Everyone signed, a new addition?

Today is one of my most enjoyable days of the year. The Bucs training camp opened today with two practices at the Celebration resort in Orlando.

As usual all the draft choices have been signed heading into the opening of camp. Aqib Talib signed his reported 5 year 14.5 million dollar deal yesterday, with 8.2 million supposedly guaranteed. Dexter Jackson, Josh Johnson and Jeremy Zuttah all signed prior to camp, meaning there are no holdouts again going into training camp. Thank you Bruce Allen.

On another note, DE Greg White, who was an Exclusive Rights Free Agent this year, signed his contract and reported as well. Greg was a disruptive force last season filling in at the defensive end position, recording 8 sacks and blossoming into a forced fumble creation machine. However, White is 29 and only has 1 year experience in the NFL. If his production this season is on par with last, I say, pay the man.

This brings us to the headlines of every sports channel, website, and talk radio over the past weeks. Where will Brett Favre land.

I wanted the Bucs to try to go after him 2 years ago. I thought Brett would be a good mentor for The Polish Popgun. Well, that was before I saw Bruce Gradkowski had the arm of a 15 year old on a downfield out pattern.

Now, I'm torn. Would he be an upgrade at the position? Hell yes. Will he take the Bucs to the Super Bowl? I don't know, and what will make this deal feasible is what the Bucs have to give up. A 1st round pick next year? No way. Send Chris Simms, a 4th round pick in 2009 and a 6th round pick in 2010. You only pull this trade off in return that Favre plays for 2 years with the Bucs. This annual Favre retirement parade has been going on for years now, and frankly, it's getting very old. Dan Marino didn't do this. Joe Montana was shipped off to Kansas City, and Elway simply hung up the cleats after back to back championships. Where is Favre's leverage? His last pass as a quarterback was an interception which cost the Packers a trip to the Super Bowl.

I like and admire Brett, but he's become a diva of sorts lately. He was the guy you'd like to hang out with during his playing career, but now he's become the high maintenance girlfriend who is texting her friends while you go to the bathroom to take a leak. I watched the retirement press conference in NFL Network this spring. I saw the tears. Even at that point, with his wife by his side, he went Dick Vermil, I didn't think he was done. For everything Favre has done for the Packers over the years, he has to realize it's time for them to move on. It's time to see if the investment in Aaron Rodgers is the right direction and another 1-2 years of Farve in Green Bay isn't going to benefit the team as a whole.

It can be argued that Favre took the Packers to the championship game this year, and could return next year, and even advance to the Super Bowl. Then again, Aaron Rodgers is going to be a free agent and will likely leave Green Bay after next season regardless of how the Packers finish the season if Favre returns. The Front office has invested alot of money in Rodgers, and the coaching staff has designed the playbook around him for the upcoming season.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the next 48 hours. My prediction is that if Favre is traded for, Garcia and Simms are traded, and the final QB roster is Favre, Greise, McCown and Johnson. We take 4 QB's into the upcoming season.