Zero2Cool
16 years ago
I was thinking ... most franchise who lose their franchise QB are typically caught with their pants down and are not prepared. Thus, they suffer for a few years.

With Brett --- he tinkered with retiring for many years which gave a huge indication to the Packers they need to look for a potential replacement. If Brett hadn't been waffling so much, would we have drafted Rodgers? Honestly, I do not know, but the more I think about it, the more I am leaning towards the thought we had made the playoffs the year prior (right?) and we would have grabbed the best player available who was not a QB.


So in essence, Brett waffling helped prepare the Packers for life after Brett. Even in something that people (myself included) were annoyed with, he still found a way to help the Packers.
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nickb364
16 years ago
yea your right..

Thanks brett!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rockmolder
16 years ago
That's a pretty good point. I do think he helped us preparing for the future by getting a young QB and keeping him here that long.

We might've gotten Rodgers anyway, I mean, the guys with the most quality on the board at that point where Rodgers, Campbell and Castillo imo. (Wouldn't have minded Castillo on the team either, although I prefer Rodgers)

We might've traded him sooner on though, I mean. If Brett hadn't desided to do his retiring ritual every year, I think Rodgers would've been gone after a year or two.
TheEngineer
16 years ago
Remember that by 2004, Favre was already 34/35 years old. Not many QBs play much longer than that, so I would imagine the Packers would have already started thinking about a replacement.

Hence I think Thompson would have drafted Rodgers if he fell to #24 irrespective of whether Favre waffled or not. Even Sherman had a look at JP Losman the year before but he went a place earlier I believe. Now, if the Packers had performed better in '04 (which is a different issue!), then the best player available might not have been a QB and Rodgers might not have been drafted. But I do believe a QB would have been drafted at some stage.

I'm sure the Packers would have been interested in drafting a QB they could develop. It's obvious that any QB sitting behind Favre would rarely get a chance to play, so the method of his maturation is already predetermined - sitting and learning behind Favre. Then, it's only a matter of drafting a guy and sitting him x amount of years till Favre calls it quits.

I think Sherman and Thompson would have pulled the trigger in any of the years 2004 - 2008 if the best player available was a QB.
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