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The situation in Green Bay continues to drag out and become a distraction. Now the Packers are saying that they possibly will pay Brett Favre not to play; to the tune of $20 million dollars over 10 years. The deal could effectively end Favre’s bid to return to the Packers, or any other team for that matter. This is an an odd scenario; but it appears the Packer have offered up the deal. No one knows the particulars of the deal at this point, but it appears that Favre is at least open to it. Who wouldn’t be?

It is obvious that only Brett Favre knows what is important to him and what his motivation to retun to football is all about. The Packers, still apparently are not willing to see him play for another NFL team; so they are in effect buying out his contract. One could speculate all day long regarding the “whys” of this situation. To do so would be entirely hypothetical. Whenever we tread down the “what if” hypothetical road, we are asking for trouble. On first blush it seems to be a rather odd offer. It is a payoff to in essence, make the Favre situation go away. The million dollar question(s); Why is Favre even considering it? Do the Packer know more than they have been saying from the beginning? The short answer to question no 2 is Yes! Packer management has said this has been in the works for quite sometime. I guess that is news to us!

Whatever the reason, which probably will come out in the next few days, I believe this entire situation was handled in the wrong way by both parties, but more so by the Packers. What can the Packer front office learn from this situation? Take care of loose ends on the front end and don’t let anything come back to haunt you in the future. The Packers will do well to take heed to that advice and not let what appears to be a “loose cannon”, in this case Favre, derail both your plans and your process. It can be quite expensive to fix; perhaps a $20 Million dollar fix.

The Brett Favre situation continues and I believe the Packers or more at fault than Favre. Trade him, keep him or release him. If they really feel the Brett Favre’s best years are behind him, then cut ties with him. Don’t let the situation linger. There are many strong opinions on all sides of this issue. So anyone reporting on it is in a no win situation, as there are many passionate Favre and Packer supporters, who take issue with either side.

With that said; I believe Favre could definitely help the Packers as their starting quarterback, however the Packers are ready to pull the pull the plug on Favre and go with Rogers. But as said before there are passionate fans that are letting the world know where they stand on the Brett Favre situation. There is no shortage of Green Bay Packer sites and the Favre story is literally all over the internet.

The lure of Favre coming back has always been a great scenario to consider and this certainly is the case this year. The problem is the Packers have moved on with their plans and appear ready to stick by them; and grow their team in a different direction for the future. No one can fault them for that. And for that matter the passionate desire that Favre has to continue to play football foremost for the Packers and if not possible; for any available team, is unquestioned.

There in lies the problem; how do both sides work this situation out monetarily and contractually for the Packers; and emotionally for Favre?

The Green Bay Packers management Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy are handling the Brent Farve situation. For those who don’t know, Farve wants to return to the Packer to play one more season. Apparently the Packer want to move on, but are not willing to release Farve from his contract. They had in effect pigeoned holed Farve by saying that he could return, but as a backup to Aaron Rogers.

This is a ploy to hopefully induce Farve to not return. The right thing to do is to release Farve and allow him to sign with any team that wants him. Maybe trade him, but it’s my quess no one wants him. But the Packer do not want Farve to come back to haunt them while playing for another team, particularly a rival team in the same division

It is agreed that Farve should not jerk his team around. But the Packers should just release him and be done with it. It is totally ridiculous to hold him to his contract , when they have no intention of giving him the starting quarterback job. The truth be told is the Packers are in great shape at quarterback, with Rogers and new backup former Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm. The decision to not release Farve from his contract is merely to encourage him from not coming back.

So both the Packers and the Farve or at a crossroad. Or should we say stalemate. I guess it is a fair assessment to see who blinks first. Farve is a little indecisive in retiring, then un retiring. He has played this act for the last two years and it is indeed getting a little old. Farve is not being truthful and the Packers should merely wash their hands of the deal and release him. He does not have enough in the tank to beat them and chance are some other team may not want him either.

Green Bay should just release him and move on to the next phase.

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