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A rally outside Lambeau Field today attracted about 200 fans urging the Packers to welcome Brett Favre back as the team’s starting quarterback.
The rally was organized by a pair of brothers, Adam and Erick Rolfson, who started a Web site, BringBackBrettFavre.com, designed to put pressure on the team to allow Favre to un-retire. They say they will rally every Sunday until the team reinstates Favre.
“We want all Packer fans’ voices heard,” Adam Rolfson said. “The best decision for this organization is to start Brett Favre. He’s our best chance to the go the Super Bowl.”
An unscientific poll at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel web site shows Packers fans about evenly split between those who want Favre to return to the Packers and those who want him to retire.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
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stephen a smith nails it perfectly. awesome!
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Speaking of the Oilers, this reminds me of when Bud Adams kicked Warren Moon to the curb in ‘94 in favor of the promising and much younger Cody Carlson who had been waiting patiently for his turn at a starting job.
Moon went to the Vikings and proceeded to throw for over 4,000 yards in ‘94 and ‘95, going to the Pro Bowl both years at age 37 and 38 and winning the NFC Central in ‘94. Carlson struggled and was never heard from again after the Oilers sunk to 2-14 in ‘94.
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I guess gasoline must not be over 4.00 a gallon in Wisconsin, or perhaps there are alot of folks out of work with nothing better to do.
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I just wish Reggie White had signed with someone else. Favre wouldn’t have his ring, and he’d have been run out of Green Bay in the early 2000s for throwing deep into triple coverage when the swing pass was open.
I thought by now everyone realized that quarterbacks only make a small difference compared to the OL and DL. Eli Manning understands this, and he’s an idiot. If the team’s good, Aaron Rodgers will be fine. And the team is definitely good, they’d have gotten to the Super Bowl last year if it wasn’t for Brett Favre.
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
What isn’t mentioned is that this rally was put together late Saturday afternoon, people were invited by calls from random white pages listings. This may have something to do with the small number of people. There is no question as to whether he should be taken back as the starter. The man was a Randy Moss short of both the MVP and Super Bowl trophies. Now the same GM who wouldn’t give up a 4th round pick for Moss (but takes Jordy Nelson in the 2nd round) is pushing an upper echelon QB out of town so he can start his former 1st rounder (only a 1st round pick because of an extremely weak QB class that year) who has played about 3 quarters of pro ball. Why does this man still have a job?
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Dookster4,
Super Bowl Rings:
1)Lots of people MORE
way down list) Trent Dilfer 1
way down list) Brad Johnson 1
way down list) Brett Favre 1
other average players 1
where’s the Baltimore rally for Trent Dilfer?!
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
It’s funny how black and white every issue gets turned into.
It’s either you’re pro-Favre or you’re pro-Rogers. What about Packers fans who are pro-Packers???
The pro-Favre camp might be right; their best chance at “getting to the Superbowl” is with Favre. He increases their chances from, say… 10% chance behind Rogers (or Brohm) to say… a 30% chance. That’s pretty generous, considering the pro-Favre camp is rooted in the cliche “it’s tough to win in the NFL” (which is true, but water is also wet and it’s lame to keep pointing that out).
Then theirs the pro-Rogers camp, who the pro-Favre camp seems to believe are of the impression that Rogers gives them a good chance to get to the Superbowl (or win it, good post whoever pointed that out) next year. Do those people actually exist? I’ve never heard from ‘em, except from the pro-Favre camp. It’s like they’re fighting an enemy which doesn’t exist… which is typical in the US, isn’t it? war on terror anybody???
but i digress- Brett Favre is thinking about the short-term right now in his decision to push the Packers into the hole he has. He’s thinking one year of playing football is worth the potential risks to his future credibility, his health and family life, and an organization with a young nucleus of players at the skill positions who would be better served to create chemistry with a guy who can be there longer than a year.
If it’s so hard to win in this league, like the pro-Favre camp continues to preach, then why aren’t the pro-Favre people looking at the playoff drought that would inevitably follow after another year of Favre.
i think the nostalgia in their eyes is blinding them.
all things will surely have to end, and great loves will one day have to part.
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
By the way, that Oilers rally was DOA as in dead on arrival. A local fan club organized the thing - mind you this was pre-internet days for the most part - they didn’t publicize it nearly enough or organize appropriately … they told a few radio and tv stations but the main thrust of energy came from within their membership. And that was their downfall. They held it at mid-day on a workday. Needless to say, there were a lot of people interested in keeping the NFL team in Houston at the time (despite the owner) but that rally worked against the effort to retain the team in almost every way imaginable (much like this could for Favre/GB fans) because it gave one side a chip, i.e., “see, no one really cares” which in the case of the Oilers leaving - it wasn’t that simple. But Houston fans are fine with the way it ended up. I think a lot of us are ready to see an end to this saga and a start to training camp.
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Anyone’s opinon who isn’t a Packer fan is irrelavant.
You don’t see Packer fans expressing their views on who should start for the Jets.
Hey!!! I think Indy should start Sorgi
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July 13th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I’m a 50 year long Packer fan and “stephen a smith nails it perfectly. awesome!”
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July 13th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I guess the snow kept everyone away. Oh thats right - its July.
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July 13th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
The Milwaukee paper reported that “more than 100″ people showed up. I guess the next report we’ll hear is that a handful of drunks stumbled out of a tavern in Peewaukee and somehow found themselves bussed to Lambeau. After listening to some annoying chanting, the drunks were left by their erstwhile kidnappers to find their own way back home.
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July 13th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
All you Packer fans that don’t want him… protest for him to be cut loose. You’ve got your savior in Mr Rodgers, you obviously don’t need Favre. Apparently he’s greedy, cares only for himself and has singlehandedly prevented you from winning 8 Super Bowls due to interceptions. It sounds like you’d desperately wish for him to play for the Vikes or the Bears. Truthfully, I don’t think you guys even believe your own BS.
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July 13th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Sounds like the pack just wants farve to go away. MY guess is cause he’d cost them so much in salary cap. He’s clearly better than aaron (just peed my pants) Rodgers.
The question is why won’t the pack then trade him.
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July 13th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
A Poem for GM Ted Thompson:
WOKE UP THIS MORNIN’
WITH A PAIN IN MY HEAD.
LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM
AND THE HEALTH BOOK READ
“FREE BRETT FAVRE!!!!
NUFF SAID…”
F2B
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July 13th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
…and let’s not forget:
Career Interceptions
1) Brett Favre - 288
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July 14th, 2008 at 12:04 am
@wrathchild,I thought “Vinney and the Jets” held that record.
Brett’s mother must be real proud!
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July 14th, 2008 at 3:34 am
what i dont understand is the hype for Aaron Rodgers? if TT loved rodgers so much, then why did he wait for 23 other teams to pass on him before drafting him, Rodgers was supposed to go either to Miami or San Francisco, but slipped due to people believing he could be a bust(well the same could be said for alex smith who is a legit bust), anyways, if TT was planning to groom a young QB, he should have done it sooner, as Soon as Favre was choking in that playoff game vs. philly the packers should have given him the hook, the reason favre lasted so long was that coach Sherman allowed to play reckless and make foolish mistakes. I also wanna add that Green Bay’s contigency plan without Favre is a joke as well, they draft two rookies to backup a “supposed” first-year starting QB, what kind of pro team does that? I also wanna add deep down inside, MM & TT know they want Favre and need him, they dont wanna swallow their pride and let their ego not get in the way.
end of rant.
holla.
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Hey Dookster, you forgot carreer interceptions …
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:19 am
soooooo0……shouldn’t they be protesting outside of Brett’s house in MS chanting “we want Brett”…..since the packers already said they’d bring him back? After all, it’s up to Brett whether Brett wants to play for the packers, or stay retired.
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:58 am
“The man was a Randy Moss short of both the MVP and Super Bowl trophies.”
Oh. I see. Moss couldn’t put a ring on Brady’s finger but he’s all that Favre was missing? Idiot.
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July 14th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
hey randy could have taken plays off for the packers too…
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July 14th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Vox
He couldn’t put a ring on Brady’s finger because Brady can’t handle a constant pass rush. With that extra play-maker, the Packers beat the Giants in the NFC Championship, and then win the Super Bowl instead of the Giants. Are you seriously trying to say Moss wouldn’t have improved the Packers like he did the Pats? Idiot.
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July 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I think the last sentence should be changed from the blog because I actually voted in that poll, and as we know, I am the opposite of a Packers fan.
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