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Favre’s Retirement Tango Has Packers Looking to Stop the Music
NFL betting futures markets were unchanged after Brett Favre appeared at Lambeau Field on Saturday. The quasi-retired Favre wasn’t there to visit with the Packers’ brass, he was in Green Bay for the Packers’ Hall of Fame ceremony, where he presented former center Larry Winters for induction.
Unlike Favre’s exclusive interview last week with Fox News, not a word was mentioned about Favre’s current situation with his former club. Favre continues to have no immediate plans for reinstatement, a move that would force the Packers to put Favre on the roster – or release him to free agency.
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Both situations are quickly becoming a personnel and public-relations nightmare for the Pack, if things aren’t at that point already. If Green Bay brings Favre back, he’s pegged to be the backup quarterback behind Aaron Rodgers. If the Packers release him, he could sign with an NFC rival like the Minnesota Vikings, who the Packers contend have already tampered with Favre.
Where does all this leave NFL futures bettors? Pretty much right where they were before the Favre drama started as rumor back in June. Pinnacle oddsmakers continue to list the Packers at +1000, 10.000* to win the NFC outright, which puts Green Bay sixth on the NFC odds list along with the Seattle Seahawks.
Without Favre around, sportsbooks figure the Packers (13-3, 12-3-1 ATS last season) will take a step back. Considering the current chalk, Green Bay will be lucky to make the playoffs with Rodgers at the helm.
While 13 wins might be out of the question, bettors should remember that Green Bay’s return to the top tier of the NFC was one part Favre to two parts improvement elsewhere on the roster. Once you sift through the smokescreen that Favre’s change of heart has created, you realize that Green Bay is still a very talented football team. Talented enough with Rodgers under center to be a sharp futures play at +1000? Probably.
The sooner Favre and the Packers come to some sort of agreement about what’s going to happen next, the sooner bettors can decide if Green Bay has value at that number.
*All odds subject to change
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