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Trade Favre? I've Got a Better Idea

Posted Aug 05, 2008 1:10PM By Matt Snyder (RSS feed)

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With the circus surrounding the Packers right now, one can't help but think things could have been done better and could be done better moving forward. As a Bears fan, I obviously wouldn't mind a ton of negativity bogging down camp up in Wisconsin ... but I'm separating that fact here just for a little "If I was running the Packers."

The entire camp is a distraction and only one thing can be done to rid the team of distraction before the start of the season.

Trade Aaron Rodgers. Why? There are a ton of reasons, but here are the best five:

1. It gives Brett Favre this season and possibly even next as the incumbent and unquestioned starter should he decide to continue playing even longer.

2. You avoid the PR disaster that trading Favre would create after all the fan-fare he's received the past few days in Green Bay since arriving via chartered jet. Seriously, how can they even think about trading Favre with the way the fan-base has reacted to him? That would send the most chilling "we don't give a crap about you" we've ever seen from ownership to the fans. This move along with the signing of Ryan Grant would give the team about a month to get away from all the sideshows and concentrate on football.

3. The three quarterbacks for this season would still be in place. Brian Brohm is set to be groomed as the backup and heir apparent to Favre, while Matt Flynn is the perfect third-stringer at this point in time with is winning pedigree and scrappy attitude. You could even argue he's being groomed to serve as Brohm's backup for down the road.

4. The Packers were really, really close to winning the Super Bowl last year. Losing in the final seconds to the eventual champ at home on the NFC Title game with a young nucleus almost entirely intact means they should be in the mix again. You'd rather go into said mix with the experienced Favre at the most important position on the field instead of a man who has never started an NFL game.

5. Finally, you'd be doing the noble thing for Rodgers ... assuming he went somewhere to be the starter. If Favre plays two more seasons that would be five on the bench for a first-round draft pick without ever getting to prove or disprove his abilities on the big stage. That's not right for him, and that's a waste of resources for the Packers. Rodgers is a better option for several teams -- Bears, Vikings, Jets, Dolphins, etc. -- compared to what they currently have. While he hasn't even started a game, he did finish one quite well last year against the Cowboys. He ended that game 20-28 for 218 yards and a TD without turning it over (hear that, Bears fans?). That's a 106 rating against a quality defense.

While tons of media have spent time discussing whether or not Favre has earned the right to waffle, one thing is for sure ... Rodgers has paid his dues for three years and has earned the right to a chance.

Let him have it somewhere else.

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