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Originally Posted by kRocket
Probably has something to do with him being a winner everywhere he has gone. He doesn't know how to lose. He still reminds me a lot of Brett Favre who was mainly a running QB when he came out of college and was even traded by his first team. He just did whatever it took to win.
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He was traded because of a few reasons one Glanville was a horrible judge of talent, two he was not the brightest ship in the ocean,
three he was a drunk party boy in Atlanta.
Wikipedia has this on Favre's time in Atlanta.
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Favre was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round, 33rd overall in the 1991 NFL Draft.[16] On July 19, 1991, Favre agreed to a three-year, $1.4 million contract with a reported signing bonus of $350,000.[17] Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville did not approve of the drafting of Favre, saying it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into the game.[18] Favre's first pass in an NFL regular season game resulted in an interception returned for a touchdown. He only attempted four passes in his career at Atlanta, was intercepted twice, and completed none of them.[8]
The Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf traded a first–round pick (19th overall, RB Tony Smith, Southern Miss) for Favre during the following offseason. Wolf, while an assistant to the general manager of the New York Jets, had intended to take Favre in the 1991 NFL draft, but Favre was taken by the Falcons on the previous pick.[18]
According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other sources, during the physical after the trade, Favre was diagnosed with avascular necrosis of the hip, the same degenerative condition that ended Bo Jackson's football career, and doctors recommended his physical be failed, which would nullify the trade. Wolf overruled them.[19]
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BTW the Falcons used a 2nd round pick #33 and got a #16 for him, not a bad trade at the time. Or so it seemed
04-21-2010, 08:18 PM
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