Every sports and news media outlet showed once retired/un-retired quarterback Brett Favre. We watched him get on a plane in Mississippi. We saw him get off the plane in Green Bay. We saw him throw his things in a truck. Favre had more people watching him around the clock than O.J. Simpson.
Favre has Packer president Mark Murphy by the reins. Murphy tried to come in with a safety blitz with his 10-year, $20 million offer to stay retired. Must have reminded Murphy of his days in the Redskin secondary. Favre did a pump fake and reported to camp anyway after he turned down the offer. The choice to play was simple: Play one year and get $12 million, or sit at home and get $2 million a year. That's why Favre called an audible on general manager Ted Thompson, who tried to sit back in the flat like the linebacker he once was because he was scared to tackle the issue head on.
So let get this straight. Seems like Thompson calls the shots. Isn't Murphy his boss? Then there's Roger Godell, the NFL commissioner. They should rename the league the FFL. Is stands for the Favre Football League.
The Packers put Favre on their 80-man roster. The quarterback position is open to Favre, assumed starter Aaron Rogers and Matt Ryan and Brian Brohm, nonfactors in this QB race. May the best man win.
It's a possibility that Favre may be traded to another team. The Packers don't want Favre coming back to beat them with their own offense. Green Bay can cut him and make this go away like Thompson wanted all along.
After all, Favre has the right to ask for his job back. Stay tuned for the 24-hour, seven-day drama on the FFL.
