We interupt this era Brewer warm-and-fuzzies to tell you about one p.o.'d Packers quarterback.
Brett Favre wants to be traded, or, at least he did right after the draft.
That's the news that shattered those Mother's Day gatherings dotting the land this fair Sunday afternoon.
FoxSports NFL beat writer Jay Glazer broke the story and it's getting fleshed in with other pieces in the Journal/Sentinel (which made no mention of the trade demand--just Favre's displeasure with the team's inability to land Randy Moss).
There's more grist for the mill in Favre's apparent organ of choice, the Biloxi Sun-Herald, which has a Favre friend on staff in the person of Al Jones. Read his Sunday piece on the situation right here:
The website ProFootballTalk.com has more, including this article that ran in the hours before the Glazer story broke:
HAS FAVRE ALREADY ASKED FOR A TRADE?
"We've received several e-mails over the past week or so suggesting that message board postings from an administrator named "DavidPHX" on Brett Favre's official web site indicate that Favre has asked for a trade. "DavidPHX" has been characterized to us by multiple readers as a long-time Favre friend.
In response to a rumor that Favre has asked to be traded in the wake of the Randy Moss mess, DavidPHX posted on May 5, "Sorry Folks but I can't deny this rumor."
Later in the day, DavidPHX elaborated: "Hypothetically let's say it was true, it is more a personal issue between someone and [Ted Thompson]. Honesty, integrity is very important to some. It is not an issue of a player demanding a certain person on the team. That person would never do this. It could be a issue that a certain person told him you give an answer [about playing in 2007] before the [Super Bowl] and I will get you help? Then that person leading him to believe that he was serious about Randy?"
Then, DavidPHX added this: "Many of the reporters in Green Bay have heard this rumor also. Problem is they fear someone to[o] much to write about it. They want a certain person to confirm and that person is way to[o] loyal and not that type of a football player to let personal issues become part of the game?"
Apparently, "that person" recently has decided to blow off some steam on this one, and it might not be long before word comes out that Favre has asked to be moved."
The site goes on to say that it's insiders have been telling them Favre doesn't care for Thompson, and opines that one or the other will be gone before the 2007 begins.
Yikes. Hope we didn't spoil your special day, Mom. And, I wonder what this story will be like when it's Dad's turn in the hammock.
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