Favre to compete for the starting job?
There are indications that is precisely the case, which should make for an incredibly interesting next few weeks in Packerland.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that Favre will compete with Aaron Rodgers for the starting job, which is actually not the worst thing in the world. Had the Packers made that determination earlier, this whole fiasco could have been avoided.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime, here's a statement from team president Mark Murphy about Favre's return:
"Sixteen years after Brett Favre came to the Packers, he is returning for a seventeenth season. He has had a great career with our organization and although we built this year around the assumption that Brett meant what he said about retiring, Brett is coming back. We will welcome him back and turn this situation to our advantage.
Frankly, Brett’s change of mind put us in a very difficult spot. We now will revise many actions and assumptions about our long-term future, all predicated on Brett’s decision last March to retire. As a result of his decision, we invested considerably in a new and different future without Brett and we were obviously moving in that direction. That’s why this wasn’t easy. Having crossed the Rubicon once when Brett decided to retire, it’s very difficult to reorient our plans and cross it again in the opposite direction - but we’ll put this to our advantage.
Brett will be in camp tomorrow. Although there has been uncertainty regarding Brett’s return, Ted Thompson and Coach McCarthy had previously discussed this and have had a plan in place. Coach McCarthy will talk to the team and the quarterbacks about the plan moving forward, and after he has done that we will share it publicly.
No matter what, I look forward to another successful season for the Packers and our fans. This has been a tough situation, but the Packers will make the most of it."
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Comments (2)
It sounds like Murphy is trying to make it clear that this really isn't what he wanted to do. Any chance Goodell may have tried to force the issue and is making them let Favre compete for the job? Or do the Packers just think they can't justify it to the fans if Favre is on the bench?
TonyA:
Always good to hear from you. Nice blog ... still. :)
I don't think Goodell told the Packers to let Favre compete. His job was to just get him reinstated, and the Packers would take it from there. Still a chance he gets traded, but for now, he goes head-to-head with Aaron R.
I think Packers fans will accept a training camp competition, and if Rodgers outplays him, they will be reasonably satisfied. Still comes down to what happens in games, though.