The Only Favre Post

I was thinking about how this post would go on the drive home, and now I have to go and change part of it because Favre is apparently going to the Jets. The Seahawks will play the Packers, Buccaneers, and Jets this year, so they were going to see him one way or another. Favre on the Packers was probably the worst-case scenario (actually, it was the Vikings, but that wasn't going to be compromised on), because the Packers would have been another elite team in the NFC that the Seahawks would have to get by. Tampa would have been the best case, as even with Favre the Bucs wouldn't have been too dangerous (Galloway and who else?). On the plus side, Favre on the Jets puts him out of the NFC. On the minus side, the Seahawks will face the Jets in week 16, by which time he should have completely absorbed their offense and the Jets will probably be playing for their playoff lives. Luckily that game is in Seattle, and that's certainly better than playing Favre in Tampa.

As far as who is at fault between Favre and the Packers... Both should have been more proactive. The Packers, however, will be the ones feeling the long term consequences. Mark Schlereth, on with Softy yesterday, made a great point about how current Packers players will reevaluate their standing with the team, given management's willingness to completely abandon arguably the most popular player in Packers' history, if not NFL history. Nobody is safe. Does that affect players' senses of loyalty? Moral? This is the kind of action that can lead to a lack of trust between players and management. Schlereth also drew an interesting comparison between the current Packers situation and the offseason following the Broncos' second Super Bowl. Apparently there was some pressure on John Elway to retire (granted I was young at the time, and the internet wasn't what it was today, but I definitely don't remember hearing about that), and that management saw that offseason as a good time to move on since nearly every starter would be returning and they had a quarterback in waiting - Brian Griese - that they felt was ready to take over the starting job. Sound familiar? So, the Broncos moved on, and went from winning the Super Bowl to missing the playoffs at 6-10. Interesting.