June 15th

Probably.
I don’t understand why it’s a big deal that Favre wants to play football again.
Again, I’m not saying he should stop playing. It’s not for me to tell anyone else,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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If the fire was in his belly, I wish he would have just let someone know, instead of saying for months on end, “You know, I can’t really tell if this belly-fire is completely extinguished or not. I’ll let you know when I know, which might be tomorrow, or it might be in the middle of training camp.”
I guess that could be true, depending on how you look at his departure from Green Bay. I wouldn’t characterize it as “pushing [Favre] out the door,” but we’ll get to that in a second.
Look, I understand if you don’t want Favre on your team, but it’s hypocritical to say he should stop playing because you think it’s time for him to stop.
Or did Favre retire, essentially tell the Packers to move on without him, and then change his mind, and expect the Packers to undo everything they did and cater to his every whim?
If you were the Jets, would you appreciate Favre saying that he wanted his release so he could retire a Packer, only for it to become obvious weeks later that he really just wanted to be a Viking?

Dukes is of the opinion that Brett Favre has been made a victim through his retirement, his unretirement, interception-fest with the Jets,it’s not where I would like it to be
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], retirement, and then likely unretirement again. Dukes is a former player, and I think a player is more likely to take Brett Favre’s(notes) side than a regular joe, and that’s completely understandable. I strongly disagree, though, and I’d like to go through Dukes’ latest blog post line-by-line to demonstrate how.
So what was Favre to do? The fire was still in his belly, but the clock was working against him.
If Favre is guilty of anything, it’s having pride.
That part still counts, though, right? The part where he cost the Jets a spot in the playoffs? The Jets don’t still get playoff money just because Brett Favre was good before then, do they?

You would tell me where to go.
He should be allowed to play as long as someone is willing to sign him.
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Did he? Or did Thompson get tired of waiting for Favre to make up his mind every off-season, because if he was going to have to put Aaron Rodgers in the line-up, he had to know as soon as possible so they could rebuild the offense to suit him?
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I like Jamie Dukes, and I think he does a terrific job on the NFL Network, but the latest viewpoint that he voices on NFL.com, I find to be, well, let’s say “novel.”
Favre is entitled to the same liberties as anyone else.
Or of being unable to make a decision.
It would be a completely different situation than what we’re talking about here. No one’s mad at Brett Favre because they think he should retire. People are mad at Brett Favre because he’s acting like a real child about it.
Brett Favre would still be a Packer if the front office didn’t push him out the door.
Wanting to play another year in Minnesota,Speaking of this NFL jersey to Detroit Lions
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Jamie Dukes says Brett Favre is the victim here
Even if Thompson was absolutely hell-bent on getting Favre out of Green Bay (which I don’t think he was), would that really be so terrible? Would Brett Favre be the first player in the history of the NFL to feel the sting of a team not wanting him anymore? He’s a victim because he’s gone through something that thousands and thousands of other players have gone through before him?
The way I see it, Favre has done nothing wrong.
True. Everyone’s got the right to be an ass.
What if I were to tell you that you have worked at your job long enough and it’s my opinion that you should look for something else to do?
His pride told him that he didn’t want to stay where he wasn’t wanted. It was 49ers coach Mike Singletary who said it best a few weeks ago: “Players want to feel wanted.” Favre felt Thompson wanted him gone.
He still has it. Look at last season ― he played fantastic until he hurt his arm late in the season.
It’s not a big deal that Favre wants to play football again. What is a big deal, though, is that he can’t make up his mind this year, couldn’t make it up last year, and even struggled the few years before that. If you were a general manager, would you appreciate having that uncertainty at your quarterback position every offseason until Favre felt like making a decision?
He is. He just happens to be doing it very childishly and very annoyingly.
Did Packers general manager Ted Thompson force Favre to retire? No. But he made it clear enough to Favre that he wanted to get his guy, Aaron Rodgers(notes), who had waited three seasons for the job since he was a first-round pick in 2005, into the lineup.
I don’t think the Packers got tired of having Brett Favre as their quarterback, I think they got tired of waiting and waiting and waiting for Favre to make up his mind so they could see who their quarterback was going to be every year.

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