Many Takes, Here's Mine

This whole Brett Favre saga is starting to even get to me. Get to me that I think I was sick over it on Friday night.

The speculations of Favre coming back that had been reported in the past few weeks were just kind of like, whatever. You knew these things were going to happen. I mean, didn't you? I didn't actually think this was going to happen though.

So let's lay the facts out there quickly, alright? January 2008, Favre throws worst pass ever resulting in a playoff loss. February 2008, Mike McCarthy meets with Brett Favre to let him know that the Packers want him back for the next season. March 2008, Brett Favre retires from the Green Bay Packers. Somewhere between then and now, Brett Favre apparently is in great shape because he's been throwing with a high school team. Two weeks ago, rumors fly that Favre wants to come back. Last Friday, Favre claims the Packers don't want him to play for them and asks for his unconditional release.

First, before I absolutely start to rail my second favorite athlete ever, let me tell you that this has been a really, really hard thing for me to deal with. Because somewhere, we have to draw the line of what's right and what's wrong, not what we feel inside about a guy.

Now. Brett Favre retired from the Green Bay Packers in March. More or less, he quit, under contract. So, as much as I may not have noticed, but the world didn't stop spinning when Favre retired. From that second, the Packers have been making every arrangement that follows them having a new starting quarterback for the first time since Don Majkowski. Aaron Rodgers, who's had to deal with this saga for how many years, was finally the guy, the day that Favre retired, left, quit.

The Packers had an alright draft, bringing in two quarterbacks to their roster, Louisville's (should have been Tennessee's) Brian Brohm and LSU's Matt Flynn. Both guys have apparently been solid during mini-camp. Rodgers has been taking the necessary steps as a leader in the locker room and in the community as this is now his spot. The Packers have moved on since Favre formally announced his intentions not to play.

Before we get any further, what were those reasons? Weren't they not because he didn't want to play, but because he couldn't handle the daily grind, the film study, and the...off season workouts? So do we find it surprising that Favre is trying to find a Roger Clemensesque deal, where basically he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants because, he deserves it? I mean, I am surprised, but the pieces really fall into place.

No man, other than Michael Jordan, is bigger than the team. Favre is trying to state his case for being bigger than the franchise in this scenario. He doesn't run the team, the GM and Head Coach do. The second that they let Favre start to dictate their policy, where does it end? How much of an impression does this set for the young team as to what this franchise is all about? Favre retired, he was supposed to have moved on and the Packers had no choice but to. To me, this almost seems like a ploy because of what Favre didn't want to deal with he's not having to. It almost seems like this was Favre's plan all along. Retire, not deal with the other stuff and come back. They'll want me.

Maybe we do. Maybe the Packers are a better team tomorrow with #4 under center. Maybe they aren't? But what are they supposed to do? The Favre Saga has become more drama-filled in the past 3 years than MTV knows what to do with. If I was the Packers, this is what I'd do. Contractually, he is still theirs. So I'd make a move, put him on the roster at the last QB spot and tell him, if he wants to play, he better work at it because they've seen nothing from him. Aaron Rodgers is their guy and if Favre wants the spot, he better take it because that's all he's going to get.

If they take Favre back, what does that mean? Well the circus comes back to town and the focus is not on the team but on Favre's status. Is he going to play, will he be traded, what color is his hair? It's what to expect. Favre is making a mockery of the Packers right now, and there are some Packer fans out there who apparently think it's alright. I don't.