Look, I get that Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden has an unhealthy obsession with geriatric quarterbacks, even the grumpy ones, but I really can't see this happening -- on this planet, anyway.
To paraphrase the Green Bay Gazette's Mike Vandermause, who's obviously due a drug test: Packers general manager Ted Thompson is looking forward (read: not talking about Brett Favre), but Favre will undoubtedly want to play, probably in 2008. Which means that if he's to return to the NFL, it'll have to be somewhere other than Green Bay.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers might be just such a team. The Bucs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last season, so adding Favre could push them to Super Bowl-contending status. It doesn't hurt that Bucs coach Jon Gruden worked with Favre as an offensive assistant in Green Bay, or that Tampa Bay's offense would be somewhat familiar.A more relevant question: would Gruden be doing his job properly if he offered the Packers a first-round pick for a 39-year-old quarterback? (Answer: Hell. No.) Suspending reality long enough to assume this happens, there is a silver lining: according to Vandermause, "trading Favre could incite an angry mob, yet stranger things have happened." So that could be fun.
Would Thompson be willing to endure the public relations fallout? Then again, would Thompson be doing his job properly if he was offered a first-round draft choice and didn't seriously consider it?
Wishful thinking, of course. Plus, Josh Johnson is the future in Tampa Bay. Just ask Chris Simms.
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Hat tip: Shutdown Corner
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-15-2008 @ 12:57AM
George B Vieto said...
The New Orleans Saints are going to win the Super Bowl before Brett Favre plays for Jon Gruden at Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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5-15-2008 @ 12:26PM
WJE said...
Oh, let the games begin! The Favre rumourmill will soon be in 24/7 operation. Give the man a break. He's done. He isn't necessarily happy about it but he knows it was the right thing to do. Let him be and show a little respect.
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5-15-2008 @ 4:12PM
richard fox said...
I'm the biggest packer & favre fan ever and let me say this, If he wanted to play football he shouldn't have left. If he goes to tampa to play, I will have lost all respect for him.
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5-15-2008 @ 7:49PM
Tyhesha said...
I can't picture Brett in any other colors except for green and yellow. Eeeewww, Tampa Bay?...good night.
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5-18-2008 @ 6:23PM
dean said...
Bretts a Packer for life and if he did get traded you wwould see a riot outside of Lambeau with Thompson peeking out his windows making sure its ok to leave, so Mr Smith get it right and leave Brett alone to ride his tractor in Mississippi in peace
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5-22-2008 @ 12:56PM
Annie said...
You Very Funny
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7-12-2008 @ 12:08PM
BL said...
Brett should consider himself fortunate to even be considered by Chuckie -
Remember Chuckie has just as many rings as Brett - many like to think Favre has two rings - but he doesn't - he dumped to Elway.
Tampa is the perfect place for him - Packers shut your cheesy pie holes - you had him long enough and never gave him a supporting cast - the last 7 years -
Montana finished in KC and Brett should finish in Tampa - it makes perfect sense to Loyal Bucs Fans -
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