When it’s a job.
Tom Silverstein reports at the JS Packers Blog that the $20 million payoff idea was actually a scheme proposed to Favre back in March that would pay No. 4 to make public appearances and take part in team marketing events. According to Silverstein, the Dolphins did something similar with Marino when he [...]
Did Mark Murphy really make an offer of $20 million to Brett Favre to keep him retired? I have yet to see anything citing sources beyond the original WTMJ report, but on the other hand the Packers have not come out and denied the report. Either way, the news has marshalled the pro-Favre forces to [...]
This clip still haunts me. Maybe now even more so.
“I think when training camp gets close, I will. Something’s bound to happen.”
It certainly did, Brett. It certainly did.
√ Undermine public confidence in a community institution
√ Touch off national maelstrom of criticism
√ Destroy public image of storied sports franchise
√ Alienate nationwide fan base
√ Offend and outrage players around the league
Mission accomplished!
“Maybe he’s headed down there with a list of potential trading partners or just a briefcase full of money.”
It turns out Mark Murphy did take a big briefcase full of money on his trip to Hattiesburg, at least if WTMJ has its facts straight. The TV station is reporting tonight, according to two sources, that [...]
Buried in an article today from Tom Silverstein and Greg Bedard is this potentially potent observation:
Of concern to the Packers would be an injury to Favre during training camp that would sideline him for the season, thereby leaving the Packers liable for his $12 million base salary.
With Mark Murphy down in Mississippi to make peace [...]
Team president Mark Murphy boarding a private jet for Hattiesburg in the dead of night? I doubt the action at Mugshots is worth a three hour flight, so my guess is he’s heading up a peace delegation to smooth things out with our soon-to-be formerly retired quarterback. Chris Mortensen was reporting earlier tonight on ESPN [...]
In the movie version of Brett Favre’s life, this scene opens with a tracking shot, the camera zooming in towards a lonely fax machine somewhere in the offices of the National Football League. The machine comes to life, blips and bloops, and spits out a sheet of paper. The camera closes in on the white [...]
Slow news day, huh? Unless the team was coming off a Super Bowl season I don’t think the first day of Packers training camp has ever dominated the headlines like it did today. Unfortunately most of that coverage read more like a cheap tabloid drama than football news, so let’s put aside Peter King’s latest [...]
I guess it was inevitable with the Packers already embroiled in a very public divorce from its future Hall of Fame quarterback that everyone else would start to pile on. Not only is Brett Favre ranting and raving to ESPN about his situation, but now Ryan Grant’s agent is blasting the team for making an [...]
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