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Brett Favre extended interview with Ed Werder

John Paulsen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:50:37 +0000

The clip runs over 20 minutes, and it provides some insight into Favre’s thinking last summer when he was trying to rejoin the Packers.

I do wish that Werder had asked Favre about the report that he was all set to return in the March of 2008, but as Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson were set to fly to Mississippi to finalize things, he called it off at the last minute. I think that was the reason that the Packers moved on, but unfortunately it wasn’t addressed in this interview. He never really talks about how his wishy-washiness on the subject of retirement puts the franchise in a tough position summer after summer, though he seems pretty level-headed about Green Bay’s decision to move on.

Reaction to Favre trade

Anthony Stalter — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:09:50 +0000

Now that the Brett Favre saga is over with him being traded to the New York Jets, everybody and their brother has an opinion on the deal. Below are opinions from some fine online folks…and their brothers.

- Vinnie Iyer of the Sporting News writes that Favre will have little impact on the Jets.

- Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News doesn’t know what kind of impact Favre will have in the Big Apple, but writes that the Jets finally matter again.

- Peter King of SI.com loves himself some Brett Favre. King writes that the Jets have landed their most famous quarterback since Joe Namath.

- Tom Curran of NBC Sports writes that with Favre landing in the Big Apple, the fun can now begin.

- John Clayton of ESPN.com notes that landing in New York isn’t what Favre wanted.