Wait! Brettfavre To "Compete" For Job!

In a not-so-stunning change of events, it has been announced that Brettfavre is now on his way to Green Bay and - ready for this? - will be allowed to COMPETE (nod, nod - wink, wink) with Aaron Rodgers for the Packer starting Quarterback position. Gee, I wonder who will win???? Here is what I think about this:

1. It is more apparent than ever that Brettfavre runs the entire Green Bay Packer organization. They bribe the guy with an offer of $25 million to basically "go away," which he turns down. (Hey - THAT'S the team I'd want to play for. The one who offers me millions NOT to show up). Now they are going to hand him the starting job after promising the position to Aaron Rodgers. He blackmailed the team by threatening to play for their arch-rivals and they gave in. Pathetic.

2. If I was Aaron Rodgers, I would demand a trade immediately. How can Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthey even look him in the face? Rodgers is a 1st-round pick who is in the 4th year of a 5-year, incentive-laden contract. He has not started a game.

3. My good buddy Jase has taken a calm, collected view of this whole affair. Jase, a life-long Packer fan, realized that the Packer organization gave Favre opportunity after opportunity to return to the club after last year. He was able to see through the "Favre is God" opinion that many Packer fans share. Not all fans share this clear vision with Jase. If you want to read some funny (demented and sad, but funny) stuff, check out the fan comments on the Milwaukee Journal and Green Bay Press-Gazette Packer articles. Favre is basically immune to any criticism and Rodgers has been vilified for throwing an incomplete pass in the Packers first scrimmage. Favre could basically take hostages at gunpoint and it would be the hostages fault according to these fans. But at least we have this sweet photo of he and his wife landing in Green Bay (somebody also gave a link to his flight info in the comments in the Mil. Journal, which is frighteningly sad):


4. I wonder if Ted Thompson or Mike McCarthy will have to do Favre's laundry?

5. Get the tissues ready for John Madden.

6. Favre was never, ever going to the Vikings. Well, actually he was. THAT is why he will now be "competing" for the Packers starting quarterback position.

We'll see what happens now. It's going to be a circus.

Monday morning update: Now, conflicting reports say the Packers may have actually contacted the Vikings about a trade for Favre. I think that I am officially going to shut up about this whole topic until something substantial happens. This is ridiculous...

Jeff