If you go back to '05 and '06, you can find examples of tension between Ted Thompson and Brett Favre in the media.

In fact, I believe that their relationship was strained from the start because Thompson didn't really want Favre around while he was rebuilding the team, or at least, was not going to improve the team immediately by dipping into free agency. In fact, Ted went the opposite route by signing terrible street free agennts the first year or two.

I'm sure Favre felt that if Ted would have done something more in FA in '07 and '08, the Packers could have won it all. I think not getting Randy Moss was the kicker for Favre, but to think that that's all it was is being naive, in my book.

"TheOldMan" wrote:

If you go back to '05 and '06, you can find examples of tension between Ted Thompson and Brett Favre in the media.

In fact, I believe that their relationship was strained from the start because Thompson didn't really want Favre around while he was rebuilding the team, or at least, was not going to improve the team immediately by dipping into free agency. In fact, Ted went the opposite route by signing terrible street free agennts the first year or two.

I'm sure Favre felt that if Ted would have done something more in FA in '07 and '08, the Packers could have won it all. I think not getting Randy Moss was the kicker for Favre, but to think that that's all it was is being naive, in my book.

"TheOldMan" wrote:

If you go back to '05 and '06, you can find examples of tension between Ted Thompson and Brett Favre in the media.

In fact, I believe that their relationship was strained from the start because Thompson didn't really want Favre around while he was rebuilding the team, or at least, was not going to improve the team immediately by dipping into free agency. In fact, Ted went the opposite route by signing terrible street free agennts the first year or two.

I'm sure Favre felt that if Ted would have done something more in FA in '07 and '08, the Packers could have won it all. I think not getting Randy Moss was the kicker for Favre, but to think that that's all it was is being naive, in my book.

"TheOldMan" wrote:

I think that Brett realized that Ted was not the God-like figure that you all make him out to be , and realized he could use some help in the GM'ing Department. Yet he found out that the egotistical, removed, arrogant Thompson wasn't open to suggestion.

It was then that Favre realized that the Packers were going nowhere.

That is my belief.

"TheOldMan" wrote:

I think that Brett realized that Ted was not the God-like figure that you all make him out to be , and realized he could use some help in the GM'ing Department. Yet he found out that the egotistical, removed, arrogant Thompson wasn't open to suggestion.

It was then that Favre realized that the Packers were going nowhere.

That is my belief.

"TheOldMan" wrote:

I really don't think that some of you see this as a two-sided issue.

"TheOldMan" wrote: