Jul 17th 2008 11:00AM by David J. Warner (author feed)
Filed under: Panthers, NFC South, NFL Free Agenc

Dear Mr. Favre:

We were alerted recently to your possible interest in our franchise. We’re not certain whether this interest is genuine or merely the product of some bitter, vainglorious blogger who drafted Jake Delhomme on his fantasy team last year and now wants to convince us that Tommy John surgery will turn you into Dave Dravecky.

Nevertheless, we would like to make the following point perfectly clear to you: we’re quite tired of your shenanigans. We fail to understand how someone so decisive on the field can be so indecisive off of it. “Oh, maybe I’ll come back. No, I’ll retire now. Oh no, they forced me into retirement!” Honestly, we expect to see you at your next press conference wearing a zig-zag sweater.

So in case we have not made it plainly obvious, here is our position. We have a perfectly good quarterback in Mr. Delhomme, whose arm looks stronger than ever after surgery. He was on pace for a 42-touchdown season last year — which he wouldn’t have gotten, of course, but you get the idea. Plus, we also have an offensive line that we believe can protect him now.Continue Reading