"Our stance is that Brett, just like any other retired player, has the option to ask the commissioner for reinstatement," said Thompson, who placed Favre on the reserve/retired list April 25, just over six weeks after Favre's emotional March 6 retirement news conference. "If he does that, he'll go on our active roster. Then we'll see how it goes after that. We don't know where that goes."Watch your tongue, wiseass.
Asked who gives the Packers a better chance to win in 2008, Rodgers or Favre, Thompson replied, "Right now, we'd say Aaron Rodgers, because Aaron Rodgers is on the active roster."
Such a scenario -- having Favre on the active roster, at a $12 million base salary, competing with or backing up Rodgers -- would seem to be an an untenable position for the Packers. Asked if the club could really do that, Thompson replied, "I think we could. I grant you that there'd be some awkward moments, but at the end of the day, football players are football players.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Brett Favre isn't just a "football player."
I reiterate, I hate Ted Thompson.
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He is just a football player, and both sides need to remember that here. I hate it when people try to ruin one of the purest performance driven enterprises out there.
Bottom line is, whoever is the best player here ought to be the one that starts. That might be Rogers, and that might be Favre. Spite hopefully shouldn't enter into it, but neither should nostalgia.
It's Rodgers, first of all. Let's get on the team.
It is spite that's playing the game. His name is Ted Spite Thompson. I'm not sure why you'd want to create a saga over the one player who's led your team to greatness in the past 17 years.
And as far as I'm concerned, Brett Favre has encompassed the legacy of this football team during his time. He will forever be a defining quarterback, player, teammate, and leader not only to the Packers, but the NFL.
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