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Wooing Brett Favre: 'Why Not Come and Play in Tampa Bay?'



With
Brett Favre's Packer career possibly over, FanHouse is looking at possible destinations for the Pro Bowler. Next up: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Dear Brett,

Remember before you arrived in Green Bay, Chris Berman used to call any game between the Packers and Bucs as the "Bay of Pigs". No, it still isn't funny. Still, you and Jon Gruden worked together then and it may be time to get back together.

Since then, however, both franchises have blossomed. You won a Super Bowl. We won a Super Bowl.

Gruden arrived in Green Bay in 1992 ... the same as you ... and, along with Mike Holmgren, you guys began your outstanding NFL careers. Gruden doesn't mind adding you into his stable of 100 quarterbacks. Especially since you'd be at the top of his list.

Chris Simms doesn't want to be there. Jeff Garcia is in the final year of his contract. Jake Plummer is retired, I guess. Everyone else sucks. Sure, the offense Gruden now uses is nothing like you've seen, but you can add a few of your old tricks in there.

You'd be playing for the defending NFC South champions ... and no one else in that division looks to be very good.

You can play in right near the Gulf of Mexico ... which your hometown also is, right? With the Tampa Bay Lightning winning a Stanley Cup title a few years ago and the Tampa Bay Rays doing well, you could turn this area into a new Titletown.

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