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Brett Favre (H.O.F.)

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BuckeyeNation27 said:
How I hope the draft falls for the top 5:

1. Reggie Bush
2. Mario Williams
3. Vince Young
4. Matt Leinart
5. D'Brickashaw Ferguson

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nope.. I think it will go like this....

1) Anyone but Hawk
2) Anyone but Hawk
3) Anyone but Hawk
4) Anyone but Hawk
5) AJ Hawk

:)
 
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Maybe a talk with Clemens prodded Favre
By Steve Kelley

Seattle Times staff columnist

Brett Favre can start dreaming of real games.

After months of tortured contemplation, quarterback Brett Favre decided Tuesday to return this season with the Green Bay Packers.

What finally led to his revelation?

Maybe he had a conversation with another superstar also tormented by the question of staying or going.

Imagine this conversation.

On a muggy spring day, Brett Favre and Roger Clemens are sitting on a wide, wrap-around front porch of a popular restaurant in Hattiesburg, Miss., eating ribs and looking for one good reason for one more season.

Each has turned his offseason into another kind of season. The Decision Season. And some fans are beginning to grow weary waiting.

"How old are you anyway?" Clemens asks Favre, licking the sauce off the split fingers of his throwing hand.

"In real years, or football years? Favre asks, flexing his creaking rotator cuff. "I'm 36."

Clemens, 43, snorts, specks of barbecue splattering his denim shirt. "Just a kid," he says. "Heck, when I was your age I was starting 33 games, pitching 234 innings and going 20-6 in Toronto."

"What's your point," Favre says, wincing while changing positions in his rickety wicker chair. "You've never been hit from the blindside by John Randle on a sub-freezing afternoon on the frozen tundra."

"Hey I don't get hit by anybody," Clemens says a little too loudly.

Heads turn and Clemens waves a faint apology. The pressure of the decision season is getting to him.

"What are we going to do, Brett?" Clemens asks.

"I'm so tired of that question," Favre says. "What am I supposed to say? Oh I can't wait to get hit by, oh I don't know, Jevon Kearse again? You know there's a reason he's called 'The Freak.' It's almost the end of April and I'm just starting to feel normal again. I actually walked down the stairs yesterday without wincing. It was a great day."

Favre invited Clemens to his hometown hoping they could share their anxieties. Misery loved company, didn't it?

"The question is," Clemens says, breaking their uncomfortable silence "where in our lives are we ever going to get the same rush we get on game day? What are we going to do for fun?

Favre smiles.

"You know what I like doing?" he answers. "I like calling press conferences. I make sure ESPN covers them live. I invite all the Wisconsin writers down and then I tell them I haven't reached a decision."

Clemens laughs, loving the idea.

"You should see the look on their faces when I tell them that," Favre says. "And then I like to rub it in. Lay the drawl on a little thicker and say to them, 'I'm not even sure why y'all came all the way down here?' "

A 4x4 with a Wisconsin license plate that reads "1MORYR" drives past.

"I just go to the ballpark and watch as the media buzz around me," Clemens says. "Especially if the Red Sox are playing. I hang out on the field before the game. I visit the clubhouses. The rumors start flying like base hits off one of those South African pitchers we faced in the World Baseball Classic. Good times."

Silence falls briefly again.

"Brett, you know what I like to do?" Clemens says. "Just to say sharp?"

Favre nods. He knows all about Clemens' famous workout routines.

"No not that," Clemens says. "I like to go down to the local Safeway. Over to their produce department. Grab a couple of tomatoes, maybe a peach or two, and wing them at the produce manager. You should see how nervous he gets. And after that little exercise you don't see him diggin' in when he's stackin' cantaloupes."

Favre points to an intersection west of the restaurant.

"I got something like that. Couple blocks over," he says. "There's a busy intersection. Well, as busy as any intersection gets in Hattiesburg. I take a football, walk into the intersection and start dodging traffic. I pretend each car is a different pass rusher.

"That Camaro might be Michael Strahan. That BMW could be Ray Lewis. That quick little Miata is, maybe Lofa Tatupu. It gets my heart rate up. At least until the sheriff comes.

"It's not fair, you know?" he says to Clemens. "You can sit back and watch the season go by. You can wait almost as long as you want, see who's in the race, who's most willing to pay up. You can name your team and practically name your price.

"Me, I can't say I'm going to the Giants, or to San Diego. I can't wait for some quarterback on a contending team to go down, then offer my services. I'm stuck in Green Bay. We're not going to win. And believe me Roger, it's a lot colder in December, on the tundra when you're 3 and 12."

Clemens gets up from his chair feeling strong, like he could throw 120 pitches right now.

"Man, you're a downer," he says to Favre. "Where's the nearest grocery store? I've got to throw me some 95 mph peaches."

Favre jumps up and nothing hurts. He smiles. Finally he's made his decision.

"That's it," he yells at Clemens. "I'm coming back. I'll show you what a real fastball looks like."
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nicknc33 said:
He's coming back

Sources: Favre to play '06 season for Packers

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Brett Favre informed the Packers on Tuesday that he will definitely play the 2006 season in Green Bay, league and team sources have told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

Favre shared his decision with general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy in a telephone conversation on Wednesday morning, the sources said.

Neither Favre, Thompson nor McCarthy was available for immediate comment. Bus Cook, Favre's agent, did not return phone inquiries.

Favre has said previously that if he decides to play in 2006 it will be his final season in the NFL.

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What a surprise.
 
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coastalbuck said:
Wow, haven't seen that yet! Anyone got a link.?
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I know this will help the defense but I can't say I really like this move. 10.5 million this year?!?!? A major move like this could be the reason that Brett came back.

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Packers reach big deal with cornerback Woodson

MILWAUKEE -- The Green Bay Packers made their first major splash in the free-agent market this offseason, agreeing to terms with defensive back Charles Woodson on Wednesday.

Woodson's agent, Kevin Poston, said the Packers agreed to a seven-year deal for $52.7 million, including $10.5 million in the first year of the contract.

Packers general manager Ted Thompson declined comment.

Woodson's signing comes a day after Brett Favre told the team he would return to play the 2006 season. Favre previously urged the team to make a "statement" in free agency, similar to the signing of Reggie White in 1993.

The team lost out on its pursuit of kicker Adam Vinatieri and linebacker LaVar Arrington before finally landing Woodson.

Woodson, a four-time Pro Bowler, has played eight seasons for the Oakland Raiders, intercepting 17 passes in 106 games.

Woodson hasn't played a full season since 2001, and broke his right leg Oct. 23 against Buffalo. The Raiders declined to use their franchise tag on Woodson in February, making him an unrestricted free agent.

He won the Heisman Trophy at Michigan and was the fourth overall pick in the 1998 draft.
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Ohio Steeler said:
Favre should hang it up I hate it when good players play past there prime and make them selfs look bad.
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Where's Thump when you need him!

Back to Woodson, that is a lot of cash, but, we all know the problems in the defensive backfield last year. I'm sure they will address that in the draft but I guess this move will help stabilize that part of the D.
 
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coastalbuck said:
Where's Thump when you need him!

Back to Woodson, that is a lot of cash, but, we all know the problems in the defensive backfield last year. I'm sure they will address that in the draft but I guess this move will help stabilize that part of the D.
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The defense has been the weak link for a few years. Woodson will help. Draft Hawk and put him next to Barnett then land another LB in free agency and the LB's are in good shape. The D-line is what really needs attention after that. I'd like to see Kenny Peterson get more playing time... I really think he'd help them.

The offensive willl have so many questions... will Green stay healthy and if so can he hold onto the ball. Which WR will step up and fill Walkers shoes... hopefully Driver or a drafted rookie. Has the O-line recovered from all the injuries?

I can't wait til the draft is over so we can see what kind of shape they'll be in.

-= I'm done rambling=-
 
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