What happened when Favre was traded from Falcons to Packers?

When Brett Favre was waiting in the 1991 NFL draft, he was not as brilliant as he seems to be now. As the 33rd overall pick in the draft, he was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round. He was offered a three-year, $1.4 million contract with a reported signing bonus of $350,000 in July. Everything looked good for the rookie quarterback but what happened in regular season simply resulted in Favre’s departure.

While Favre was taken as a talented young quarterback by most people, then Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville showed publicly his disappointment with drafting of Favre and determined that Favre would not be allowed to play in any game. His original words were that it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into the game. Playing in only two games, Favre had his first pass in an NFL regular season game and it was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Attempting totally in four passes with the Falcons, Favre completed none of them and two resulted in interceptions. All the disappointing performance seemed to support Glanville’s unwillingness to hold Favre out.

After the zero-production 1991 season, Favre was unsurprisingly on trade market and became a target of Packers general manager Ron Wolf, who showed intension to draft Favre in the previous offseason but lost the chance as Falcons picked Favre with a higher pick. Wolf did not lose the chance again and made quick move to prompt a trade with the Falcons for Favre at the cost of a first-round pick. Then during the following 16 seasons, the No. 4 Packers style of Brett Favre jersey became more and more eye-attracting as the quarterback showed how well he could play as long as he was given the chance and confidence.