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Favre asked to be traded

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The man who may have the biggest name in Green Bay sports history has asked to be traded.

Several Packers and league sources have told FOXSports.com that Brett Favre's agent Bus Cook phoned Green Bay's general manager Ted Thompson within two to three days of the draft and asked for a trade. The sources said that Cook railed off how his client was fed up with the organization and wanted out.

The shocking request appeared directly related to the team's inability to trade for WR Randy Moss.

The news was then relayed to head coach Mike McCarthy, who immediately phoned the Super Bowl winning quarterback to squash his anger. However, the quarterback ignored all his calls for a week, perhaps showing the team how upset he was this time.

Finally, in the middle of this past week the two finally connected. Sources close to the situation said Favre asked McCarthy if he was aware that Cook asked for a trade but McCarthy immediately insisted that would not happen. McCarthy told others inside the organization it appeared the team's head coach had cooled Favre's anger and by the end of the conversation admitted he didn't want to go elsewhere. However, at the same time he has told friends on other teams as well how frustrated he is with the organization's inability to land the former Pro Bowl wideout and that he, in fact, wanted out.

Several calls this morning to McCarthy and Thompson by FOXSports.com have not yet been returned.

On Saturday, Favre railed against the team in an interview with his local Biloxi Sun Herald.

"I just want to win; maybe I see things the wrong way," Favre said in the exclusive interview. "I don't want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me. Sometimes I think it's hard for them to let Brett go. They might think that we pay him a lot of money, but he still gives us the best chance to win. I've never been told that, but there are times when I wonder if I'm the odd man out here and they just don't know how to tell me.

"Our offense struggled last season. If it were not for our defense, we would not have won eight games. Right now, it's hard to be optimistic. I'm not getting any younger and I think everyone knows that. I don't have five years to rebuild. No one in Green Bay is saying rebuild but it's hard to look at where we are going and say, 'How can they not be rebuilding?'

"I don't know if I've lost faith, and I think everyone in the organization wants to win. I just don't know if it includes me. If it's going to be five years from now, I'm not going to be here. This is 17 years for me and I want to win."

At this point the Packers are primed to head into serious damage control to prevent any further uproar regarding their most prized name. However, too much damage may already have been done by his bizarre trade request.

Despite Favre's trade request and rant to the Biloxi Sun, the team has no intention of parting ways with him. In fact, some within the organization claim that McCarthy honestly believes they can win with the long-time vet at the helm and has repeatedly told him as such.

Thus, they are hoping that Favre simply needed to vent for a while before jumping back on board.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6805790

Brett needs to shut up, and practice scrambling with his walker.

If he got to QB in Cleveland for a year or two and let Quinn get ready I would be EXTREMELY happy.

Brett Farve in Cleveland While Brady learns the system and gets tutored? man that would be a dream come true.

Put down whatever you guys are smoking. Brett Favre basically told the Packers to go stuff it 2 years ago when they drafted Aaron Rodgers and wanted him (Favre) to "mentor" him. You think he'd come to Cleveland, where we haven't won in a decade or more and tutor the All-American boy? Dream on.

Brett Favre in Cleveland to tutor Brady? I don't think Favre'sthe kind of guy who likes being a tutor (I don't think he'd be good at it, either).

No thanks to Favre, who wouldn't want to come to Cleveland anyway because we're still building.

I've always liked Favre for both his play on the field and his seemingly decent guy appearance off. Seems like a pretty good guy - someone you'd want to grab a beer with.

But I was left scratching my head and felt somewhat cheated of my admiration for him when the whole Rodgers thing went down. I thought that was a low class move by a guy who had exhibited pretty much mostly high class behavior throughout his career.

And as much as he talks about wanting to win, I just no longer see a quarterback who is prepared and sharp on game day. Truly great players change and adapt their games over time to compensate for diminishing skills or different team dynamics. He's still just a gunslinger who always thinks he can squeeze the ball in there.

I wouldn't want Favre here.

Brett Favre in Cleveland? He wants to win another superbowl before he goes to the nursing home. He is not coming here.

If he does not want to be a Packer, then why did he come back instead of retiring?

Forget about Favre becoming a Brown,
for the obvious reasons already sated in this post

BUT,..getting back to the article.If he wants a trade the Packers should be looking real hard for a team willing to overpay for his services.This guys walking soon and he isn't bringing anymore championships to the Packers or any other team.He's nothing more than a name at this point and if the Packers get anything for him they need to consider.

If I had two words to describe BF right now they would be "diminishing skills"

j/c

Here's my take on Favre: He's heard for so long that he's "ultra competitive, a gunslinger, a strong arm" etc, etc, that now he believes it to the point that he makes dumb decisions in the hopes that he can still live up to his past.

Watch him pass this year. About half the time, his mechanics are terrible - throwing off the wrong foot when not under pressure - goofy ass "bootlegging" when he hands off, on hand offs, he'll take the snap, then hold it as far away from his body as he can possibly reach in order to hand it off (when he doesn't need to in order to make the hand off, he doesn't protect the ball - there's so much.

In my opinion, he's playing "show time", the "look at me and how good I am, I don't need to do things the way others do".........I feel he's a prima donna. He would've fit in good with Moss.

That's just my opinion. (but watch his mechanics this year).

BF takes waaaay too many chances...always has. He just doesn't have the same tallent or luck around him anymore. He shoulda' quit year before last IMO.

Favre is definately a prima donna. He "thought" about retiring how many times?

Yeah,...OK Brett, Randy Moss puts your team in the Super Bowl this year. Go ahead and quit now crybaby,...

And don't come here and mess up my QB situation.

j/c
Yeah but he was sure as H@ll alot of fun to watch '96-'99
I was rootin' for the PACK & could see they were on the rise
Although I missed the Browns ...I have to admit I enjoyed watching football ALOT w/o a bias view...just rootin' for whoever that day/game
And throwin' my foam brick at the TV when the REF's blew another one
but no we dont need him...but I love watchin' him

I'm sure there's two sides to every story...but quite frankly my respect for Fauvre has really dropped over his actions the last several years.

JMHO

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"I just want to win; maybe I see things the wrong way," Favre said in the exclusive interview. "I don't want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me.

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So, whos disrespecting Who here?

Does this putz have any idea what situation he puts the team in by some of his past actions (maybe i'll play this year, and maybe I won't., I'll let you know) To me, that's disrespect for the team and the fans.. But that's just me I guess,,,

There was a time,,, say in 1999, when the Browns came back, that I would have jumped through hoops to get Favre here. He would have been a short term (3 to 4 years) answer as the starter. But not now,,, no thanks. Not even as a mentor to Frye and Quinn,,,, Besides, it's pretty clear he doesn't want that role anyway.

He asked, but it won't happen.

"You're Ted Thompson, GM of the Packers. Your team is in full rebuilding mode. I'm a POS reporter (diggity *L*) who runs into you at the grocery store and asks you this off-the-record question:
"Ted, are you willing to try and build around Brett Favre, who's entering his 17th NFL season and has committed 65 turnovers the last two seasons?"

Well GM EO ends up on the 5 n 11pm news as he punches reporter in nose for asking such a snotty question.

hehe...lol no reporter asks a question like that...its a question that has its own opinions in it with only the said opinions answer as possible.

Quite frankly - I don't see teams in full rebuilding mode unless they are expansion teams. Most teams even the bads ones such as Oakland have some talent foundations where they are 1-2 years away from being competitive. If they are wisely rebuilt.

The rebuilding that you speak of...like what? the Rebuilding of the NY Jets of 2006? To me that team was in total rebuilding mode. And yet they made the playoffs. And as you mentioned GB is in a division wide open for a move into the playoffs no matter how bad they were in the previous season.

A 4th round pick and some money that wouldn't put them in any Cap room trouble?

I don't see that as crimping any rebuilding mode. Now the attitude that Moss permeates especially when they are losing that I can see as a hinderance.

But still they feel Favre has what it takes or else they would be starting Rogers who is entering his 3rd season and was a pretty polished QB prospect technically coming into the NFL. - 2005 was gosh awful for Favre but if you watched the games all he was doing was trying to win.

JMHO - his attitude is what has turned me off...not his play. Surround him with weapons and protection he's still a stud.

Favre denies wanting to be traded
NFL.com wire reports


MILWAUKEE (May 14, 2007) -- Brett Favre acknowledged his anger over the team's unwillingness to pull off a trade for wide receiver Randy Moss, but deniedhe ever really wanted the Green Bay Packers to trade him.

"I was frustrated a couple weeks back when Randy Moss was traded to New England," Favre said on the Packers' Web site. "I never wanted to be traded and I don't want to be traded. I want to be in Green Bay. I want to finish my career as a Packer."

It's an attempt by the three-time MVP to calm the maelstrom that started when he spent May 12 venting about the Packers' front office in a handful of interviews at his charity golf tournament. Fox Sports' Web site reported May 13 that Favre's agent called Packers general manager Ted Thompson shortly after last month's NFL draft to request a trade.

That request was denied, according to the report, and Packers coach Mike McCarthy eventually calmed Favre down and got him to admit that he never really wanted to play elsewhere.

"Sometimes when I get frustrated, I let my emotions got the better of me," Favre said in the statement.

Favre's agent, James "Bus" Cook, did not return a call from The Associated Press.

Packers officials have not denied that Favre's agent requested a trade. Packers general manager Ted Thompson said he was not willing to divulge details of talks the team has had with players or agents.

"We try to encourage open and honest dialogue with players and their agents," Thompson said, in a statement posted on the Packers' Web site. "But if those talks later are shared with third parties, the willingness of players to be open in future conversations may be compromised."

Thompson acknowledged Favre's frustration, but said he expected the Packers to be successful in 2007.

"I think it's natural for a player to be frustrated from time to time -- that's simply being human," Thompson said. "Everyone knows that Brett Favre is all about winning. As an organization, we share that commitment. And we want to win now."

The Packers have signed several of their own key defensive players to long-term contracts this offseason, including cornerback Al Harris, linebacker Nick Barnett and defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins.

But Green Bay has been among the least active teams in free agency and did not pull off a long-rumored trade for Moss on draft weekend, spurring criticism from Favre during his charity golf tournament in Tunica, Miss.

Favre told the Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald that he was frustrated that the team passed on a chance to make what he called a "steal" of a deal to get Moss, and wonders whether the Packers won't become a contender again until after he retires.

"Our offense struggled last season," Favre told the paper. "If it were not for our defense, we would not have won eight games. Right now, it's hard to be optimistic. I'm not getting any younger and I think everyone knows that. I don't have five years to rebuild. No one in Green Bay is saying rebuild but it's hard to look at where we are going and say, 'How can they not be rebuilding?"'

But Favre, who told the team in February that he was returning for his 17th NFL season, reiterated his commitment to Green Bay on May 14.

The Packers have a three-day mandatory minicamp beginning May 18, and it remains unclear whether Favre, who had surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle in late February, will attend.

"As I said in February when I announced that I was coming back, I am excited about the young talent on our team and the improvements we're going to see from one year to the next," Favre said. "I really enjoy the young guys I'm playing with. I'm working hard down in Mississippi right now, rehabbing, and I plan to be in the best shape of my life. I look forward to playing with this team and seeing what we can do. I think we can be pretty good."

NFL.com

Truth.. or damage control?

Heh... heh... Lately, Favre has had a "ready, fire, aim" mouth he hasn't been able to control. I'm betting the latter: damage control.

lol... It's Brett Farve, he's crusty, whattaya gonna do? I'd like to see him go out a winner with dignity but again, whattaya gonna do?

Take a look at the list of potential Super Bowl contending teams that could be a home for Farve...

Chicago

the only other teams would be

Miami
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Carolina

Not exactly super bowl contenders looking at a QB to get them over the top.

Toad is right, Farve is an int machine, and living on his accolades, and delusional by his glory days. I would not be surpised to see him traded anyway. It is time for them to move on with Rodgers.

This is his last year anyway.

I doubt he ever wanted traded, but his mouth always is running so he probably stuck his foot in there a bit,,,,,,,,, again

Personally I think he should hang em up as well.

However if you look at what the organization has done the last few years one can understand his frustration.

When Farve first talked of retiring they talked him into staying another year. They then proceeded to let 3 guys on a pretty decent OL walk. They drafted a QB in round 1. The following year they did nothing to keep their all pro WR and drafted Defense in the 1st round. Then they let their best RB go, draft defense again, and don't pursue a pretty decent WR. All this time they keep telling BF they are not rebuilding.

Farve didn't want to tutor the kid? Hell no, they are'nt rebuilding!

I think it will be awhile before "the pack is back".

And Brett Farve won't be there to see it happen.

On a side note, I could see "Meshawn Johnson" ending up in Green Bay.

j/c

The more I see Favre's name in the headlines, the more I think the Packers would almost be better just cutting him right now. I know there may be salary cap issues, etc., but IMO, all the negative attention he's attracting is hurting his team pretty badly.

You have Rodgers sitting there waiting to take over. However, they feel like they have to keep Favre content. Well, sorry Brett, if you're such a great guy, you should want to do what's best for the team, and right now, IMO, freeing up your contract money for them to rebuild is the right thing for the team.

I think it would be a pretty unpopular move, but the GB fans are pretty knowledgeable, and they'll forget all about it when GB has a chance to build another winner instead of worrying if Brett's feelings have been hurt.

Haha, well I guess that's a texans take on it.

Notice how all the real problems started when they dismantled their line?

I have to agree with you that Farve is an egomaniac. That same trait probably had alot to do with his success in earlier years and alot to do with those many int. last year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18674883/

Favre to skip Packers’ mandatory minicamp
QB reportedly says team would’ve wanted him to ‘sit out anyway’

MILWAUKEE - Brett Favre plans to skip the Green Bay Packers’ mandatory minicamp this weekend, saying the move is not related to his frustration with the team’s unwillingness to complete a trade for wide receiver Randy Moss.

Favre told the Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald that because he is unable to practice while recovering from offseason ankle surgery, he is going to stay home with his family in Mississippi.

“They were going to have me sit out anyway,” Favre said, in a story that appeared on the paper’s Web site on Tuesday. “To be honest, we have (daughter) Brittany graduating in two weeks. Instead of going up there and not doing anything, I will be better off being at home because of graduation parties and banquets.”

Favre said he isn’t skipping the minicamp as a protest with the team’s front office.

“I am frustrated,” Favre told the paper. “But being frustrated and not going are not related.”