Packers Paranoia Simplified: There is a Solution to make Green Bay Happy Again

     Have you ever been so blindly immersed in a situation that you can’t trust your own opinions? As a huge Green Bay Packers fan but an equally manic Brett Favre fan, that’s the position I have found myself in ever since it was confirmed that Brett wants back.

     However, I’ve since gathered my breath and am now ready to be objective with the situation’s analysis. I will also offer a solution to the Packers unprecedented, but not irreparable mess. 

The Truthful Analysis

1.                  Green Bay should have been prepared for this

     A lot of people had a good idea Brett Favre might want to play come July – fans and teammates included, but especially Ted Thompson, Mike McCarthy and other members of the organization, including Aaron Rodgers.

     Favre’s wanting to come back to the Packers (and that is what he wants), isn’t the bombshell it is portrayed as. The time line and nature of the communication between Favre (or his proxies) and the Packers is irrelevant. Anyone familiar with Favre’s personality and habits knew this could happen. Green Bayshould always have been holding a plan B(rett).

     The finality of Brett’s retirement (did you notice how quickly that jersey retirement was planned) and Rodger’s iron-clad guarantees from the Packers is management’s fault. They should have moved a little more slowly and cautiously into the future, because the landscape of any situation in professional sports can change in a heartbeat. Although remember, when it comes to the man anchoring the offense, the Packers haven’t had to worry about that for 16 seasons.

2.                  Brett Favre was indeed feeling pressured to retire

     Ted Thompson wanted an answer about 08-09 from Favre before the crowd had even jump started the first frozen car battery after the NFC championship loss at Lambeau. Does anyone believe athletes truly looking to get out of the game usually bawl at a spur-of-the-moment press conference? Despite a couple of robotic quotes from Favre about “it being over,” did it ever really look or sound like he wanted to stop playing football for the Packers? It looked a little more like he was trying to come to grips with a horrible medical diagnosis he had no control over.

3.                  Ted Thompson has his own “itch” – to prove to the football world that he is a genius for handpicking the new face of the franchise, Aaron Rodgers

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