My Take On Favre

So Brett Favre wants to come back to the Packers after having twice denied Mike McCarthy and the team's pleads for him to return and then announcing his retirement. But he decides now, before the Packers retire his jersey, before Aaron Rodgers gets his first start as the first string quarterback (as an aside note, Rodgers was a little upset at who the Packers drafted for his backup quarterback - mayhaps just because he feels threatened by having someone below him).

Now the team suggests that, if Favre were to come back, he would be on the bench, as a backup. We all know Favre won't go for that though. He needs the attention that comes with being the star. I saw on the front of a paper at work yesterday that he's asked for the Packers to release him so that he can go play for another team. I wonder how that'll work with the team retiring his jersey.

Theron and I discussed briefly the other day which teams Favre might go to if released, not to mention the absurdity of someone twice declining to return to the team and now whining that someone else will be the star quarterback. If he went to the Vikings, it would make for an interesting jersey retirement ceremony, if the Pack goes ahead with it. Also, Minnesota might get a new stadium if they get Favre in purple?

We both thought he might try to head back to the Falcons, to end his career where he started it. However, as a big fan of one Joey Harrington, that would just piss me off. I love Joey, and have since his University or Oregon days. We even got into a little bit of a exchange of flirtatious looks once. :) In any case, he's had trouble trying to find his niche in the big leagues. Atlanta did try to release poor Joey, but upon releasing him, they discovered that they really didn't have (and/or couldn't get) anyone better, and therefore re-signed him.

I think that Favre is just having anxiety over not having the ability to play. I totally saw this one coming. Favre isn't the type to just sit around and not really do anything. I have a feeling that this is gonna blow over and he'll eventually be content to sit back in his armchair and root on his former team. Otherwise, he could always be an offensive coach somewhere.