On Favre
Via a true Swamp Hall of Famer, one of our best without doubt, Jerloma submits this excellent contribution regarding Brett Favre:
Some time in between the NFC Championship game and now, Brett Favre turned into the Angel of Darkness or at the very least, he became selfish, arrogant, and basically a pariah to the team he's given his career to. His transgressions are as follows:
A) He retired
B) He changed his mind
What an arrogant prick! Look people . . . the NFL is a business and Brett Favre is a product of it. He's probably still better than half of the starting QBs in the NFL (conservative) and as long as there's a market for his services and he has the will to line up behind center, he should be given that opportunity. It's basic supply and demand. Unfortunately, Favre became the bad guy somewhere along the way and the Green Bay Packers are suddenly getting sympathy points from every media outlet west of Montclair, NJ.
The Packers stance is that they've moved on and hence they have told Favre that he will have no chance to compete for the starting job regardless of whether or not he outperforms Aaron Rodgers. On the other hand, they have no intention of releasing him because while confident in their decision to go with the kid despite having a chance to keep a team intact that was one game from the Super Bowl last year, they don't want Favre on a team that they may have to actually play. If he carved them up, that certainly wouldn't look good. After all, this was their decision. Remember though . . . Favre is the one with the ego. Follow that script.
Ultimately, the Packers have no obligation to do a damn thing except honor his contract for the time being. Still, there was never any clause in that contract that indicated he would not be able to compete for a starting job in the final years of it. Keeping him on that team as a backup with no chance to compete would be completely unethical and I'd be shocked if there weren't any rules against it. Cut him. Trade him. Whatever. The point being is that if you're "moving on" then move the fuck on. You can't have it both ways.
There are a lot of scumbags in the NFL but Favre isn't one of them. He's just a guy who changed his mind.
- Jerloma