...and that thing is Brett Favre.
According to multiple sources, Brett Favre has chartered a plane to fly to Wisconsin from his Mississipi home and show up at Packers Training Camp tommorow. The move is likely in response to the Packers (frankly insulting) offer to pay him $20m to stay home for the next ten years, as reported this morning.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel revealed earlier that the team would consider trading Favre to the Bears, Lions or Vikings only as 'a last resort'. This differs from Favre's previous statement last week, which seemed to indicate that a trade to the Vikings was inconcievable.
Either way, the team is on the ropes now, and it's likely that the Vikings will get their man in the next few days. With Roger Goodell poised to intervene if the camp turns into a circus, the Packers know that the only way of getting adequate compensation for Favre may be to cut a deal with one of the two teams that they would least like him to play for.
For what it's worth, Favre is unlikely to accept a deal to Chicago. The whole offense is in dire need of help, and if he wishes to go out with a bang, the Bears would not be a logical choice. Apart from on-field issues though, Favre will be aware that it would be seen as one in the eye to the fans that supported him for 15 years in Wisconsin.
On the other hand, it would provide the maximum 'revenge' factor possible to the Packers as an organisation...
Thursday 31 July 2008
Legendary safety Lynch walks
Broncos fans waking up this morning do so to the news that safety John Lynch, a lynchpin (No pun intended) of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl 37 winning team has walked from Denver.
"I'm going to explore all of my opportunities," Lynch said Wednesday night, according to the Rocky Mountain News. "Is it retirement? Maybe. Is it playing for another team? Maybe. Mike [Shanahan] has given me the opportunity to explore that and that's what I'm going to do. But I won't be playing for the Broncos."
Stanford alum Lynch has previously outlined his interest in media work once he retires, and has not been seeing time in nickel and dime packages whilst in camp this summer.
Wide-Right believes that as a safety turning 37 this September, Lynch may have one season left in him, but will it be at a time befitting his talent? We don't see him joining fellow vet Terry Glenn in Miami - that said, playing in the AFC East on the Patriots aging defence could prove an interesting proposition for him. The Pats have a poor secondary at the minute, and the ability he still has, along with the opportunity for players like Brandon Merriweather to learn from arguably a future HoFer could prove too tempting for both the Pats and Lynch.
"I'm going to explore all of my opportunities," Lynch said Wednesday night, according to the Rocky Mountain News. "Is it retirement? Maybe. Is it playing for another team? Maybe. Mike [Shanahan] has given me the opportunity to explore that and that's what I'm going to do. But I won't be playing for the Broncos."
Stanford alum Lynch has previously outlined his interest in media work once he retires, and has not been seeing time in nickel and dime packages whilst in camp this summer.
Wide-Right believes that as a safety turning 37 this September, Lynch may have one season left in him, but will it be at a time befitting his talent? We don't see him joining fellow vet Terry Glenn in Miami - that said, playing in the AFC East on the Patriots aging defence could prove an interesting proposition for him. The Pats have a poor secondary at the minute, and the ability he still has, along with the opportunity for players like Brandon Merriweather to learn from arguably a future HoFer could prove too tempting for both the Pats and Lynch.
$20m to stay home?
That's allegedly what Packers GM Ted Thompson has offered Green Bay 'nuisance' Brett Favre over 10 years to retire, shut up, and let them get on with business including offering their starting running back a contract befitting one, as opposed to the undrafted running back contract he is on.
Favre to accept? Do future hall of famers accept bribes to make life easier for teams that are playing hardball? No, and this is likely to light a fire under #4 in his determination to obtain a trade. That said, maybe, just maybe, Thompson figures that if he annoys Favre enough, he'll take a trade to wherever the Packers see fit.
Beyond the realms of possibility? Possibly, but the way the Favre situation is being played out rule NOTHING out.
Favre to accept? Do future hall of famers accept bribes to make life easier for teams that are playing hardball? No, and this is likely to light a fire under #4 in his determination to obtain a trade. That said, maybe, just maybe, Thompson figures that if he annoys Favre enough, he'll take a trade to wherever the Packers see fit.
Beyond the realms of possibility? Possibly, but the way the Favre situation is being played out rule NOTHING out.
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