Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
13-3-0, 1st NFC North
Pack prez Murphy backs GM, coach in Favre standoff
Pack prez Murphy backs GM, coach in Favre standoff
CHRIS JENKINS,
Jul 18, 2008
Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy restated his support for general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy on Friday in the standoff with Brett Favre. Murphy attended a meeting of the team's executive committee Friday. He was not available for comment afterward, but team spokesman Aaron Popkey said Murphy has "full confidence" in how Thompson and McCarthy are handling this matter. ...More |
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Packers Team Report
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Packers Team Report Jul 18, 2008
• For all the commotion Brett Favre caused by going public with his stance and saying he is ready to end his brief retirement, he's apparently not in a hurry to resume playing again.
The veteran quarterback's agent, Bus Cook, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that petitioning the league for Favre to be reinstated from the reserve-retired list isn't imminent.
"We're going to let Green Bay decide what they want to do. It's their move," Cook said. The Favre camp put the proverbial football back in the Packers' hands after general manager Ted Thompson rejected his request to be released and then suggested that Favre would be welcomed back to the team but only as a backup to anointed starter Aaron Rodgers. "Right now we have until the sixth week (of ...More |
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| 2007 Team Stats (Game averages) |
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Pts |
Yds |
Pass |
Rush |
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| Offense | 27.2 |
370.7 |
270.9 |
99.8 |
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| Defense | 18.2 |
313.3 |
210.4 |
102.9 |
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