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 Registered: 01-11-2002
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Well, I think your guess is wrong.
Favre retired, to the surprise of most (including, I suspect, TT and MM). Since that time everything they've done is entirely appropriate for a team whose veteran quarterback just retired. You talk as if everything is a statement. It's a statement that our veteran quarterback retired and we have one quarterback on the roster and he's never started an NFL game, so it makes sense to use a decent pick on another one. (And not to quibble, but obviously Flynn wasn't that "highly thought of" since he was barely even drafted. We drafted Ingle Martin two rounds earlier than Flynn.) I don't buy this idea that the Packers should have or could have done anything to get Favre to return. Just because Favre's agent apparently thought so doesn't make it true. As for the date of the retirement ceremony, Favre had a say in that. I seriously doubt they told him "Week 1 or nothing, buddy." Your memory is off on when they put him on the retired list. Favre talked about maybe coming back if they called on April 8th. They put him on the retired list almost three weeks later -- the day before the NFL draft, which made sense since they'd be adding a lot of rookies, drafted and undrafted, and needed the roster spot. So your theory about them making some kind of statement with that move three weeks later is a little implausible. I applaud them for their moves of late, too. I mean, yeah, acting as if a guy who has retired actually has retired makes a lot of sense. |
 Location: Normal, Illinois
Registered: 01-09-2001
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Was it the day after his Letterman appearance that they moved him to the retired list? That might have been what I was thinking. He said on Letterman that "something was bound to happen" once training camp came around .. the next day .. retired list. Is that right?
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 Location: The Halls of Hallowed Ground
Registered: 05-18-2007
Posts: 771
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One thing about those always bad teams - very little of what they do makes much sense. |
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Registered: 01-11-2002
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I don't know the date, but I saw the show, and they were goofing around. Letterman asking if he missed it or something, Favre saying, sure, when training camp rolls around, I might have a feeling. He was put on the retired list the day before the draft. It made sense.
The Dolphins haven't always been bad, and Parcells has a pretty good track of record of building winners, not doing stupid things. |
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Location: The Halls of Hallowed Ground
Registered: 05-18-2007
Posts: 771
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I'll give you that. But Parcell's has never been a GM before. Before he had control of the coaching as well. He doesn't have that now. So we'll just have to see where these uncharted waters take us. The Dolphins haven't been an elite team since the 70's when Don Shula was the coach. Otherwise, they have been competitive until recently. So I know about their history. But, until Parcell's does turn them around, the Dolphins are who they are. |
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Parcells was a GM with the Jets. Even before he was the GM he called all the shots. He had control of personnel moves in Dallas, too. He doesn't take jobs any more unless he's in control. Whatever, it's a moot point, Favre's not going to play for another team, if he were it wouldn't be for the Dolphins, nor would they be the ones to call the Packers about him.
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Location: Normal, Illinois
Registered: 01-09-2001
Posts: 5373
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I agree .. he's not coming back .. at least I hope not. He had a great run, and went out with a great final season. It's best to see him go out with something in the tank as opposed to having to leave because he couldn't play any longer, or was injured, or something. |
 Location: Hanlon's razor: “ Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. ”
Registered: 01-11-2004
Posts: 7322
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for the record, Parcells has NEVER signed a vampire to be his QB
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 Location: I don't know if I prefer Astroturf to grass---I never smoked Astroturf
Registered: 01-22-2002
Posts: 9250
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"I'm gonna kick the ass of the next person who posts in this stupid thread"
--Slayer |
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Location: I don't know if I prefer Astroturf to grass---I never smoked Astroturf
Registered: 01-22-2002
Posts: 9250
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One hour passes...
Buncha chickens. |
 Location: WI, USA
Registered: 02-02-2000
Posts: 6439
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"Something's bound to happen."
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 Location: Alexandria, VA
Registered: 02-06-2000
Posts: 19002
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Shouldn't this be in the Brett Favre forum?
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Location: I don't know if I prefer Astroturf to grass---I never smoked Astroturf
Registered: 01-22-2002
Posts: 9250
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Shouldn't this be in the "Rant about X4 Forum"?  |
 Location: Grant County, Wisconsin
Registered: 02-02-2000
Posts: 8390
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Favre loves the game, he just doesn't love the necessary preparation that goes into playing the game. He knows that if he came back, he'd have to do that preparation.
For the past few years of his career, everyone wanted to speculate that Favre was done. Now that he is done, everyone wants to speculate he'll return. He's done, folks. |
 Location: Corn Rows, not just for your head.
Registered: 09-22-2002
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Location: Corn Rows, not just for your head.
Registered: 09-22-2002
Posts: 24503
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That's only because he sweats garlic and beer. |
 Location: "beat me like a rented mule" - Henry
Registered: 02-02-2000
Posts: 19807
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LOL, that's a funny play on words. |
 Location: Yo Momma's House, Brooklyn, NY
Registered: 01-24-2001
Posts: 2898
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It would take Eric Idle severing all of Brett's limbs to end the speculation.
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Location: "beat me like a rented mule" - Henry
Registered: 02-02-2000
Posts: 19807
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Er, that would render it a draw. |
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Location: Hanlon's razor: “ Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. ”
Registered: 01-11-2004
Posts: 7322
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again, for the record, he's a vampire, not a witch.
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Location: "beat me like a rented mule" - Henry
Registered: 02-02-2000
Posts: 19807
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His career is not dead yet. In fact, it's getting better. |
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