Al's Way: Brett Favre Would Be an Oakland Raiders Option Right Now

First and foremost, the chance of the Oakland Raiders and Brett Favre coming to any sort of deal is a long-shot. This piece of writing is just an opinion of what could have happened if Darth Raider did not pass on.

Brett Favre, yes. The name has come up as it did with the Indianapolis Colts.

Is he the answer?

Can he produce?

Does he still want to play?

Earlier this season, Favre did an interview in Georgia essentially criticizing arguably the best quarterback in the NFL right now in Aaron Rodgers. On NFL 32, LeRoy Butler spoke of Brett Favre and opined that if the right time came, Brett would suit up again.

Who better for than the Raiders?

Now Favre has come under fire for his eagerness to win, his gun-slinging ways and his "dust in the way" playing style that either gets points or a turnover, but that's what Oakland Raiders football is about. The late Al Davis said it best in this paraphrased quote below.

"Fans pay to see points scored and people get hit."

Favre can score points, especially with the burners he would have at his disposal in Darrius Heyward-Bey, Jacoby Ford, Denarius Moore, Chaz Schillens and Louis Murphy.

In Favre's last playoff appearance, he managed to get the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC Championship, with a team that very much resembles the Oakland Raiders of today with an All-Pro halfback, a good tight-end, vertical threats for wideouts and, of course, a relentless defensive line.

Could Favre recapture the magic in one of the most iconic organizations of ALL sports?

Brett Favre as an Oakland Raider would be the 2011 version of George Blanda. "Ol' Faithful" from Mississippi could fill in the blanks with an injured Jason Campbell—just do not allow him to kick.

With Oakland's offensive line playing top-notch football, currently tied for first with just seven sacks allowed on the season, Favre would not have to worry about complete pressure. All he would have to do is hand the ball off to Darren McFadden in a fashion similar to what he did with Adrian Peterson.

When defenses stack the box? Make them pay.

Brett is just two years off of his NFC Championship march. He has had nearly a year off to rest his body in case opportunity came knocking, an opportunity to stick it to Green Bay, which he has again.

What? Stick it to Green Bay? How!?

By showing that young whipper-snapper in the state of Wisconsin who the king of the cold is, especially at Lambeau Field in the month of December.

The Raiders will travel to Green Bay in December, one of the most grueling places to play, especially in the winter. Who better to lead a west coast team into pending severe weather conditions than Brett Favre himself?

He's the man who dealt with that same weather for 16 consecutive years and NEVER missed a game. A man who also trains in the harshest way possible.

On a serious note, Brett's injuries plus multiple concussions wrote off a legendary career, one that will probably never be rivaled. The ultimate iron man is the one grizzled veteran that Al Davis probably wished he could have had as a Raider, but it never came to pass.

Unless Boller goes down and Pryor does his best JaMarcus Russell impersonation, Brett Favre in Oakland is nothing more than a dream—a dream to see one of the toughest guys in sports play for one of the most physical and imposing teams in sports.

With Al Davis' history of gambling on those he thought could produce, especially veterans, one could believe that if the situation played out like this while he was still alive, Brett's name would be more associated with the Raiders' organization than Carson Palmer's.

Regardless of being a Raider or not, the thought of No. 4 walking into the O.co Coliseum with the mentality to win games, take shots downfield to speed demons and let Darren McFadden go to work is interesting to an extent.

Will it happen?

No. But then again, who thought Terrell Owens would be a Cowboy? Or Jerry Rice, a Raider?

The fun thing with the NFL is that NOTHING is for sure, which is why Oakland and their unusual way of handling business makes everything much more compelling.

What's more compelling than Brett Favre as a Raider, beating Aaron Rodgers in Lambeau, taking the Raiders to the Super Bowl and beating Aaron Rodgers AGAIN!?

That's quality stuff!