With the Peyton Manning situation likely coming to a head in the next few weeks, I've already started to hear some rumblings about how this is "just like the Packers and Brett Favre".
No, it's not.
Peyton Manning was injured, is still recovering and is owed $20+ million in early March.
Brett Favre
retired. I can't stress that fact enough. He wasn't released. He
retired on March 6, 2008 in a teary press conference watched by all of Wisconsin.
Then, in late March, he decides he wants to unretire.
He calls the Packers up and they said "come on home". Then, he calls them again and says he changed his mind.
In early April, a Favre representative allegedly calls the Packers to inquire about the possibility of Favre being traded. So, to be clear, Favre wants to play football, just not for the Packers.
On April 26, the Packers draft two quarterbacks in the NFL draft.
Favre calls Thompson on June 20 to ask to unretire and the Packers, after having been jerked around by the jerk for the past 4 years, finally, FINALLY say no.
In July & August all hell breaks loose. The Packers accuse the Vikings of tampering with Favre. They offer Favre a huge marketing contract. Favre comes to Green Bay to basically be such a distraction as to force the Packers to trade him. The Packers enter trade talks with the Jets and then Favre decides he doesn't want to play for the Jets and considers the marketing offer. Finally, Favre is traded. You know the rest.
So, in a nutshell, here's my interpretation of the situations.
Manning & the Colts: Peyton is hurt and may not regain the strength in his arm and is owed $20+ million before his health can be adequately evaluated. The Colts, in the meantime have the #1 pick in a draft featuring a potential franchise quarterback in Andrew Luck.
Favre & The Packers: Favre retired and hemmed and hawed about it, but eventually decided to stay retired until the Vikings tried to convince him to join their team. Then, Favre tried to manipulate the situation to make the Packers release him so he could play for the Vikings. When the Packers wouldn't do that, Favre had to save face by playing for the Jets for a year.
The only similarity I can see is that the Colts and the Packers will both probably make the rational decision. The difference is that Peyton Manning is frankly blameless in the situation while Favre was the situation.
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