Posted by  Vince martain, Duluth mn on 08/06  at  06:13 AM

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Posted by  Gary Kolgen, Oshkosh, WI on 08/06  at  06:02 AM

Congratulations on gaining one of the greatest players to ever don a NFL uniform.

The Packers organization has not learned from its mistakes, and have parted ways with another of its icons in a bad way. I guess they can blame this one on the Madden curse.

Posted by  edwin felts, pinellas park, fl. on 08/06  at  05:54 AM

Gruden has lost his mind! He has made some very bad decisions since the super bowl year. This would be his worst. Garcia is our QB. Farve has thrown more interseptions last year then garcia has thrown in his last several years. We dont need him/ we dont want him. Try giving Garcia a bit more dollars!

Posted by  HFXBuc, Halifax on 08/06  at  05:53 AM

Only the immortal words of some hippy at Woodstock can express how I feel: ‘We must be in Heaven, Man?”- more shrewed moves by Allen.

Posted by  Ruth Mascotti, St. Pete on 08/06  at  05:44 AM

Brett Favre is a great quarterback. He’s a legend and will draw more viewers to the Bucs games.  Anyone can have a change of heart and Green Bay should have welcomed him back with open arms. Their loss will definitely be our gain! Go Bucs & Brett!

Posted by  Michael McKeehen, Tampabay on 08/06  at  05:32 AM

I told you where Brett who lives in Hotter Than Hell Mississippi said no I don’t want to play with the Bucs,Its too damn hot there,wasn’t he telling you something,welvome home Brett Farve,shame on you GREEN BAY.He deseved the best whatever in GREENBAY no matter how long he wanter to playmhe’s a Hall of FAMER GREENBAy.Thanks

Posted by  Michael Harris, Tampa, FL on 08/06  at  05:29 AM

Howard old buddy old pal you speak volumes.  I am so excited and delighted, words cannot express.  FINALLY the Bucs have a shot at infamy.  My fantasy of #4 in Super Bowl XLIII, Feb. 9th, 2009, in Ray Jay, tossing SB touch downs, is becoming a reality.  Yes Matilda, there IS A GOD.  No offense to Jeff Garcia.  It is IRONIC to say the least that Garcia substituted in the last Pro Bowl for Farve.  Garcia is hurt AGAIN.  They’re both a couple of gray whiskers.  Now here’s the line up I see on the depth chart: 1. Farve.  2. Garcia.  3. Griese. Judas Priest Madge!  I’m like a little kid in a candy store, who just got a free shopping card.  What price will the Bucs pay for #4? I don’t give a flying rats butt. Go Bucs!

Posted by  Howard Tarnoff, Medway, MA on 08/06  at  04:59 AM

I recall my first Packers game on the radio in our living room in Milwaukee in 1954 and have been a fan since.  I got lucky in 77 and got my season tickets.  We moved to Massachusetts in 89 and have flown a Packer Flag 7 days a week, 24 hours a day since.  I turned my tickets over to my cousin in 99 when they changed the rules to allow that.

My flag comes down the min #4 signs with another team.  I would hope TB kicks GB’s a** when they play, where can I buy a ticket and a Buc’s Flag?

Posted by  Charlie Gamson, Tampa, FL on 08/06  at  04:55 AM

The two idiots who responded by saying our stadium dosen’t sell out, should know that there is a 80,000 person waiting list to buy tickets, also the last time I looked the person who found the color pewter unpleasent should be very happy with my grandson’s dirty diaper as it is the same color of the packs yellow.

Posted by  Q Ol, Las Vegas on 08/06  at  04:48 AM

Ooops…

I was looking at old, outdated, power rankings.  The Packers and Bucs are both a lot further down than I thought… and I once again forgot about the Giants as a team to beat in the NFC.

Still, I like the Bucs chances.

And if Garcia goes to the Vikes… I think things look a LOT gloomier for the Pack than they would have ever thought.

Posted by  Dion S, Miami, FL on 08/06  at  04:41 AM

You sicken me Brian. It would be wrong to bring in Favre now to replace Garcia just as it would have been wrong if the Panthers had chosen not to suspend Smith for 2 games for breaking Lucas’ nose. It would dishonor the spirit of fair play. The Buccaneers are not, I repeat the Buccaneers ARE NOT MERCENARIES. I swear if we do bring in Brett Favre, I’m going to stop being a Bucs fan for the next 2 years, my fanhood of them for the past 10 years be damned. Even if we end up winning the Super Bowl with Favre on the team, it would be a victory gained through mercenary actions, and half the fanbase would never enjoy it.

Posted by  Q Ol, Las Vegas on 08/06  at  04:39 AM

Continued…

I hope Garcia goes to Min. because that would make them a KILLER team, and GB would have no hope in hell of winning the division

The Packers are ranked 3rd in the power rankings… The Bucs 8th. With Favre switching places, I think the Bucs gain a few slots and the Pack drop a few… which puts them both at 5 or 6. BUT… The Bucs have a much easier schedule.  I can see Favre and the Bucs going deep into the playoffs, maybe all the way to the Super Bowl (held IN Tampa!).  The Vikings and Cowboys stand in the way… but it’s a possibility.

Go Bucs!

Fire Ted Thompson!

I’m actually a little excited to be cheering on a new team for a year or two.

Posted by  Q Ol, Las Vegas on 08/06  at  04:38 AM

I’ve been a Packer fan for over 30 years.  I have been a die-hard, Packer zealot who thinks of nothing BUT the Pack during football season. My house was decorated mostly in Packer stuff.  Today I took all the pennants and posters off the wall, took the bumper stickers off the car, and put all of paraphenelia into storage.  Tomorrow, if this report turns out to be true, I am going shopping for Buccaneer T-shirts.  I will be a fan of them until Thompson leaves the Packers.  I hate him too much to root for the packers anymore (just until he’s gone, of course).

Posted by  Maureen, tampa on 08/06  at  04:14 AM

Woohoo!  Hope to see you in Tampa this week, Brett!  Home super bowl win, SWEET!

Posted by  Brian Dickey, Knoxville by way of Tallahassee on 08/06  at  04:12 AM

Stop your crying fellow buc fans, Remember it’s Brett “freckin” Farve!!!Players don’t play this game to lose in the first round in the playoffs. In the words of Herm Edwards, ” You play to the win the game.”, And winning the game would be winning the SuperBowl in Tampa this year. Brett Farve give us the best chance to do that. And don’t give me this crap about loyalty to Garcia, anytime you can “upgrade” a position, you do it! What about loyalty to the other 52 men on the roster, what about loyalty to them? It’s about championships people, not playoff appearances. Go Bucs!!!

Posted by  Shane Keddell, Green Bay, Wi on 08/06  at  04:10 AM

Brett Favre is a family member and we all know he just wants to play in Green Bay.  Removing this family member from our team,is too heart breaking.I don’t think I have enough tears. I loose sleep over this. If the Packers office doesn’t make this right by embracing Favre with warmth he deserves, and we loose him.I don’t know how I could live through that. Maybe Brett wants to give one last try because he feels it is what his father would have wanted him to do.He really believes in the team.Why can’t the Packers front office believe in him like so many of us do.Shake his hand,hand him a helmet,smack him on the #####,and say give er’ hell!  I will always be a Packer Fan. I hope I don’t have to wish Favre good luck anywhere else.

Posted by  Michael Benninger, Fort Worth, TX on 08/06  at  03:52 AM

This “mindset” thing is a joke, a scam, and a cover up for some of the cruelest treatment, greatest mismanagement, and incompetence in dealing with perhaps one of the best players in the history of the Packers.  I would call for the immediate firing of Mark Murphy and Ted Thompson and tell Mike McCarthy to stick to football coaching not be the Head Psychologist.  I think such firings would change Brett’s “mindset” dramatically and give him the indication the organization is willing to put all of this in the rear view mirror.  I would still like to see Brett quarterback the Packers not some other team this year.  If he’s going to play then let him play for the Packers.

Posted by  Milwaukee PackerFan, Wisconsin on 08/06  at  03:10 AM

LIfelong Packer fan, and a real fan at that, but I will cheer for Green Bay to lose every game this season as punishment for the damage they have done to this franchise. Just like I am a loyal Republican but think losing is good for them because maybe it will cause them to kick out some of the corrupt dead wood in the party, the Packers need to clean house including McCarthy, Thompson and the newest idiot in the trio, Mark Murphy. After all Favre has done to restore the Green Bay franchise to respectability, he simply deserved better than this.

Was he indecisive? Yes. Has he earned the right for a do-over? Absolutely.

Where do I buy a #4 Bucs jersey for my son?

Posted by  bucsfan, Saudi Arabia on 08/06  at  03:10 AM

i just dont like the media and the drama coming with him….

and what will happen to jeff? and the other qb’s

Posted by  josh lioko, plant city on 08/06  at  02:36 AM

the bucs host the superbowl in 2009, and the glazers are desperate for a superbowl, they have to at least the superbowl in their home park, they need to make it there, now i know why they signed turds like jerramy,  an re-signed graham, they need the superbowl at home, since the glazers love throwing money and making it rain at MAN U, they gotta make it rain on the bucs.

p.s. when is mike pittman’s wife gonna do more photo shoots?

Posted by  Richard Baker, Mesa, AZ on 08/06  at  02:19 AM

They’re gonna have to change the dialogue in that one scene in “There’s Something About Mary”

Pat Healy (Matt Dillon): What the hell is Brett Favre doing here?

Brett Favre: I just got traded to the Bucs you dumb@#$%

Posted by  Maurice, New York on 08/06  at  02:00 AM

Its almost like NFL players are just action figures.

Posted by  ha ha green bay, indiana on 08/06  at  01:58 AM

im not a packer fan or a bucs fan.not even a favre fan.favre is a great qb though.what is funny about it all is these people that hate favre for all this.but isnt he the one who said release me so what is going on doesnt? wasnt it the head coach that tried to rule with a iron fist and keep favre retired that started all this?i would hate my team and the head coach if he did this.tells me those people dont watch or follow football at all. stupid people.but good luck this year with favre bucs. hopefully he dos have a great year like last year just to show the packs and those stupid fans who is better.hopefully arron only wins a game or two.then we will see how long that coach and qb are in green bay

Posted by  john brown, milwaukee on 08/06  at  01:54 AM

If Brett wanted to be the GB qb, he should not have retired. He wasn’t forced , and we have been dealing with that for the last 4 years. This is BRETTS’ fault NOT PACKERS MGNT !! The Pack were going to bring him back right after he retired , only to have him back out and retire again.

Posted by  Maurice, New York on 08/06  at  01:49 AM

Dave Your talking like you just lost your starting Quarterback or something. I said that it was uinlikely to happen. Dont take your anger out on our blog because you have a guy named Aaron starting at Quarterback for you.  Now go in your room and get ready for a 4-12 season while your watching the Bucs in the playoffs (Regardless of the QB).

( I just like to scramble a lot in madden and Garcia’s faster thats the only reason I said that)