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DEL.ICIO.USFavre to Falcons? Stop dreaming
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Let’s dream a little. That’s because none of the following ever will happen for so many reasons, but what the heck?
Brett Favre wants to play again, and if you read between the lines of what his former bosses in Green Bay aren’t saying, they don’t want him back. They want to start fresh at quarterback with the Aaron Rodgers regime. They want Favre to keep his word after last season about retiring - at least from the Packers.
So, since Favre still wants to play (and he should after a splendid 2007 despite his 38-year-old arm), he will have to do so somewhere else in the league.
See where I’m going?
In this wacky dream of mine, Favre would go back to the future and return to the same Falcons franchise that drafted him before mindlessly trading him to the Packers 17 years and a bunch of Hall of Fame moments ago. Favre would bridge the gap for a year or three until Matt Ryan, the Falcons’ first-round pick this season, is ready.
We all can wake up now.
There is a $72 million reason why Ryan won’t be anybody’s backup any time soon with the Falcons. Plus, at this stage of his career, Favre isn’t interested in playing for a team in the midst of a massive rebuilding program.
Then again, Favre is from Kiln, Miss., which is closer to Georgia than Wisconsin.
So maybe …
Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
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By Charlie
July 9, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
Hmmm…start Favre while Ryan get’s ready. Ryan learns from Favre…for a year…money aside, what better experience could an NFL rookie have? Provided Favre is willing to teach…apparently the backup/new kid in Green Bay wasn’t a favorite of Favres and Brett didn’t feel putting the time into the kid would be well invested.
But as you point out Terrance…it’s a dream. And could Favre’s body handle the lack of protection in Atlanta?
Zzzzzzzzzz
By mars
July 9, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
Not gonna happened. However, if anyone in the front office of the Chicago Bears had half a brain…….
By Thomas Cianfrogna
July 9, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
Glanville didn’t mindlessly let Favre go. Favre was an immature idiot at the time who did what he pleased, missed team meetings, was an admitted alcoholic. He admitted recently that at the time he was in fact, as Glanville stated, uncoachable. Miller and Hebert and Chandler and the rest of the crew did what they could at their times. If Favre was here, he would have faded into the sunset like the rest of them here without much of a supporting cast for more than a season or two.
Yes, he is better, even at 38, than the rest of our QBs at this time. Yes, I would like him for a year…but definitely not enough to write an article about.
By GATORZONE
July 9, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
Yawn!
By Gman
July 9, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
This just in: Favre Won’t Play for Falcons in ‘08!
WTF Terrance?
By Mike McGuire
July 9, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
Mr Moore, it pains me to say this but that may be one of your better stories, and you actually figured it out all by your self
By Phil
July 9, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
Why can’t Favre (along with Bobby Cox and Bobby Bowden for that matter) just simply go away somewhere and retire once and for all? I’m sick of hearing about this clown.
By Charles
July 9, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this
Favre needs to hang it up but his ego may not let him. He’s still p** that the Packers lost to the Giants in the NFC title game lat year. Had they won and gone to the Super Bowl, Favre most likely would have called it quits - for good. The Packers will move on while Favre looks more and more like a guy who can’t afce the reality of not being number 1 anymore.
By bigeasy830
July 9, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
You people are dillusional. There is no way Favre will play his last years for a team as terrible as the Falcons. Favre wants to go out as a winner, that is why I was so shocked he retired last year with his team being one of the better teams in the league. No way will Favre play his last years for a rebuilding, damn near expanision type team like the Falcons, No way. T-Moore you have lost your mind to even suggest that. Come on man, some of us who read this paper actually understand the dynamics of professional sports and the players. The rest of you who dream of this are, well, just silly. You can put Tom Brady behind this O-Line and the man will look like David Carr in Texas. Come on people, the Falcons are not a QB away from winning, they need a whole team.
By M Ryan
July 9, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this
By Thomas Cianfrogna
July 9, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
Glanville didn’t mindlessly let Favre go. Favre was an immature idiot at the time who did what he pleased, missed team meetings, was an admitted alcoholic. He admitted recently that at the time he was in fact, as Glanville stated, uncoachable. Miller and Hebert and Chandler and the rest of the crew did what they could at their times. If Favre was here, he would have faded into the sunset like the rest of them here without much of a supporting cast for more than a season or two.
Yes, he is better, even at 38, than the rest of our QBs at this time. Yes, I would like him for a year…but definitely not enough to write an article about.
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But you did!
By M Ryan
July 9, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
By Charles
July 9, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this
Favre needs to hang it up but his ego may not let him. He’s still p** that the Packers lost to the Giants in the NFC title game lat year. Had they won and gone to the Super Bowl, Favre most likely would have called it quits - for good. The Packers will move on while Favre looks more and more like a guy who can’t afce the reality of not being number 1 anymore ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chuck what season did you watch last year? Brett was a starter when he retired and will be a starter this year if he comes back…that means number 1!
By Casey
July 9, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
One thing is for sure, Favre would sell tickets. And that is something this franchise needs! It would be a pretty safe investment for one year. But at Favre’s age, I don’t see him welcoming the lumps and bruises that our offensive line would allow.
By Casey
July 9, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
However… Favre could look at is one of the greatest challenges known to man! (Leading this bunch to the playoffs)
By kreese31
July 9, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
If Favre comesout to play for the Falcons, it would be a wonderful concept, but a horrible reality for both the Falcons and Favre
By Halsey
July 9, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Why would a rebuilding team that’s at least 2 years away from competing for anything want Favre? People are assuming he will continue to play at a Pro Bowl level. Not necessarily so for a QB his age. It’s not unusual at all for an athlete Favre’s age to experience a sudden drop in performance. I’d rather have a young QB who’s best years are ahead of him.
By phar71
July 9, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
I thought about this exact thing the other day.
By Dr. Warren
July 9, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
To Big Easy:
LOL. Are they dillusional or delusional?
To everyone else with an education:
What is so funny about the (often racist) morons who so pompously criticize Moore and Shultz and other bloggers is how baldly they reveal their ignorance in the process.
By legalbuzz
July 9, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
The good news for “Buckhead Brett” is that Buckhead is not the same place it was in 1991. Maybe he could return….lol
By Tony Heringer
July 9, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
“Dr.” Warren,
Or better yet, how others criticize these “morons” and prove they too are moronic in the process. Are they hairless and brainless — “baldly”?
LOL indeed!
By Jim H.
July 9, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
Favre to the Falcons?……hell Terence, I thought you would be too busy writing your annual “Ken Griffey Jr. needs to come to the Braves” column for next winter to have time to think about Favre to the Falcons.
By Lila
July 9, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this
Thomas Cianfrogna, so what you’re saying is that Favre was uncoachable in Atlanta but suddenly became coachable when he landed in Green Bay? It’s more likely that Glanville didn’t have Mike Holmgren’s coaching skills. Favre was widely known as a party guy his first few years in Green Bay but that didn’t stop Holmgren from helping him become the MVP he is today.
By Dr. Warren
July 9, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
Tony Heringer,
My doctorate in English was earned at the University of Chicago in 1991. If you’d like to contact me at ShanghaiUSA1 at yahoo.com, I can direct you to the registrar’s office with my former student code.
And now to show that you have, predictably—and yes, baldly—proved my theory, please note below the dictionary.com definitions of baldly:
–adjective 1. having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
2. destitute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain.
3. lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned: a bald prose style.
4. open; undisguised: a bald lie.
I suggest you not view language or life so one-dimensionally. I also know that any comeback you make will be juvenile and reveal you as the meathead I’m sure you are.
By Pete
July 9, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
If I hear another Bret Favre un-retirement comment……I’ll puke !!! I wish that redneck would stay in the woods and do what dopes like that do there. Enough !!!
By Najeh Davenpoop
July 9, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Yes, of course, because making spelling mistakes in an Internet forum is the ultimate indicator of ignorance. You, sir, Dr. Warren, are a moron.
As for this article, clearly Terence Moore was up against a deadline, because it is completely pointless.
The best quarterback on the Falcons’ roster just filed for bankruptcy. I think he has more than “paid his debt” by now. Free Mike Vick.