The Green Bay Packers can now release retired quarterback Brett Favre and not have to worry about him coming back to haunt them, even if that means Favre ends up in Minnesota. With the entire league knowing Favre could be had, only two teams expressed interest and that interest was luke-warm at best and now seems to be no interest. Sure, nobody wants to give up a draft pick for somebody they know is going to be released in the near future, but still, this Brett Favre. You would think there would be one team that would want to bring him if only for ticket sales. Doesn’t say much about what the league thinks Favre has left in the tank, does it?
Almost all the teams have begun training camp so wherever Favre goes he will already have missed time learning the new offense and working with his new receivers. Hardly a formula for success. It may end being Favre gets his release from the Packers and ends up staying retired. The only teams that need a quarterback are bad ones with few exceptions. I still say Baltimore is the best place for Favre.
The time has come to put this all behind us and “jump on board now or shut your mouth” as Rodgers would say. Like Mike McCarthy said 12 times in press conference yesterday – “Aaron Rodgers is our starting quarterback.” No amount of crying or bad-mouthing management is going to change that. This whole saga has brought out the Brett Favre fans and the Green Bay Packers fans and divided the two. Half of the Brett Favre fans are Packers’ fans only because of Favre and will not continue to follow the team, which is fine. There will be a whole new batch of Rodgers fans to take their place.
Yes, this is bold move by the Green Bay Packers, but only really because Favre is such a fan favorite. Football-wise, it was probably an easy decision. Rodgers has the weight of the world on his shoulders and Green Bay Packers’ fans need to support him and help him make the team a winner. Hopefully Favre fans will either go away quietly or jump on board. I think it is going to be a very good year in Green Bay. How about Rodgers against Rivers in the Super Bowl? Two QBs who had to bide their time for a few years leading their teams to greatness.
The king is dead, long live the king.