Eagles showing interest in Brett Favre?

I honestly don't know what to make of this story. The Eagles, who already have Donovan McNabb and his heir apparent Kevin Kolb at quarterback, have reportedly been in contact with the Green Bay Packers about the availability of Brett Favre, according to ESPN and Sporting News. Apparently, the Packers called the Eagles to see if they had any interest in trading for the possibly unretired quarterback. There is no word on whether the Eagles actually want Favre, but it's hard to see what his role would be in Philly.

Obviously, Favre would be an excellent fit because he knows the West Coast offense, but where would he fit in on the depth chart? He would be great insurance if/when McNabb gets injured, but until that happens he would ride the bench, something he didn't want to do for the Packers. And, where would this leave the development of Kolb, who would see his growth stunted by having two star quarterbacks playing ahead of him?

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39 Comments On: "Eagles showing interest in Brett Favre?"

 
I for one can't picture Favre in an Eagles uniform.

nooooooooooooooooooo wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy brett favre isnt coming to the eagles never i would despise the eagles staff if they did that

I just bought a Super Five jersey the other day. So Donovan better be the qb.

Gonna go with a BIG NEGATIVE ON THAT ONE! The Packers have only contacted one NFC team about interest in Favre and that team remains unnamed to this point. They are looking that the AFC to unload him because they wouldn't want to face him unless they absolutely had to and that would be in the SB. The Packers will not make it there anyway and there is no team in the league that is just a HOF QB away from making it to the big game. He wants to go to a contender but it's not happening.. he'll get dumped somewhere that he won't have a big impact because the team will have so many other holes to fill. Just my take and from what I see..

no way Favre would be our backup. not at 12.5 million dollars this season.

yea farve would exell un phily cause andy reid was the qb coach back in the 90's before he came to the birds

i say we should get him though, but have a deal in place with the vikings right after we get him.

That's my thinking now, too. The Pack won't trade him directly to the Vikings, so the Eagles get him from Green Bay and then ship him to Minnesota and get a draft pick or two out of it. Sounds smart to me.

Exactly guys, I just dont see how the Pack FO doesnt see this happening. Theres absolutely zero chance the Eagles would get him to actually play for them, but only to try to finagle some sort of compensation from the vikings in a trade. This soap opera will NEVER end. hah....very interesting.

forget it the eagles dont need another qb

LOL THE BIG STORY OF THE DAY FOR TRAINING CAMP WILL BE: What does Mcnabb think about Favre Coming To Philly??? LOL Mcnabb will be like HUH wtf lol we just got kolb now u wanna bring another one LOL HELLO i took u guys to the SB.... an im younger.... LOL maybe just messing around But come on Favre u have done good in ur Hayday just let it alone it Seems like the NFL cant move on to buisness an cant start the NFL 08 Season Cuz of Bret Favre.... U won a SB u got Records drop it ur done let aaron rodgers play an let the other players (QB) get play time stop being selfish....

This just breaking every free agent ever wants to become an Eagle. No other team is in contention for anybody, the Eagles are getting everybody that is good in the NFL.

My understanding is that the Packers contacted us, not the other way around. There's no way we would be interested in taking on an old QB with a 12 mil salary for the year. We have a franchise QB in McNabb, and Kolb sitting in the wings. The media just loves to connect the Birds to everybody for some reason I'll never understand.

WELL I HEARD THEY CONTACTED US TO BUT DOING SOME RESEARCH THE EAGLES MIGHT TRY TO GRAB HIM AND TRADE HIM TO TEAMS THE PACKERS WONT DEAL WITH SUCH AS THE VIKINGS EVERYBODY FORGETS HOW CLOSE REID AND VIKINGS HEAD COACH BRAD CHILDRESS ARE I COULD EASILY SEE THE EAGLES MAKING A MOVE FOR HIM AND TRADING HIM AWAY

hell pick em up.... imagine kolb learning from farve and mcnabb.... f*** i say do it now while u can... if farve wants to ride my bench hes more than welcome to take a.j. feeleys place.... and hell have him mentor kolb all year.... think about it guys... is it really that bad of an idea? if he wants to come to philly... let em.... we all know don is more than capable and is responsible for taking us to the big game... this wouldnt be a move away from Mcnabb... it would actually be a way of protecting the future in kolb should Mcnabb leave in a few years... and kolb step in... im all for it....

we are not paying him 12.5 Mil 2 ride the bench.

tru well... im lookin at picking up a FA rather than trading... which i know is highly unlikley considering places like chicago and minnesota would start him... but like i said if farve and the eagles can work it out... go for it.... u know our eagles man... they are finiky wit that money... they wont do it if its gunna cripple us... if this article is tru then they must have sumthing in mind we arent thinking of...

no way the eagles trade for favre and the packers called us and we didnt call them so let it be every1 its all RUMORS

why even post this article

of course .......................wouldnt be Yard Barker if we didnt have a Favre to Eagles article

why the hell would we need another qb when we have 3 good qbs already. It seems like whnever a trade comes up people always put the eagles in the mix of it

I knew it was only a matter of time before this was posted.

The Packers called the Eagles about Favre, as reported by ESPN and Sporting News, so I wrote a post on it. I am not the one who made up the post, and nor do I think it will actually happen, hence the question mark in the title. Don't shoot the messenger!

Should say "made up the story" not "made up the post"

i hear ya, should have thrown in a WR too for good measure

I mean, c'mon - you knew the ribbing was coming when you posted it.

True, true. At least my headline didn't say "FAVRE IS AN EAGLE" in all caps like some people like to do around here!

true dat! ;)

this is the worst thing that could happen to us. Favre throws stupid INT and McNabb doesnt. Mcnabbs TD/INT ratio is 2nd in NFL History. or is it # of Passes/INT ratio. who knows. NO FAVRE! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

LMAO. It was only a matter of time until an Eagles fan said that. How many players are there left to be "COMING TO THE EAGLES". Here's a short list for you

Jason Taylor
Brett Favre
Chad Johnson
T.O
Randy Moss
Chad Johnson
Larry Fitzgerald
Anquan Boldin
Marvin Harrison
Marques Colston
Roy Williams
Daunte Culpepper
Jared Allen
Kevin Jones
Pacman

Anyone else I forgot?

How long until someone posts a "DEVIN HESTER TO EAGLES???" article?

Did I ever say Favre was coming to the Eagles? Try reading the post!

You never said they would, but what else would else your article make people think? If the point was not for you trying to get people to think Favre was going to Philly, then your article doesn't really serve a purpose.

sadly i think i saw that one too!

eagles show no interest in favre... heres a quote from the eagles website

Andy Reid responded succinctly this morning to a published report that the Packers called the Eagles regarding a potential trade for Brett Favre. "They called and there is no interest on our part whatsoever."

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/BlogHead.asp

this is dumb they story is the packers called all teams running a west coast offense the eagles said no some story

Slow news day in Sports.

Is this a joke?

After all that talk about loving McNabb and staying w/ one QB...LOL. Brett needs to stay retired. Really.

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