Favre helping the Detroit Lions?

[scottyjets]

I caught some of Jay Glazer's segment on the Fox pre-game show today and he mentioned something about Brett Favre calling the Lions organization and giving the coaches a two-hour run down on basically the entire Packers playbook. Did anyone else hear this rumor floating around?

 

If it's true... what the hell is going on here? The guy is on the Jets he should be worried about learning his new playbook. Don't get me wrong, it's been a pleasure watching the guy play this year, but he needs to get his priorities straight. We just had basically three consecutive three-and-outs in overtime, my QB should not be wasting a minute of his life helping a team which is somehow more pathetic than us.

 

Am I the only one that noticed the 'Packer Yellow' shoulderpads under his jersey today also?

[scottyjets]

Found some stuff on it

 

Glazer: Favre helped Lions scout Packers

 

FOX's Jay Glazer reported on the network's NFL pregame show that Brett Favre contacted the Lions before they played his former team earlier this season.

 

"Earlier this year, Brett Favre called the Detroit Lions, starting off with (former GM) Matt Millen and then the coaching staff and gave them a 90 minute dissertation on every single thing that the Green Bay Packers do on offense," Glazer said. "It's his former team and he's calling a division opponent of a team that he has nothing to do with anymore. He just let loose all the family secrets."

 

It wasn't enough for winless Detroit, though. The Packers beat the Lions 48-25 in Week 2.

 

Woodson: Report shows Favre out to 'sabotage' Pack

 

By CHRIS JENKINS – 3 hours ago

 

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Cornerback Charles Woodson says that if a media report indicating that Brett Favre shared inside knowledge of the Green Bay Packers' offense with Detroit Lions coaches is true, it's nothing short of sabotage.

 

Has one of the most beloved players in Packers history become Benedict Brett?

 

"He contacted them? I don't respect that," Woodson said after the Packers' victory over Indianapolis on Sunday. "If they call him and he gives them information, that's one thing. But to seek a team out and to feel like you're trying to sabotage this team, I don't respect that. I know he's been the greatest player around here for a long time, but there's no honor in that."

 

Woodson's sharp comments came in the wake of a foxsports.com report Sunday that Favre called the Lions before their Sept. 14 game against the Packers in Detroit and spent more than an hour giving coaches information on nuances of the offense he used to run.

 

Favre — who was traded to the New York Jets after a prolonged, ugly split with the Packers' front office this summer — was not asked about the report after the Jets' loss at Oakland on Sunday.

 

But in a text message to an NBC reporter before the Seahawks-Buccaneers primetime game, Favre strongly denied the report.

 

"I would say it's disappointing," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.

 

McCarthy added that he was aware of the report but "not really in tune" with its details and did not want to comment further.

 

An NFL spokesman did not immediately respond to a message sent by The Associated Press, but Favre's alleged contact with the Lions is not believed to violate any league rules.

 

Woodson, however, seems to consider it unethical.

 

"I've never called a coach on another team and told them what's going to happen," Woodson said. "It is what it is. Obviously he says he wasn't bitter about what happened, but obviously there is a little bit of resentment there."

 

Packers wide receiver Ruvell Martin shared Woodson's concern.

 

"If it's true, then you've got to question motives," Martin said. "I don't know what to say."

 

But Martin downplayed the actual damage leaked inside information could do to a team.

 

"In my opinion, there's not too much you can gain," Martin said. "You can give them our hand signals (but) those are on tape already. If we find out you've got our hand signals, we try to find a way (around it)."

 

Packers center Scott Wells said it would be "disappointing" if Favre shared information with the Lions, but noted that the Packers beat the Lions.

 

"Obviously it didn't work out too well for them," Wells said. "We were still able to go out and move the ball on them and win the game."

 

Other Packers players wouldn't touch the subject.

 

"I'd rather not know what it is and not comment on it," said wide receiver Donald Driver, a close friend of Favre's.

 

 

This week Jets quarterback Brett Favre caused a significant stir in The Big D when he curiously pushed Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo into playing this week, or at least giving it a shot with a broken pinkie. Favre reportedly talked Romo into sucking it up to play, and rather than missing Sunday's game, he was listed as the No. 2 behind Brad Johnson.

 

It turns out the Cowboys aren't the only team this year the New York Jets signal caller has spent time talking to.

 

Several sources have told FOX Sports that Favre earlier this year phoned the Detroit Lions prior to their battle versus Favre's old team, the Green Bay Packers, and gave them a rundown of the nuances of what Green Bay does on offense. According to the sources, Favre actually spent over an hour on the phone with Lions coaches, who were connected with Favre by then-team president Matt Millen.

 

While the Lions still lost and the Packers and Favre's replacement Aaron Rodgers played well, it's still baffling that the Packers legend would spend such a significant chunk of time giving tips to an opponent of his long-time franchise.

 

Other teams the Packers have played had also heard about the Favre coaching clinic with Detroit. In addition, there have been rumors that Favre has spoken to other teams giving them information, but most of those teams insist they have not heard from the famed gunslinger.

 

However, another team says it has had casual talks in the past with Favre and talked about some of what Green Bay does, but it was nowhere near the details he let loose to the Lions.

 

Still, Favre has the right to do whatever he pleases. If he wants to help other teams there is nothing in league rules that prevents him from doing so.

[Chaim.Witz]

I know there is already a thread about this, so don't expect too many replies.

 

As far as the shoulder pads go, perhaps they are his "lucky" shoulder pads.

[kpholmes]

 

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