File this rumor under 'S' for 'stupid': Brett Favre to make comeback in Carolina
by James Dator on Mar 28, 2011 8:48 AM EDT
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PrintIn what appears to be the absurd machination of a beat writer in Minnesota, Charley Walters of the 'Twin Cities Pioneer Press' wrote simply:
Don't discount the possibility of Brett Favre, who turns 42 in October, returning next season, but not with the Vikings. Maybe Carolina."
Respectfully, Walters has no clue what he's talking about on this one. It seems he needed a Favre story to chase away the lockout blues, so he took the names of all the teams needing a QB, pinned them to a dart board and happened to hit 'Carolina'. I don't doubt there could be grumblings of Favre 'getting that itch', but at this point his career has become like the the movie 'Groundhog Day', well... if 'Groundhog Day' was terrible, and had more full frontal male nudity.
Fact is, if this was three years ago I might say "Maybe", after all Favre is a vertical QB with a big arm who would be a decent stop gap, but now? He makes more bad decisions than he does good ones, he's breaking down, not willing to attend a training camp and hellbent on turning his team into a media circus. I see no reason to think he has anything to add to the Carolina Panthers at this point.
Thankfully, Darin Gantt's not buying it either. When someone was dismayed at the drama #4 would bring he said:
"Thankfully, I don't think we have to worry about it."
I hope so. Because though everything to me screams "No way in hell does this happen", even a 1/1,000,000 shot is enough for me to want to gouge my own eyes out with a pencil.
UPDATE: Gantt went to the team this morning and they immediately shot down the possibility. Read it here
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He couldn't be #4 here
So why would he come haha? There’s a better #4 already here!
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by PughDaddy73 on Mar 28, 2011 9:07 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Just the thought of Favre here.
UNLEASH THE KRAKEN!!!!
by RjTheMetalhead on Mar 28, 2011 9:18 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Haha, oh I had a good laugh when I read that...
Even wrote it down in my diary….Charley Walters told a verrry funny joke today….
You have a diary?
Do you hide it under your princess bed?
j/k man…
Is Cam kool-aid flammable? If so, I'll take some. I need an accelerant to light myself on fire.
I know it is a joke.
I figured that would have been figured out since I put, and I quote…
j/k man…
I guess you’re just one of those people who can’t take a joke. I’ll write that down.
In my diary.
Is Cam kool-aid flammable? If so, I'll take some. I need an accelerant to light myself on fire.
I can’t believe you owned up to having a trapper keeper.
Is Cam kool-aid flammable? If so, I'll take some. I need an accelerant to light myself on fire.
you sir, have obviously not seen what the dawson's keep trapper keeper can do...
mine linked up with my computer last night; it’s only a matter of time before it becomes a sentient being!
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
I wouldn't be opposed to having Farve, IF we draft Gabbert or Newton
I mean who better to learn behind? They’d get to sit and learn behind a Hall-of-fame QB for about half a season… Then when the old man get’s knocked off his rocker, they could step in… But much more prepared than they would have been day one.
on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city
by southtunnel on Mar 28, 2011 9:28 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I agree!
Favre would be great for our young QBs to learn behind. A one-year deal is perfect IMO, because we’d get a Hall-of-Fame QB to help guide our future QBs. I mean, look what it did for Aaron Rodgers. I believe Rodgers is that much better of a QB because he sat behind Favre for all those years. 41 or not, Favre can still do some pretty phenomenal things on the football field. He made not have a ton of tread left, especially after Minnesota’s horrible O-line performance this past season, but he’s still a great QB. Plus, it’d generate so much interest in the franchise! I’m sure sales would go through the roof.
One thing I'll credit last year's Favre with...
Was the fact that the guy just played through about everything you could throw at a guy. The guy was practically held together with duct tape, yet played every game (up until the time he started losing sensation in his arm/hand and was knocked off of his rocker) with as much effort you could ask a guy to play with.
What Should I Do?
Damn it Johnny, completetions are way more impressive when you force it through triple coverage!
Don't give up, don't ever give up ~ Jim Valvano
I took it as a shot at Carolina
as in if he was to return he’d return to ‘the worst team in the league’
Let me go on record saying this.
I would rather don an Aqib Talib jersey and root for the Tampa Bay Buccs than attend a Panthers game where Favre is our QB.
And those who have been around here for awhile know just how much I think of Aqib Talib.
So… just to drive the point home…
WEINKE! HERE BOY!!!!!!!!!! SIC ’EM!!!
Unofficial Agent for Armanti Edwards, WR #10, Carolina Panthers
Not trying to be a jerk or anything....
But wouldn’t SIC ‘EM be the wrong command for Weinke??? Wouldn’t it be more like, OMG run Weinke! Run for your freaking LIFE!!!
How is ducktape like the force? It has a light side and a dark side and it binds the galaxy together...
by Panther4Life!!! on Mar 28, 2011 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
No no... you gotta visualize it.
I see Brett Favre standing on my front lawn…
I yell for Weinke and tell him to “SIC EM”…
Weinke comes bolting around the house at full speed ready to lunge at the juggular of the trespasser…
…only to come around the corner and see Brett Favre, be immediately repulsed, and jam on the brakes as quickly as possible to get away from him.
THUS… Do. Not. Want.
Unofficial Agent for Armanti Edwards, WR #10, Carolina Panthers
Ah I see...
forgive me for my ignorance then, haha!
How is ducktape like the force? It has a light side and a dark side and it binds the galaxy together...
by Panther4Life!!! on Mar 28, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
If Rivera had complete confidence in Jimmy Clausen, bringing in Favre would be a solid idea
With his role simply being a mentor and sideline psycologist only. Favre would be a valuable resource for Clausen going over and analyzing sideline play diagrams, with Favre breaking down coverage and showing Clausen where he should/could have gone with tthe ball and keeping his head in the game.
But….
This team needs a veteran starter, not mentor/backup, starter that can lead this team for at least the upcoming year, possibly two, while Rivera and Chudzinski find a QB in which they feel confident. From the comments Rivera has made, and the game tape on Clausen, he’s not it. So by extension, since Favre’s usefulness as a starting QB ending in 2009, he’s not what this team needs at this point.
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Anybody But Clausen
by Jelly Wedge on Mar 28, 2011 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I feel like it's Favre that needs the psychologist.
Although Jimmy could use one, too.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 28, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Great point Jelly Wedge,
but I do still believe Favre could serve as at least a part-time starter in the league. He just needs a good O-line to protect him from getting sacked every play. If he could help Clausen, Pike, or any other QB we happen to draft…then I’m all for it.
I think thats the coaches job.
I dont think a vet qb helps a rookie as much as them just sitting & practicing every week. I cant see any team needing a vet qb to teach a rookie, i think thats a coaches job.
Vet QBs significantly aid in the leadership transition
As much of a pain in the ass Favre is, he’s able to get the guys in the locker room behind him just like Jake could. The young QB can see this and imitate it once he leaves, making the transition much smoother than some young guy coming in and trying to take over with a completely different demeanor and strategy. Another benefit is observing their game preparation and how they handle stress from mistakes on game-day.
As much as this game is about production and physical ability, its also about morale and the other human elements.
I almost spit out a cups worth of coffee reading this garbage earlier today...
Brett Favre can choke on a fat one for all I care; North Carolina has already had to suffer through one douchebag who cheated on his breast cancerous wife, and sure as hell don’t need another!
Besides, did this guy actually watch Favre this past season? Once his contract with the devil ran out against NO, he looked every bit the 42 year old whose been playing for 18 years straight. I doubt his ankle could last through a preseason at this point, let alone his entire body….
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
Insert penis pic text message here
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 28, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
ughhh
lunch came up for a second taste on that one…
Classiest. Move. Ever.
LT saying he doesn’t card his prostitutes comes in a close second, though.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 28, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know whether to laugh of feel depressed by that situation...
on the one hand? It’s quite humorous that he’s using that as an excuse…on the other hand? We’re witnessing the ongoing fall of one of the greatest football players to hit the gridiron ever; LT’s story should be told to every single college football player at least once a year, if not to drive home the fact that no one is immune to hard times (and that being good at football doesn’t mean you can smoke crack and bang hookers)…
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
That's a really good point.
I think the most prevalent emotion I feel is sadness for the situation. Just to be so deluded that you don’t understand that banging “of age” hookers isn’t okay, either. I can’t tell if whether or not he has realized the gravity of the situation he’s in.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 28, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats your opinion.
I happen to think there is nothing wrong with “bangin of age” hookers. It is legal in Nevada. If a woman wants to sell it & a man wants to buy it whats wrong with that? You pay up front or you pay later, either way youre gonna pay for it. BTW, I am married and dont go to hookers, but if i were single i would not be opposed to it.
You just watched the South Park episode last night where Butters becomes a pimp didn't you?
Butters basically says exactly that when Stan confronts him about his “kissing company”
Unofficial Agent for Armanti Edwards, WR #10, Carolina Panthers
Well, without diving too much into the merits of legalization and regulatory oversight...
The dude’s been on the crack/cocaine train for the better part of the past 15 years, and despite personal beliefs on the matter (although it’s funny that of all places, the county Las Vegas is in is the only one in Nevada that doesn’t allow legal prostitution) it doesn’t make it any less illegal…
Also, most women who are actively involved in illegal prostitution are not there because they actually want to (and as is the case with many illegal professions in our times, extremely hard to get out of as well).
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
Las Vegas has to make SOMETHING illegal, otherwise no one would ever leave and they’d have a huge population problem.
Is Cam kool-aid flammable? If so, I'll take some. I need an accelerant to light myself on fire.
I dunno...
once you get outside the strip, that area is pretty much low income housing lol
I think a long weekend is plenty long enough for a good vegas trip
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
If they don't want to they wouldnt do it.
You think people want to have to go out in a tobacco field & pick leaves? They do it to earn money. No difference.
...
somehow you managed to contradict yourself in a matter of two sentences; yea, they do it to earn money, but rarely do they do it because they want to (in most cases they’re forced to due to their circumstances i.e. runaways, pimp encouraged drug addictions, etc..). There’s a HUGE difference between someone working a shitty legal job, and someone working an even shittier illegal job run by some of the seediest elements of society….
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
This is an incredibly short-sighted and ignorant argument.
How can you possibly compare field workers to sex workers? Field workers aren’t often beaten, raped, and in an industry that, because it’s illegal, in no way policed on the treatment of the worker.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 29, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
99.9% of the beating & crap only happens because people that think they know it all made it illegal.
Go look up the stats of the beatings that happen to the whores in Nevada. Go take a look at that show on hbo about 1 of the cat houses & see how much those women hate working there. & as for the comparrison of people priming tobacco, it was to show that people do what they have to do to make a buck. Not that many peiople wake up every day & say oh boy i get to go to work today. What i want to know is, how can any 1 of you sit here & say there is anything wrong with a victimless crime?
Using Nevada as an example
Is looking at a broader situation through a small sample size.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 29, 2011 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
But thats the only place we have to compare legal prostition to.
Like i said the problems are caused by the laws against it. If it were legal it could be monitored & safer.
But the debate isn't whether or not to legalize it.
We are talking about the 99% of prostitution that’s illegal.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 29, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
I’m not down with prostitution, but I have no issues with the stance you take.
Disclaimer: BusyBeingAwesome = Irony. And, on a side note. I miss you, Steve Beuerlein.
by BusyBeingAwesome on Mar 30, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
The government doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with it either. They just can’t figure out a way to collect taxes on it, otherwise it would be legal. Same with drugs. They couldn’t care less what we smoke, drink, shoot up, or snort — all they care about is collecting taxes.
Once the government figures out a tax system for prostitution, drug use, etc. the stuff will be legal.
Is Cam kool-aid flammable? If so, I'll take some. I need an accelerant to light myself on fire.
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