Favre to the Texans?

[coloradodude]

Adam Schefter reports that the best team to transition to from the Packers would be the Houston Texans. He said they do have alot of money tied up in Matt Schaub so might not happen.

Just before that he said Farve would only go to someone that's a contender.


Thought I'd throw that out there for you guys about our future!

[papabear]

No way. Not going to happen.

[coloradodude]

Yeah, I agree. I should've emphasized the important part to me with a question.

If we didn't have quite abit of money tied up with Schaub would Farve consider us "a contender"? Just how close are we really? I think we 9 and 7, maybe 10 and 6 this year and make the playoffs for a taste.

[kravix]

This would never happen. I have heard them on the radio the last few weeks and Houston has come up as a great fit for Farve and the team. I think that is about the dumbest thing I have heard though. It shows the lack of knowledge they have about our teams identity, direction, and leadership.

We arent in a win now mode. Kubiak and Smith are trying to build a team that can compete for years and years, not just throw up a hail mary and hope like hell we catch it. Bringing in Farve would be a bigger disruption than a help to get this team to be able to compete every year.

[NBT]

Smith and Kubiak have a master plan, and it doesn't allow for a sidetrack like Favre would be.

[Bigtinylittle]

You mean people actually get paid for saying stuff like that? This goes to show why I never read or listen to what the national guys say about the Texans. They rarely have a clue. Stick with the local guys if you want to know about the Texans. By the way, our offense, even with our all-star receiver, our starting RB and our QB out for a big chunk of games, still ranked well ahead of our defense in NFL stats.

This is about as likely to happen as Bud Adams selling the Titans and trying to buy the Texans.

[HPF Bob]

Why do we want Brett Favre when we already have Sage Rosenfels?

But, seriously, as long as the Texans are selling out, there's no reason to bring Favre to Houston. He's an expensive short-term solution to a long-term problem. This isn't like Roger Clemens signing with the Astros. The Astros were already a veteran team with some of their best players close to retirement. The Texans are a young team who don't think they are one or two players away from making a Super Bowl run.

The comment misses the mark on so many levels. Besides, didn't I see a crawl where Favre wanted to play for another cold-weather team? That ain't us.

[ArlingtonTexan]

In terms of running a similiar offense yes, bt making sense for the organization, not so much.

[Nconroe]

Absolutely a bad idea for any team. Farve has been pretty bad last several years, ok, last year better than previous several, just luck. He needs to retire. He was good in what was it, 1993, not 2008.

[TheMatrix31]

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!

I don't want that attention whore on my team. Go retire and STAY retired, Brett!

[KJ3]

c'mon....this is espn taking the deadest part of the sports calendar and finding something to cling to. espn is like a manipulative girlfriend, sucking the life out of anything it can. hey espn, it isn't breaking news after 4 or 5 hours....or days....it's only breaking news once...

[ArlingtonTexan]

Originally Posted by KJ3

c'mon....this is espn taking the deadest part of the sports calendar and finding something to cling to. espn is like a manipulative girlfriend, sucking the life out of anything it can. hey espn, it isn't breaking news after 4 or 5 hours....or days....it's only breaking news once...

While what you say might be generally true, this particular story came from NFLnetwork.

[KJ3]

ouchie for nfln. although it is football related and their whole programming is football related and this has probably been their only story in 2 months...

besides, it's not like espn is looking around for more stories haha...they've settled squarely in the asscrack between the packers and brett favre.

these national networks need to keep somebody, who views football through a pair of goggles known as common sense, in every city so they can just call them up right before they say something stupid to find out if what they are saying is silly or not.

[mussop]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

Absolutely a bad idea for any team. Farve has been pretty bad last several years, ok, last year better than previous several, just luck. He needs to retire. He was good in what was it, 1993, not 2008.

JUST LUCK?

Favre 2007 stats
RAT 95.7 YARDS 4155 TD 28 INT 15
Takes Green Bay to the NFC Champoinship game while surrounded by arguably less talent than any other playoff team and comes up just 3 pionts shy of beating eventual World Champion NY Giants and going to the SUPERBOWL! JUST LUCK?

Matt Schaub 2007 STATS
RAT 87.2 YDS 2,241 TD 9 INT 9

Sage Rosenfels 2007 STATS
RAT 84.8 YDS 1,684 TD 15 INT 12

Favre hasnt missed a game since 1993. Thats 16 games a year for 15 years. Some of you need to get a grip on youre perspective of this team. You are all feeling a little to warm and fuzzy about the Texans. I have high hopes to but cmon man, if we have a chance to get one of the premier QB's of the last 15 years we should jump all over it. Yeh were building a winner here and going about the right way but the QB position is the most important position there is.

You really think Shaub would mind being tudored by a HOF QB for the next couple of years? Do you honestly believe Favres presence would harm this teams growth? One of the beggest question marks about this team is whether or not Schaub is ready/capable of being the leader of this team. He (Shaub) could learn from one of if not the best leaders the NFL has ever had.

We dont know for sure if Shaub can last a whole year. Sage is a FA after next year. Do you honestly think he'll be back? I know it wont happen but if you could get Favre for a 3rd or 4th round pick or even for Sage, DO IT NOW!

[Joe Joe]

Originally Posted by mussop

JUST LUCK?

Favre 2007 stats
RAT 95.7 YARDS 4155 TD 28 INT 15

Following two bad years. The picks used to get him will be better than him in 3 seasons.

[ArlingtonTexan]

If i truly thought the texans were a Qb away from being a superbowl team it would be worth it. Outside of that, the texans need to find out if Schaub is a legitimate starting NFL QB, and they can't do that with Schaub spending time as understudying for another year or two.

[kravix]

Originally Posted by mussop

Some of you need to get a grip on youre perspective of this team. You are all feeling a little to warm and fuzzy about the Texans. I have high hopes to but cmon man, if we have a chance to get one of the premier QB's of the last 15 years we should jump all over it. Yeh were building a winner here and going about the right way but the QB position is the most important position there is.

I dont see Favre giving the Texans any better chance to goto the playoffs this year than either of our QB's. He may have been a great QB, but this team needs stability in the positions we have good players and concentration and growth in the areas that are weak. Not shakup for the sake of bringing in a legend.

If I was a fan of teams like the Packers, Carolina, Minnesota, Chicago and a few other that a QB like Farve could put us over the cusp then maybe, but still you get 1-2 years from him. It makes no sense.

It is also a matter of our FO's mentality, which is not spend big and win now. Kubiak is a coach that wants to build a team to win for years and is willing to take some time to make it happen. He isnt instant about instant gratification.

[nunusguy]

McGinn writes that a source said Favre had continued to use a Packers-issued cell phone and that when the team checked the phone records it found “repeated calls to coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.”
The possibility of Favre having used a phone issued by the Packers had been speculated on last week after the Associated Press reported that Green Bay informed the NFL it felt “an investigation of the phone records would show more than ‘normal contact’ between the Vikings and Favre, even before he formally asked for his release to play for another team.”
http://ww3.startribune.com/vikingsblog/?p=1719
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I dunno, is Brett not sneeky enough or not smart enough ? Better use your own phone next time you try to work out a deal on the side there Brettster.

[KJ3]

Originally Posted by mussop

Some of you need to get a grip on youre perspective of this team.

haha yea....SOME of us need a grip hahaha...

You are all feeling a little to warm and fuzzy about the Texans. I have high hopes to but cmon man, if we have a chance to get one of the premier QB's of the last 15 years we should jump all over it. Yeh were building a winner here and going about the right way but the QB position is the most important position there is.

that's exactly the problem homie, we would be getting brett favre at 38 not brett favre "of the last 15 years". and averaged out, his last handful of years have been not-so great.

You really think Shaub would mind being tudored by a HOF QB for the next couple of years?

yes, he was promised a starting job.

Do you honestly believe Favres presence would harm this teams growth?

without question yes. you think the players opinion of favre's little kicking and screaming ordeal of the last few weeks has gone over well with anyone?

One of the beggest question marks about this team is whether or not Schaub is ready/capable of being the leader of this team. He (Shaub) could learn from one of if not the best leaders the NFL has ever had.

it's a question mark because we haven't seen enough. as in: we need to see more schaub. besides, favre seemed like an awesome mentor to aaron rodgers...

We dont know for sure if Shaub can last a whole year.

what makes you think a 38 year old with 27 seasons of football on his body can? just because he did it last year and 26 seasons before that? that won't mean anything to anybody on the field.

Sage is a FA after next year. Do you honestly think he'll be back? I know it wont happen but if you could get Favre for a 3rd or 4th round pick or even for Sage, DO IT NOW!

favre for sage, eh? that's cool. i'm fine with favre the backup. except that he gets paid 12 mil or something ridiculous.

[Keith]

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the Texans are one of eight team the Packers thinks are possible trading partners in a deal for Favre.

GREEN BAY — As the Green Bay Packers wait to see whether Brett Favre will indeed file his reinstatement papers with the NFL, the club is working its way through a list of teams it sees as potential trading partners for the sort-of-retired quarterback.

According to a league source, the teams on that list include the New York Jets, the Baltimore Ravens, the Miami Dolphins and the Houston Texans in the AFC and the Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins in the NFC.

http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/sports/297417