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ESPN’s Ed Werder reports that quarterback Brett Favre has been reinstated to the NFL, and that Favre plans to travel to Green Bay on Sunday.
“He is definitely leaving soon to go to Green Bay,” Werder said.
The report comes from Favre’s claim that he believes NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has reinstated him. The team’s position is that, because Sunday isn’t an official NFL business day, no action can be taken until Monday.
Stay tuned. The weirdest story we’ve ever seen surely will continue to get weirder.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Hang on kids its gonna be a bumpy ride!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
Am I the only Jets fan on the planet that thinks Favre on the Jets would be a bad thing.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Man, I gotta say, he may have acted like a child, buy that “kid” had balls of steel!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
Ted Thompson should be shot…..out of a cannon at the family night circus. Why you bench a hof qb, coming off a great year to play an injury prone unproven qb(just happens to be titanium ted’s 1st ever draft choice) is beyond me. The Packer organization is a laughingstock. Good. Prima donna fans think they’re better than everyone and treat good players like that. unreal. Brady and the Pats will show you how it’s done when the time comes. GB and TT..Lambeau Losers!!
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
It seems as though the NFL Network has been acting as the official mouthpiece of Packers management while ESPN has been doing the same for Favre/Cook,based on the conflicting reports the last couple days….
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Great. Just f***ing great. The circus is coming to town.
The trumpets blow, the bugles play,
The circus is coming to town today!
Favre is the elephant and Thompson’s the clown,
A really live circus is coming to town!
With lions and Vikings and da Bears, too,
They cannot believe that it’s really true!
Oh, they laugh and roar, and scream with delight;
As Favre and the Packers prepare to fight
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
Oh really…. I thought that the NFL handled it’s most important and lucrative business on sundays.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
Thankfully Goodell finally reinstated Brett. I knew nothing would happen until Roger did his part. Now the 24 hour stopwatch has started (unless it don’t start until Monday?), and something will finally happen.
Brett has to understand if he takes the payoff, he’ll appear to be a lousy money hungry sell-out, no better than Michael Irvin, Pacman Jones, or T.O.
If he doesn’t, and the Packers refuse to deal him in the next day or so, the Packers will look like the biggest scumbags in the NFL if they hold him “hostage” on the roster, just to trade him the day before the regular season starts.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Way to go, Brett! Make them play you or cut you! I think it is only a matter of time before TT & MM cave in like the sniveling cowards they have–to me, at least–shown themselves to be.
I was in a position before where I had employers that wanted me gone but I had seniority and connections there. I saw them come IN the door… and saw them go OUT the door. ]:o)
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August 3rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Would you trade for someone who just didn’t deliver in second half of his career?
Below is an excerpt from Sal Palantonio’s book. Quite a few astute observations. The “Lord Farve” stuff was edited by buzmeg.
We interrupt the continued deification of “Lord Farve”– a first-ballot Hall of Famer and the most durable player in NFL history — with the following reality check. Yes, “Lord Farve” played long enough to throw the most touchdown passes and collect the most wins by an NFL quarterback. But let’s examine the second half of No. 4’s career. The truth is, “Lord Farve” did little over the past decade to earn the gushing praise heaped upon him by our fawning brethren in the media.
After beating the 49ers in the 1997 NFC Championship Game, “Lord Farve” won just three of his last 10 playoff games. Little brother Manning had more postseason wins in a 29-day span this past season than “Lord Farve” had in his last decade with the Packers.
Yes, “Lord Farve” won a Super Bowl — 11 years ago! But as his career arc spiraled downward, the blind adulation only got worse. “Lord Farve’s” passer rating in his last 12 postseason games was a pedestrian 77.8. In his last five wild-card games, he went 2-3 with more interceptions (nine) than touchdown passes (seven). In his last three divisional playoff games, he went 1-2 with seven TDs and seven interceptions. That’s a 3-5 record with 14 touchdown passes and 16 picks. In two of his last four postseason appearances, “Lord Farve” threw two of the most unthinkable playoff interceptions in NFL history, both in overtime, to Brian Dawkins of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2003 and to Corey Webster of the NY Giants last season.
Fact is, “Lord Farve” is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw overtime interceptions in two playoff games. In his last nine playoff games, “his lordness” threw 18 interceptions.
My comment:
Your Lordness: stay retired and always remember Marino’s last game was also a disaster.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Favre=Douchenozzle
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