I don't have to be a Packer fan to know how I'd treat one of the all time greats if he left the team after 16 years and came back to play.
Yeah, I think you do. There's no equivalent to this situation. If Moss came back to play against the Vikes as a Patriot, I'd expect applause. If Favre came back to play the Packers as a NY Jet, then even there I might expect applause. In this case, the former star player of the team came back as a Viking in one of the biggest division rivalries in the NFL. He was interviewed this week as saying the team he's playing on now is the best team he's ever played on, which is basically a slap in the face to the '96 Super Bowl team. Of course he's going to get booed.
And Scott, I know news travels slowly to Mankato and key details may get misunderstood via the town telegraph system, but Favre RETIRED in 2007. He said he was going to retire the two years prior as well. I'm not sure what your qualifications as a GM might be or how often you've personally spoken with McCarthy, Thompson, or anyone in the Packers organization, but if I had a guy who was bordering on retirement year after year and wouldn't tell me which way he was going to go until well after the draft, I'm guessing I might not be working that hard to make him stay either.
And speaking of class acts, nice of Scott to bring up the Moss mooning. That has to be one of the classiest moves in NFL history. Interesting to see how quickly you've moved from Favre-hater to demanding he show more ass.
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