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Ace_O_Spades · 02-03-2007, 01:39 AM

Favre To Return In 2007

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Packers quarterback Brett Favre will be back in 2007.

"Brett Favre informed me this morning that he plans to return for a 17th NFL season," General Manager Ted Thompson said. "The Packers are excited by his decision and look forward to a successful 2007 campaign."

With Favre's return, the Packers hope to continue the success they were building at the end of 2006, when they finished the season with a four-game winning streak to reach the .500 mark at 8-8.

"I am so excited about coming back," Favre told the Biloxi Sun Herald newspaper. "We have a good nucleus of young players. We were 8-8 last year and that's encouraging.

"My offensive line looks good, the defense played good down the stretch. I'm excited about playing for a talented young football team."

C'mon Brett... It's been a mediocre few seasons. How much of what's going on in Green Bay is because he doesn't have a team? Should a QB be able to make do, even without an o-line?

Will this end badly for Brett?

I'm so incredibly unsure about this. When I saw the Packers lose to the Seahawks, he was sulking on the sidelines. Kicking his feet in the snow. It was sad.

Telluride · 02-03-2007, 11:34 AM

I think Brett Favre is one the greatest quarterbacks of all time, but he's played a few seasons too long, in my opinion. However; one result of playing a few seasons too long is that he's VERY close to setting the all-time record for touchdown passes. How can you quit when you're this close to breaking such an important record? I think he should play until he passes Marino, and then retire.

spectre · 02-03-2007, 12:45 PM

I know I'm a Bears fan and this won't be taken well by the Packer loyalists, but seriously, this is getting old. Every year it's the same thing, he plays it up like he's going to retire, the talking heads go on for months about it, then he comes back. Call me when he actually does retire, then it'll be news.

godzilla23 · 02-03-2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by spectre

Every year it's the same thing, he plays it up like he's going to retire, the talking heads go on for months about it, then he comes back. Call me when he actually does retire, then it'll be news.

Exactly. Favre hasn't played too many seasons, it's just old because every year we hear the same stuff. If we weren't subjected to "is he or isn't he" at the end of every season, it wouldn't be a situation of "coming back" to play. He'd just be a great QB that continues to play.

As a side, I went down to Buffalo last fall to see the Bills play the Packers. I had never seen Brett play, and I thought it'd be my last opportunity. Sigh.

Ace_O_Spades · 02-04-2007, 01:58 AM

At least he announced it at the end of the season this year, instead of humming and hawing like last off season.

spectre · 02-04-2007, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ace_O_Spades

At least he announced it at the end of the season this year, instead of humming and hawing like last off season.

I'll give you that. That screwed you guys over something terrible last year.

The_Jazz · 02-04-2007, 08:41 AM

You heard it here first - next year Urlacher is going to hit Farve so hard it'll break his hip. Farve's at the magic age (38) where quarterbacks start to really suck unless they're someone who hasn't take as much abuse as the average, like Testeverde or Moon. Farve's taken too many big hits to survive the 07 season in any sort of shape to lead anyone to the playoffs.

Ace_O_Spades · 02-05-2007, 11:28 PM

And all of Green Bay collectively sighs in relief after Sunday's result.

NoCure · 02-06-2007, 05:23 PM

The fact that Brett is not retiring is really screwing up the GB Brass' plan of drafting that QB from California

Aurakles · 02-26-2007, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Telluride

one result of playing a few seasons too long is that he's VERY close to setting the all-time record for touchdown passes. How can you quit when you're this close to breaking such an important record?

I don't particularly like players who stick around just to break a record, and I'm not saying that Brett is doing that, but it would be a shame if he holds hostage the future of the team because he wants to break a record. Also, just because he hasn't been seriously hurt doesn't mean he can't be. Nothing remains the same, and it is quite possible that he can have a career ending injury that not only ends his career but hampers his life after football.

nein991 · 03-22-2007, 06:50 PM

Farve was one of the best; but he should have retired 2 years ago. It is sad to
one of the best try to play when his skills are diminishing.

02-03-2007, 11:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Telluride Browncoat Location: California	I think Brett Favre is one the greatest quarterbacks of all time, but he's played a few seasons too long, in my opinion. However; one result of playing a few seasons too long is that he's VERY close to setting the all-time record for touchdown passes. How can you quit when you're this close to breaking such an important record? I think he should play until he passes Marino, and then retire. __________________ "I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice." - Friedrich Hayek

02-03-2007, 12:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	I know I'm a Bears fan and this won't be taken well by the Packer loyalists, but seriously, this is getting old. Every year it's the same thing, he plays it up like he's going to retire, the talking heads go on for months about it, then he comes back. Call me when he actually does retire, then it'll be news. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

02-04-2007, 01:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	At least he announced it at the end of the season this year, instead of humming and hawing like last off season. __________________ Feh.

02-04-2007, 08:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	You heard it here first - next year Urlacher is going to hit Farve so hard it'll break his hip. Farve's at the magic age (38) where quarterbacks start to really suck unless they're someone who hasn't take as much abuse as the average, like Testeverde or Moon. Farve's taken too many big hits to survive the 07 season in any sort of shape to lead anyone to the playoffs. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

02-05-2007, 11:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	And all of Green Bay collectively sighs in relief after Sunday's result. __________________ Feh.

02-06-2007, 05:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
NoCure Crazy Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	The fact that Brett is not retiring is really screwing up the GB Brass' plan of drafting that QB from California

03-22-2007, 06:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
nein991 Junkie	Farve was one of the best; but he should have retired 2 years ago. It is sad to one of the best try to play when his skills are diminishing.