Thurman Thomas

All the talk of Brett Favre’s matchup with his old team the Packers made me think of a similar situation involving a famous Buffalo Bills.  Many people think that Favre’s motivation is to stick-it to the Packers, his old team that dumped him.  Favre didn’t like how GM Ted Thompson treated him and wouldn’t welcome him back after Favre’s waffling about retirement. The revenge that will motivate him Monday night is real, and Thurman knows that.

Last week on his Buffalo radio show, Thomas said revenge and anger is why he signed with the Dolphins in 2000.  Thurman said he was angry about how his Bills career ended, claming he learned of his release from the sports crawl on ESPN.  Because of that, he purposely signed with the Dolphins to “stick-it” to the Bills.  That was the reason why Thomas would don the aqua and orange.  It sounds like he regrets it now, seeing how bizarre it looked with him playing for the division rival. 

Favre may too regret the move, although Monday’s performance and the rematch in Green Bay may have something to do with that.