Numerous publications report Sunday that QB Brett Favre is unhappy with the Packers' handling of trying to trade for Randy Moss and even requested a trade. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Favre knew what the parameters of the trade between the Packers and Raiders would have been for Moss and was willing to take a pay cut to help bring Moss to Green Bay. FOX Sports reports that Favre asked to be traded out of town, then admitted he didn't really want that. "I just want to win; maybe I see things the wrong way," he told the Biloxi Sun-Herald. "I don't want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me. Sometimes I think it's hard for them to let Brett go. They might think that we pay him a lot of money, but he still gives us the best chance to win. I've never been told that, but there are times when I wonder if I'm the odd man out here and they just don't know how to tell me."....
The Bergen County Record reports that Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride has two concerns about Giants RB Brandon Jacobs moving into a starting role: Can he change his style of running, and Can he stay upright for 16 games? "They've encouraged him to be (a power runner)," Gilbride said. "But you're not the change-of-pace guy anymore, hopefully you are the guy. You hope that he would learn that himself as part of the natural process. That's the thing that I'm worried about: Does he have the stamina to stay in there for a whole game and carry the ball 20-to-25 times over 16-17 weeks?"....
Shaun Alexander's claim he may still have a cracked foot doesn't hold much credence with coach Mike Holmgren. A smiling Alexander said on Monday that he thought he would get another X-ray after the minicamp ended, but that he wasn't concerned much with knowing the results. He had practiced through last weekend's three-day, mandatory camp plus Monday's initial day of the voluntary one before the team excused him for the final three days. Holmgren said Thursday that there were no plans for any further exams on Alexander's foot. Late last season, the coach explained doctors had told him Alexander may always have a crack in his foot, but they had determined that the risk of him breaking through the relatively small fissure was remote and thus he could play on it. "He is fine. We X-rayed it after the season was over, how long has it been?" Holmgren said. "You saw him running out here, he is running all over the place."
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