Trouble Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 This Day in Football: February 11 by TCIPF StaffOn this day in 1992, Brett Favre was traded from the Atlanta Falcons to the Green Bay Packers.Favre was the 33rd overall pick in the 1991 NFL Draft but didn’t get much playing time in his rookie season. He got his chance in Green Bay, and the rest is history.Take a look at this segment about Favre’s time with Atlanta and the reason for his trade, as originally presented on the documentary “Favre 4 Ever”:http://nflfilms.nfl.com/2012/02/11/this-day-in-football-february-11/?module=HP11_content_stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 facepalm.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofEuphoria Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 By "fans" you mean all the Ryan haters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel City Falcon Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 and 20 years later.... and 20 years later.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Freddie Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 A cry in the wilderness, I know, but I hold that in reality the Falcons really didn't lose anything in trading Favre. Brett Favre in the early 1990s would have been wasted had he stayed in Atlanta. The Falcons of that period didn't have either the personnel or the organization to properly support Favre's talents – or the organizational inclination to babysit him as Green Bay reported did.Head coach Jerry Glanville never wanted Favre to begin with and towards the end of the 1991 season Falcons GM Ken Herock agreed that drafting Favre was probably a mistake. "Buckhead Brett" didn't do much to justify his staying in the ATL. Favre was just a Mississippi country boy who suddenly had a few hundred thousands of bucks in his pocket and possibly didn't draw a sober breath while with the Falcons. Favre in a Falcons uniform would never have led the Falcons to glories. Those who bemoan the Favre trade today are wailing about something that would have never been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Negatorris Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Pffft... I wasn't even alive, but when I read about some odd years back I cringed. We could've had a SB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Package Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Watching that again pisses me off to be born a Falcons fan. Always had clown coaches and when we finally do draft a HOF they **** it up. It was like a never ending nightmare. My grandparents and cousins lived in Green Bay and never let me hear the end of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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