Favre to play again and NOT in GB? (Page 2)

Wow talk about the Madden curse knocking players out..

what a pay cut he's going to take

That's if he actually gets traded.. and I'm sure he will.

But now that he's an active player on the GB roster they can keep him through the preseason then release/cut him and don't have to pay his 12mil this year.. so they can decide do they want a mid round draft pick or some extra cap relief.. I doubt they would do it since they would really look bad but to me both sides have really looked like idiots so far

I understand that but it gives him no practice time and he has to go somewhere new in the first week of the season,, It would be hard for anyone to learn a brand new system in one week.. at least for the first few weeks he can hand off to Peterson? [that beast of a RB] but he would be very rusty no training camp, just off the street cold, it would pretty much waste his year... I think they have to wait till then to cut him to be able to dump his salary anyway.. they could wait till the last day before the game to release him or do what was done to keyshaw or TO.. put him on the unable to preform list.. and just pay him to do nothing..

I do like your idea of the Jets getting him then trading him to the Vikings

I'm sure any trade agreement will have a poison pill provision preventing such a thing. If we morons can think up this possibility, the GB management has as well.

A funnier scenario would have the Pack trading Favre to TB, who would then trade Garcia to the Vikes, where he would lead them to the SuperBowl. If you believe that the Vikes are just a QB short of being a contender.

good point.. on the trade poison pill provision.. just when I was thinking I is a smart one..

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp08/news/story?id=3522971

"The NFL Network also is reporting that the Packers took great pains to ensure that Favre would not be traded to the Vikings by inserting a "poison pill" in the deal. If Favre were to be traded to Minnesota, New York would have to surrender three first-round picks to Green Bay."

I doubt that anyone will have any recourse against the terms of a trade agreed to by both teams, no matter what kind of "legal opinion" you choose to render.

Link to the NFL Network article.

Pulled from the espn article this morning:

The NFL Network also is reporting that the Packers took great pains to ensure that Favre would not be traded to the Vikings by inserting a "poison pill" in the deal. If Favre were to be traded to Minnesota, New York would have to surrender three first-round picks to Green Bay.

**ETA** Heh...John beat me to it. 

I'll bet you lunch there is nothing in the NFLPA contract with the league that prohibits this arrangement, and that we hear not more than a peep from the union.

surfwallace - 2008-08-07 9:15 AM And Chad Pennington will be released later today. It is being reported that the Packers are going to pick him up b/c they need a good backup

Bahaha.

NY press is going to be all over Favre.  Whether its good press or bad press is up to him.  Hope he can learn plays fast.

It's the same kind of move the Pats used when offering Welker a contract.  Because he was restricted, the Fins could match any contract.  In what was drawn up, the terms said that if Welker played 3 or more games in Dolphins Stadium during the contract, he would become the highest paid receiver in the league.  So because if he went to the Pats he would only play 2 at most, theywould be screwing the Dolphins if they matched it.  It was seen as shady, but not illegal, and they worked out a trade for compensation.

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