Favre Redux

Alright, alright. Perhaps I jumped the gun on the Ted Thompson bashing. Perhaps.

If it's true that Brett Favre began the comeback talks with Pack brass back in March and they apparently were receptive to the idea--on the condition that the decision be made sooner rather than later in order to not deter Rodgers from getting the reps in OTA's--then I give a bit of a reprieve to Ted Thompson. A bit of a reprieve. The fact of the matter is that the NFL is a win-now league and a business. And Brett Favre gives you the best chance to win. Should they worry about losing the confidence of Aaron Rodgers? If Rodgers can't handle some adversity, then he isn't the long-term solution at quarterback anyway.

If in fact that March press conference was scheduled in Mississippi to announce his comeback and Favre called it off because of second thoughts, then I completely understand the hesitancy of Thompson. But Favre is human. We do have second, third and fourth thoughts.

This was botchery at its finest by Brett. No question about it. But don't ask the guy to come back as a backup Ted. If one wants to argue that Brett isn't being fair to the team by the way he is pining to come back, then I will argue that Ted is not being fair to the team by not annointing him the starter for the Week One Monday night showdown against the Minnesota Vikings.

But, at least Ted Thompson is making a decision these days. And he's been pretty steadfast in this one, too. But I still can't blame Brett for his wavering desires and passions.