FOX Sports.com contributor Jason Whitlock is a self-proclaimed quarterback expert. He also thinks Green Bay Packers GM Ted Thompson is making a huge mistake with the handling of the Brett Favre situation.
You don’t discard the Pro Bowl quarterback who came within three points of the Super Bowl just because he’s a 38-year-old diva who doesn’t want to play football in March.
Here’s my solution. Call a press conference immediately — today, if not sooner. Announce that you’re a huge Barack Obama supporter, you got swept up in the mania and wanted to do your part to show America how far we’ve come in terms of racial equality.
I know, I know playing through pain, injury and grief for 16 years doesn’t compensate for the fact that Favre acts like a spoiled baby when you refuse to acquire a quarterback’s best friend, Randy Moss. And I know it’s really tough on the franchise when Favre’s aching, middle-aged body and mood swings tell him to retire in March and play in July.
Get over it. The great ones are always a pain in the ass.
Seriously, call a press conference today, take the high road by accepting blame for not being more patient with Favre and beg him to return for another season or as many as he wants.
You have him positioned perfectly now. All the pressure will be on Brett this season. He’ll need to be disciplined and play at a very high level or he’ll take all the heat for putting the Packers in an awful position during the offseason.
This is all well and good had Favre not retired in March. And then tell the Packers that he was ready to come back – only to change his mind again. And then there’s that possibility that he had been talking with the Minnesota Vikings about playing for them.
Whitlock always does a nice job of looking at an issue from all sides and he might be dead on when he says Thompson might be making a huge mistake. But in my opinion, Favre put Thompson in this situation – not he other way around. And therefore, Thompson is in control and should have control of his team.
