy behind me pulled his head back in his window, so Mr. Hummer flipped me, my wife and my 5 year old off assuming, I would imagine, that I was the shouty guy.’

I thought that guy was the biggest d-bag ever.

Then today happened. And I stand corrected.

i know that it seems like you dont think Jackson will do anything with Favres “tutoring” but Aaron Rodgers did turn out to be an excellent quarterback with that same tutoring, so I wouldnt laugh at Jackson just yet. He does have a poor track record compared to Aarons but I always though that benching him a few games into his second season was stupid. who knows how he may do

…I think that the Bears will surprise some people