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

1.                       Favre, at some point, needs to privately and then publicly give some props to Ted Thompson for something. After the way he tore into Thompson during his interview with Van Susteren, Favre needs to pay the big guy a little lip service – even if it is unfounded. Bottom line, airing out the team’s dirty laundry on national TV necessitates a little conciliatory ass-kissing – even though I believe Thompson has been dishonest with Favre.

2.                       Brett’s contract should be restructured to include a timetable of two years - currently he is signed for three more seasons. He makes that commitment now – he will play the next two seasons. That helps to guarantee this sort of off-season uncertainty will never happen again. Next year’s “retirement” decision is already made for Favre. Barring injury, he is the quarterback in Green Bay through the 2009-2010 season.

3.                       Aaron Rodgers can now see a definitive light at the end of the tunnel – the light that, unfortunately, Ted Thompson has been promising him prematurely. Rodgers contract is up soon. Extend Aaron’s contract, as silly as this sounds for someone who is totally unproven, so that he will still get the inheritance promised him by Ted Thompson. Also, a little extra green in the black and white legal pages should rub a little salve on his wounds – even though he already makes a good living.

4.                       Favre shuts up and lets Ted and McCarthy run the PR on this one. No media leaks or comments from Brett, management or anyone else. This needs to be an internal matter, taken care of behind closed doors until everything is finalized.

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     This is not that complicated. Several months of minor offensive restructuring in the off-season is not going to make or break a team – not going with the best quarterback will. Favre is clearly the best quarterback.

     Even Newt Gingrich, veteran of analyzing and solving intense political situations - which is what the Green Bay scenario has turned into - alluded to the simplicity of the solution as he lobbied for Favre’s return on his website this week.

“I understand that the Packers have made plans to build the offense around Aaron Rodgers, but plans are made to change,” wrote Gingrich.

     Any team rifts that may have aligned during this whole scenario will be lost in training camp and preseason, and fans will forget the whole ordeal as well – as long as this is taken care of sooner rather than later.  Hell, it might only take that first Monday-night victory to forgive and forget.

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