Favre or Rodgers...pick one

[RedGoneWILD]

Simple question...you are GM or head coach for the Packers and you have to decide who is going to be your starting QB for the 2008 season. Not who's better than Montana, Elway or Brady...Not who's got the most rings...not whether the Packers should cut Favre or he's going to play for...just pick one guy to be your starting QB for 2008

I think the only argument, right now, is whether Favre is better than Aaron Rodgers. Since the Packers own his rights, they hold the cards and it's up to them...Does the best player play?

[RedGoneWILD]

8 votes isn't enough...

[garnett_21]

Favre until he proves otherwise....if he is really bad, then it's time to pull him....if he can still play, play him!

[spuds1961]

So far 2 to 1 in favre's favor I THINK MURPHY THE PACKERS COACH IS A PUPPET AND LETS THE MANAGEMENT PULL HIS STRINGS TAKE CARE sTEVE

[michael615]

favre no way u can let favre go

[michael615]

favres the best quarterback ever

[joshuadusarmy]

I think the obvious choice is Favre,I am in no way a Favre fan or packer fan, (49ers fan) but I don't see how you ask your team who nearly went to the super bowl last year to take a step back and hopefully still be good with an unproven Qb who the packers are obviously not as high on as they let on (just look at their draft).If I'm a veteran on that team I would be unhappy with the idea,and would certainly welcome Favre back without question.Trade Rodgers now while he has value and see if you could get a 2 yr committment from Favre to groom Brohm, don't think for a minute that if the packers don't make it at least to the NFC title game that Rodgers will be re-signed,he is playing for his career in GB this year.On that note I hope he fails.....Go Niners!!!!!!!

[BoogieDownBerlin]

aaron rodgers....

[OnePimpTiger]

I am a Favre and Packer fan, but I want to see Rodgers in there. Favre is my favorite all-time player mainly because he's a great, down-to-Earth guy who puts in the hard work and talks like I do I know it's hard to give up playing, especially if you can still play at a high level, but the way he's acted this off-season can only be described as diva-esque.

I want to see him ride into the sunset a legend, hang up the spurs, and call it a day. Even if that doesn't happen, I still want Rodgers in. I have a lot of faith in Rodgers to be the QB of the future and with a young, talented team, it looks like the future is now. If Favre comes back to the Packers, you stand the chance of ticking Rodgers off and him wanting out, which would mean you've had this kid with great potential learning from an all-time great for 3 years only to ship him off somewhere else and let them reap the rewards....

[2jeter13arod]

Great article

Packers say one thing, do another as Favre mess lingers
By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com




So unless he "misremembers" -- to use Roger Clemens' word -- Brett Favre once again confirmed all you need to know about the integrity, or lack of it, of Green Bay Packers management.
First of all, it did the very thing it accuses Favre of doing: It waffled. Actually, general manager Ted Thompson waffled.
A little more than two weeks ago, Thompson said Favre, who mis-retired, could return to the team "as an active member of the Green Bay Packers." Active, as in, on the active roster. But not as the starter.
But the truth is Thompson doesn't want Favre within a Sturgeon Bay of the Packers' training camp. He never did. All that talk of Favre's returning in "some role" was clumsy Thompson propaganda.
The latest proof is in Favre's Sunday interview with ESPN's Chris Mortensen. According to Favre, the quarterback asked Thompson if he'd be "welcome" if he reported to the opening of training camp. A reasonable question.
Thompson, said Favre, "was just about shattered. He said, 'Brett, you can't do that -- you'll get me fired.' I told him I'm not trying to get anybody fired. So Ted asked me to let the guys report and let's try to resolve this over the next two or three days."
Thompson knows what would have happened if Favre had been issued a helmet and a jersey today. Everybody knows. Favre would have been the best quarterback on the field.



Forget the three-ring media circus if Favre had reported. That's the least of Thompson's problems. His backpedaling and then reversal on Favre's supposed "role" with the team is the admission that counts.
Thompson isn't interested in putting the best product on the field. If he were, he'd let Aaron Rodgers, his handpicked successor to Favre, compete for the starting position. Sure, there'd be off-the-charts media and fan scrutiny. Isn't that part of it?
If Rodgers can't handle the pressure of Favre's presence and open competition for the job in July, what makes you think he can handle the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in December? But Thompson doesn't want the best man to win. He wants his man to win. So no quarterback bake-off.
At the very least, Thompson should have told Favre: "You want to come back? Fine. I think you're making a mistake, but it's your life and your legacy. If you do come back, it's going to be an open competition for the starting job. I give you my word we'll judge it as objectively as possible. But if Rodgers wins, you're the backup and you can't ***** about it. Deal?"
And at the very most, Thompson could have said: "You gave us 16 great years. Here's your release."
Instead, the Packers are trying to trade their best quarterback. I repeat, their best quarterback. Of course, Favre isn't good enough for them, but he is good enough that the Packers reportedly want a first-round draft pick in exchange for his rights.
This is what I mean by Packers flip-flopping. In March, Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy and assistant coach Tom Clements were telling Favre he could "still play at a high level." But now the Packers don't think he's worth the trouble? Yet they think the negotiations for his rights should start at a first-rounder?
If Thompson can get a second-round pick for Favre, take it. Maybe you add some sort of escalation clause -- if his new team advances to the conference championship game, the second-round pick becomes a first-rounder. I'm just spitballing here.
The bottom line is this: If you believe in Rodgers as much as you say you do, you trade Favre. And it shouldn't matter where. If NFC North rival Minnesota offers the most comprehensive package, you trade him to Minnesota. If Chicago comes up with the best deal, then off to the Bears he goes. That way you get Favre's name off the roster and draft picks in your pocket. It's a win-win.



Favre didn't do himself or his image any favors by changing his mind on retirement. And he's taken considerable heat for it -- some of it deserved, some of it bordering on the hysterical.
But nobody has bungled this situation more than Thompson. From the disingenuous "We Care About Favre's Legacy" stance, to the convenient and false statement that Favre could return to the team, Thompson has written the textbook on mismanagement.
Thompson keeps insisting the Packers have moved forward, as if the mere act of saying the words makes it true. But until he does one of three things -- trade Favre, release Favre or welcome Favre back -- the Packers aren't moving anywhere, especially forward.
Time to make a decision, Ted. Now it's your legacy at stake.
Gene Wojciechowski is the senior national columnist for ESPN.com. You can contact him at [email protected].