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Title: Possible destinations for Brett Favre
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The Sporting News
URL Source: http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=433769
Published: Jul 12, 2008
Author: Albert Breer
Post Date: 2008-07-12 14:54:34 by Rotara
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Views: 1421
Comments: 29
Now that the Packers have announced they do not intend to release Brett Favre, his ability to change teams is diminished. But there's still a fair chance he'll land somewhere else this season -- and you can bet these teams will be keeping a close eye on how Favre's situation plays out. 2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jon Gruden has an obvious affinity for veteran quarterbacks. He got big-time production out of a mid-30s Rich Gannon in Oakland, and just last year, Jeff Garcia -- who is all of four months younger than Favre -- guided Gruden's Bucs to the playoffs. 3. Baltimore Ravens. This is a team that was 13-3 just two years ago and still has a boatload of talent on defense. Signing Favre would allow the team to sit first-round pick Joe Flacco and perhaps add the piece that could make the Ravens a threat to the Patriots, Chargers and Colts in the AFC. 4. Chicago Bears. Another team that's just a year removed from a stellar season, one that ended in a Super Bowl loss, and boasts a top-shelf defense (if healthy). One question lingers here: Does the team have a good enough offense for Favre to shine? Would he take the risk of failing with middling talent around him? 5. New York Jets. Some would put Seattle in the top five because of coach Mike Holmgren, but the guess is the Jets might be a better fit. Like the Bears and Ravens, they were in the playoffs in 2006 and had problems at quarterback last fall. If anyone can cut those vicious Meadowlands winds, it would be Favre.
1. Minnesota Vikings. Tarvaris Jackson might have improved down the 2007 stretch, but a team ready to win now could not get more of a win-now quarterback than Favre. Plus, Favre has spent the better part of his career in a West Coast offense, like the one Brad Childress operates.
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#1. To: Rotara (#0)
The Jets did a ton of free agent pick ups, and had a decent draft. Pennington is made a balsa wood, and their owner, Woody Johnson (THE Johnson's) spends money. I'd love it given we're the ugly step sister to the NY Giants.
Yes, but you also picked up Bill Callahan. FB death follows him everywhere he goes. ;-)
Mangini will knock the corn out of his ears :P
Does this mean that Farve's contract is still in effect? If so, why wouldn't he just kick-it on the bench and see how things go? He must be making million$.
He doesn't like the coach's system, and the many, many hours of tape review; it's no fun anymore.
In that case, blow off the practices, and the film sessions and make them cut him, to free up a roster spot. Or maybe, he's just ready to hang'em up. Who knows? This sort of stuff makes me glad to no longer give a fig about sports.
I bagged baseball after the Mets won in '86. The strikes took the fun out of the game for me, and before that I never quite forgave Curt Flood for pretending to be in economic slavery to the Cards. That said, college football, and to a lesser degree the pros, are fun for me. Weekends in the Fall gets me away from all the morose news we wallow in daily. It's good for what's left of my fragile mental state. I'm liking this thread so much I think some sort of weekend cigar den category might be cool for any other football aficionados.
I bagged baseball after the Mets won in '86. The strikes took the fun out of the game for me, and before that I never quite forgave Curt Flood for pretending to be in economic slavery to the Cards. That said, college football, and to a lesser degree the pros, are fun for me. Weekends in the Fall gets me away from all the morose news we wallow in daily. It's good for what's left of my fragile mental state. I'm liking this thread so much I think some sort of weekend cigar den category might be cool for any other football aficionados. Did somebody say CIGAR? I have lost most of my interest in Pro Sports. I loved Baseball in the 80's but lost it during the strike. I haven't followed Pro Football with any enthusiasm since "The Over the Hill Gang" - Billy Killmer, Sonny Jergensen, and Joe Theisman at the end. Sonny Jergensen ran the best 2 Minute Drill I have ever seen. They were playing arch rival Dallas Cowgirls and the Cowgirls scored with a minute 18 on the clock to take the lead. Jergensen led the Redskin Offense down the field in 7 plays to score the winning touchdown. There was 1:01 on the clock when they scored. 7 plays, a score, and 17 seconds off the clock. The Pros had a different attitude - they WERE Pros with all the cynical jaundiced outlook of an old campaigner, but it was not all about money - there was pride involved. That seems to have evaporated - the pride that is. Now it is just about the money. Of course now the NFL is populated with thugs, dopers and a corporate mentality has all the class of a Fortune 500 Gladiatorial Demolition Derby. I would just as soon root for IBM. It used to be a sport and now it is just a business. Like you I still do pay attention to College Football, which has become more and more of a business too, but the players, some anyway, still play because it is fun. That makes a lot of difference.
you were a Redskins fan back then? did you live in the area? that's my old stomping ground. i was born and raised in Md. been in Tx for 29 yrs though. from day one, i have felt more at home here than there.
I was mostly in South Carolina at time but just became enchanted with the Redskins because of the "Over the Hill Gang" and just that I found it neat that a bunch of older players who were written off as at the end of the trail were able to make some serious noise. That and the hubris of the Cowgirls, and their fans, just rubbed me the wrong way. "America's Team" my ass. Landry may have been a good coach but his teams were always so mechanical. They had precision but no soul. The "Over the Hill Gang" had soul and played with heart.
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#3. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
The Jets did a ton of free agent pick ups, and had a decent draft.
#6. To: Rotara (#3)
#12. To: Jethro Tull, Rotara, anyone (#6)
#14. To: lodwick (#12)
If so, why wouldn't he just kick-it on the bench and see how things go?
#20. To: Tauzero (#14)
He doesn't like the coach's system, and the many, many hours of tape review; it's no fun anymore.
#22. To: lodwick, all (#20)
This sort of stuff makes me glad to no longer give a fig about sports.
#25. To: Jethro Tull, lodwick (#22)
This sort of stuff makes me glad to no longer give a fig about sports.
#26. To: Original_Intent (#25)
#27. To: christine (#26)
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