CletiusMaximus said:
Stinger Ray said:
Favre did want to play for the Packers but got pissed when the team told him if he came back he would have to fight for the job even though they had no intentions of having him back.
This view doesn't make sense anymore.
Yes it does. When Favre was reinstated and flew back to Green Bay he thought he would be playing for the Packers. Steve Mariucci confirmed this based on coversations he had with Favre during this time. Mariucci even stated Favre was excited to be headed to Green Bay. From there things went downhill and Favre decided to try and stick it to TT.You Favre bashers might want to take some of the advice you want to give him that it is time to move on and get over what happened.
Are you suggesting that when Favre flew to Green Bay during training camp last summer he was excited to play football for the Packers and Ted Thompson, but only after the events of that week in Green Bay did he develop his desire to "stick it to Ted"? I don't think that makes sense, unless you decide that he simply misspoke when he said, "Part of me coming back last year, I have to admit now, was sticking it to Ted''.
Your point is that Favre didn't have any intention of playing for the Packers last summer. That isn't true. He did want to play for the Packers until he finally realized they DID NOT WANT HIM BACK!Here is what Peter King wrote....
"Let's go back to my visit to Favre's Mississippi house late last July, when it was apparent he wanted to play for one team and one team only -- Minnesota --
after he became convinced the Packers wouldn't give him his job back,"
or how about the time in June when he called McCarthy and stated he wanted to come back?
"Favre called McCarthy on June 20 and told him that he wanted to come back.
"When he picked up the phone again after he dropped it, he said, 'Oh, God, Brett. You're putting us in a
tight spot,'" Favre said. "He said, 'Brett, playing here is not an option.' Those were his exact, exact words"
That seems to me that Favre did want to come back and play for the Packers.