But now that the Favre saga is (finally) past Green Bay, there’s a new rumor that Thompson is having “legitimate discussions” about hiring Michael Vick. The majority of the NFL teams have said that they will not take Vick on because of the potential PR nightmare that might follow. But Thompson, now that the Packers could supposedly focus on football once again and not the shadow of #4, is considering taking Vick on.

When asked of this, he replied:

“Uh, what is the answer that we give to questions like this?” Thompson said. “We’re always looking to improve our team. We look at all options at all times. I wouldn’t care to speculate in terms of the odds or the percentages or anything like that.”

Did Thompson learn nothing from the time Ari Fleisher was telling the team what to say and not say last year?

It’s not that I don’t think Vick would be awesome. I think he’d certainly be better than the backup quarterbacks the Packers currently have, and even think he might give Aaron Rodgers a run for his money. But with the distractions last year having to do with Favre, I think even considering taking Vick on right now is a massive mistake.

In a very interesting bit of trivia, the Wisconsin State Journal reports that, “Vick’s cousins is former Packers and New Orleans Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks, who went to his only Pro Bowl with McCarthy as his offensive coordinator in New Orleans.”

The implication being that McCarthy and his magical coaching skills might be just the ticket to make Vick shine.

I disagree.

I think whoever hires Vick will be a team that can handle the PR that will undoubtedly come with him. The Packers clearly aren’t that team.

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That’s how many Jets fans are excited to have Favre.

I’m not so sure Favre is as excited. Sure, he’s happy to be out of Green Bay. But, he had no choice where he was headed. If he had been able to choose, he would have gone to Tampa Bay over New York.

According to Dan Patrick, Favre wasn’t given an option. An inside source told DP that Favre wasn’t even treated with respect when he showed up at the Packers stadium. He showed up to participate in practice, as he was reinstated. Security was told to NOT let him in. He then tried to go up to a suite to watch a scrimmage and, again, security told him he was not allowed.

What is up with that? Mike McCarthy said that Green Bay made every effort to welcome Favre back and discuss his options. That doesn’t sound like much of a welcome to me.

The fact is that the Packers never had any intention of bringing Favre back to the team. And I think they handled this entire situation poorly.

Not surprisingly, Favre told the Jets he wouldn’t be able to promise them more than one year.

Also, ESPN didn’t unearth the fact that the Jets got Favre. The story was discovered by Jay Glazer of Fox Sports. ESPN failed to credit him.

Nice guys … nice.

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