Brett Favre was criticized for his comments about the Packers not signing Randy Moss during the offseason. Prior to Favre’s statements, I constantly made the same comments and know Favre was right. My logic was as follows:
The Packers could have had Moss for a 4th-round draft pick, I heard he wanted to come to Green Bay, and I heard he wanted $3 million. I said all offseason that if you are the Packers’ GM, you have to say that you only have Favre for about another 2 years. You lost Ahman Green, so your running game is very suspect. You have a very good and getting better young defense, so a good offense means you can be very good. If you get Moss, you have Moss, Driver, and Jennings, and would score 40-50 points a game. I said before the season that if the Packers got Moss, they would have as good a chance as any NFC team to go to the Super Bowl. Ted Thompson, the GM, hesitated for a long time, so Oakland finally traded him to N.E. for their 4th-round pick (a worse pick than the Packers’).
I was infuriated when this happened. A few days later, Favre also came out and questioned whether the organization wanted to win, and everyone slammed him. I defended him at the time, as not only was he 100% right, but he’s a guy who puts it on the line every Sunday and gives everything he has. He knows that with Moss, their offense would be unbelievable and the three great receivers couldn’t be double covered. He knew it would be a lot easier to win games, and if players are expected to do everything they can to win, so should the organization. I heard that Thompson said two weeks ago he might have made a mistake. The deal was theirs for the taking, and they could have had the best or second-best receiver ever to play, for almost nothing. I would have done it for a first-round pick. You’ve got a chance to go to the Super Bowl if you give up a 4th-round pick, and you don’t do it? I’m not saying they still won’t go, but it would have been a lot easier.
We all know what Moss had been doing for the Patriots. I hope this doesn’t come back to burn Green Bay in the Super Bowl.