Favre to N.Y.

[hjmick]

Brett Favre traded to the Jets.

He would have been better off in Tampa Bay.

[actsnoblemartin]

I have two things to say

why you say he would be better in tampa and

GOOD RIDDENCE you whiny baby favre, waaah waaah


Brett Favre traded to the Jets.

He would have been better off in Tampa Bay.

[hjmick]

Tampa Bay has the personnel necessary for Favre to have a winning season. This will very likely be the last year he plays and you can bet he wants to win. Tampa has made it to the playoffs for the last three years, taking the division title two of those years. It wouldn't take much for him to fit into the TB system and they're probably the strongest team in their division.

The Jets... well, they suck.

[actsnoblemartin]

so the packers just wanted to screw him?


Tampa Bay has the personnel necessary for Favre to have a winning season. This will very likely be the last year he plays and you can bet he wants to win. Tampa has made it to the playoffs for the last three years, taking the division title two of those years. It wouldn't take much for him to fit into the TB system and they're probably the strongest team in their division.

The Jets... well, they suck.

[hjmick]

so the packers just wanted to screw him?

That's kind of how I read the situation. They weren't thrilled when he decided to un-retire, they tried to bribe him into not returning, he showed up at camp, the whole thing has been a distraction the team didn't need, they refused to trade him within the division, and the Jets aren't likely to make the playoffs this year.

Yeah, I'd say they wanted to screw him.

[actsnoblemartin]

he deserves it, he didnt care about jevon walker, and he blew out his knee.

favre is not a hall of famer in my mind, he is more of : one of the most un-gracious, selfish pricks ever in sports

and probably on some kind of illegal drug, i hope he has the worst year in nfl history


That's kind of how I read the situation. They weren't thrilled when he decided to un-retire, they tried to bribe him into not returning, he showed up at camp, the whole thing has been a distraction the team didn't need, they refused to trade him within the division, and the Jets aren't likely to make the playoffs this year.

Yeah, I'd say they wanted to screw him.

[Immanuel]

he deserves it, he didnt care about jevon walker, and he blew out his knee.

favre is not a hall of famer in my mind, he is more of : one of the most un-gracious, selfish pricks ever in sports

and probably on some kind of illegal drug, i hope he has the worst year in nfl history

Living in Tampa and being somewhat of a Bucs fan, I would have liked to have seen Favre here this year. I've never liked Favre but I must disagree with you. Favre is a Hall of Fame QB. He deserves to be there and he is one of the greatest QB's of all time. He doesn't have the finesse of a Joe Montana, but then again, he can pull out a game in the last minute when it seems all is lost.

I have always said when watching him play that I wish someone would wipe that damned smile off his face!

I wish Brett the best of luck in NY and I hope that the ties between him and GB were not too severely damaged. There is always the possibilty that he could return in the future as a QB Coach. I also pray he doesn't push his career too far and go out a loser or seriously hurt.

Immie

[red states rule]

Brett Favre traded to the Jets.

He would have been better off in Tampa Bay.

Damn! I was dreaming of seeing Brett taking the field as a Redskin

[jackass]

J-E-T-S


Jets!Jets!Jets!

Im very happy he is coming to the Jets. It may not be the best situation for Brett..but it is a great situation for the Jets.

[red states rule]

J-E-T-S


Jets!Jets!Jets!

Im very happy he is coming to the Jets. It may not be the best situation for Brett..but it is a great situation for the Jets.

Congrats

I had hoped to see Brett be at home at Fed Ex field

I hope Brett plays well, except when he faces the Redskins

[hjmick]

Jason Whitlock has a very good piece on the Favre situation. I think he sums it up quite nicely.


Favre can't win when it comes to office politics
by Jason Whitlock

The next time we think to rip Terrell Owens, Manny Ramirez or any professional athlete for an act of selfishness and defiance, we should remind ourselves of what just happened to Brett Favre.

He was overthrown in Green Bay because he tried to play nice, attempted to accommodate the very bosses who plotted his coup d'etat.

In February and early March, when Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy pressured Favre for a retirement decision by pretending the Packers couldn't move forward without knowing Favre's 2008 status a month before the draft, four months before training camp and five months before kickoff, that's when Brett should've played the Favre-being-Favre card.

"I'm Brett Favre. I've played quarterback in Green Bay for 16 years. I don't miss games. I'll announce my 2008 plans when I'm good and ready. I'll be in Mississippi hunting and fishing. Don't call me. I'll call you."

Rather than a tearful, forced goodbye in March, long before the emotions of a heartbreaking loss to the Giants had subsided, Favre should've told Packers management that he'd earned the right to be incredibly selfish and do what's right for Brett...

Someone is lying, and it's not Brett Favre, a man so media-friendly and naively transparent that he poured his heart out to Greta Van Susteren, Chris Mortensen, Peter King, Ed Werder, Wendi Nix and Oprah Winfrey...

...I get the feeling Brett still hasn't put it together how Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy ran him out of the franchise and state he owned for nearly two decades.

Thompson and McCarthy are superior at office politics. Following a 13-3 regular season and a run to the NFC Championship, they both quickly inked five-year contract extensions and decided it was the perfect time to play hardball with an iconic quarterback who spent too much time campaigning for Randy Moss rather than pointing the spotlight toward Thompson's and McCarthy's brilliance.

You've seen this on your job. It goes on in every workplace.

New bosses come in and they look for their opportunity to diminish anything that happened before they arrived and champion their hires.

Ted Thompson drafted Aaron Rodgers in 2005, and a year later while ignoring Favre's calls for Steve Mariucci, he hired McCarthy to lead the Packers...

Thompson and McCarthy don't get credit for Brett Favre's success. And as long as Favre was in Green Bay, Thompson and McCarthy could never be viewed the way Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli or Bill Walsh and Eddie Debartolo are.

Brett Favre is going down in history by himself. Mike Holmgren and Ron Wolf will get mentions at Favre's Hall of Fame induction. Thompson and McCarthy want to write their own history, and they want to do it now while the Packers have on paper "the best young roster in the league."

So Aaron Rodgers can do no wrong in their eyes. His fragile body, weak resume and shoddy performance in a recent scrimmage can all be explained away. He's Thompson's first hire, the new employee with the freedom to do whatever the hell he wants.

I know you've seen this on your job.

Favre was completely outflanked politically inside Packers headquarters. Thompson has been laying the ground work for Favre's ouster for three years. Favre spends the offseason and every free moment bunkered in Mississippi away from the "office."

Thompson, McCarthy and team president Mark Murphy see each other and talk constantly in Green Bay. They can form a circle of jerks at anytime and tell each other how great they are. They've talked so much they really believe they're better off without Brett Favre, and they think Rodgers, with the right help, can do what Favre did a season ago.

Good luck with it. I hope it blows up in their faces.

Favre was far from perfect. But he gave everything he could to the organization for 16 straight years. He lost a battle of office politics because he tried to play the game nicely. He should've called Manny Ramirez for some advice. Manny knows how to be Manny, and being Manny got him exactly what he wanted.



Full OpEd... (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8422668?MSNHPHMA)

[manu1959]

green bay doesn't play the jets this year......do they......

[jackass]

I really hope Aaron Rodgers fails....not to see Aaron Rodgers fail..just so the other 2 get whats coming to them!