QB Favre 4 Ever? What Now, Green Bay?
Brett Favre still has what it takes to play QB in the NFL, folks. Over the last 5 years, he’s been a top-10 fantasy QB in 4 seasons, and ranked #8 among his peers last year in fantasy points, with 356/535 for 4157 yards, 28 TDs and 15 interceptions over 16 games (with a modest 29/12/0 rushing - he’s not a “scrambling QB” anymore). He also hasn’t missed a game in well over a decade, marking Favre as a model of durability.
Despite all of Favre’s impressive numbers and despite his status as a Green Bay icon, it appears that the Packers’ front office and coaching staff is distinctly chilly towards the notion of a come back by Favre this season.
WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee reported on Monday, July 7th that Favre sent a text message to general manager Ted Thompson on the previous Saturday attempting to rejoin the team. The station reported that Thompson’s reply to Favre was that he was on vacation, and the two would have to talk later. Peter King’s Monday article on SI.com, aptly entitled “Nightmare in Green Bay” discusses the unfolding situation in detail, and concludes the following:
“They can take Favre and his $12.8-million cap number back onto the team and give him his starting job back, they can trade him or they can release him.
Every one of those options makes the Packers wretch.”
It is apparent that the Packers are ready to proceed with the Aaron Rodgers era, and that may be the right move for the franchise in the long term. However, from the fantasy perspective, the potential of Brett Favre, whether he plays for the Packers or elsewhere this season, cannot be ignored.
Watch and see what the Packers decide to do, and where Favre lands if he decides to un-retire - it appears that a new chapter in Favre’s already-legendary book is going to be written during 2008. Get ready to revise your QB board, fantasy owners!
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