The last fifteen years or so, as I have repeatedly given my love and devotion to the Green Bay Packers while cheese (literally and figuratively) continues to ooze from my veins, one question periodically arises : do you love the Green Bay Packers or do you just love Brett Favre? Although this is usually coming from a guy in a mocking tone looking at me assuming I don’t really love football (oh he could not be more wrong), it is a valid question. One that I never thought I would have to really analyze and answer since I do not feel the two are mutually exclusive. Since I have been old enough to really be a fan, Brett has always been the Packers. He is a part of what I love. I love both. Nuff said. And now… THIS. All this CRAP. You know what I am talking about. My cheese-filled heart has been torn and conflicted and this whole Brett–Packers-return debacle. Its been really hard for me. You 
know… since its all about me of course. Whether or not after his dramatized retirement earlier this year you think he should come back and play, I think he is a much needed addition to the sport of football as his integrity, purity and talent when it comes to the game are not matched by anyone else playing today. The fact that he is hot and I want him to be my baby-daddy is not important.
So at first when all the trading talk was being tossed around, I was teeny bit tense thinking about supporting the Packers and whatever new team Brett might be playing for (along with the Texans of course) but then it was decided that I could handle that no problem. I mean shoot its not like the Aggies are going to do much this year. But now that the Packer top guys are being such shmucks about this… I mean really? A multi-million dollar marketing deal? The guy wants to play football. He doesn’t need the money. I know you were all ready to start using Aaron Rodgers and all but seriously – its Brett Favre. Its called being flexible. What’s your problem? And if you really don’t want him and you can’t figure out a trade– RELEASE him! If you don’t want him who cares who he plays for even if it is Minnesota. Oh but you don’t want him playing for Minnesota…. But you don’t want him playing for you either. You are like a BAD ex-boyfriend. The kind that will end up all alone in the end. Ugh! I am so annoyed. The only reason a trade isn't working out yet either is because they are trying to squeeze as many barter points out of his position as they can and its despicable. I mean no I do not want my Brett with the Jets – I could maybe handle the Redskins – but this is all being drawn out unnecessarily in my opinion… the Packers are just waiting for Brett to give up and take some money and walk away… but have you not watched him on the field the last fifteen years? That ‘aint going to happen. And now the NFL Commissioner has had to step in force the Packers to “let” him come to training camp. It’s just ludicrous. At least once he’s there he’ll run all over Rodgers and they will have to let him play. Mr Packer Top Dog Man, I think its sad the way you have handled this situation and disrespected Brett after all he has done for your franchise. I think this is going to come back and bite you in the butt. We Packer fans will not stand for it. You are about to make me answer this dreaded question… and you are not going to like the answer!
Sunday, August 03, 2008
One of those questions I never thought I would really have to answer
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Ruth Wilson, so many things wrong with your Brett post. Now, I fully admit I have no idea what most of your girly posts are about, but commenting on football posts is right up my ally. First, whether or not you want to admit it, you are a Brett Favre fan, not a Packers fan. First, if you you are fully prepared to support the Packers, Brett's New Team, and the Texans, I hate to tell you but you are really not a fan of any of them. Second, and I'm certainly no Packers apologist, but you fail to mention any of the other side of the story. Like how Favre has pulled his "will he or won't he?" crap for three straight years. And don't give me the "he has earned it!" argument, because so many team decisions hinge on who the QB is, and if he cared about the team, he wouldn't string them out. Or like a month after he retired, he told them he wanted to come back, they said ok, we want you back, then he changed his mind again to stay retired, then they drafted two more QB's in the draft (including a valuable 2nd rounder), then he decided again he wanted to come back. And this comment "I think he is a much needed addition to the sport of football as his integrity, purity and talent when it comes to the game are not matched by anyone else playing today." First, off, talent being unmatched today is ridiculous, he has long been the most overrated QB in the league, he loses as many games with moronic interceptions as he wins with spectacular plays. And even people who turn a blind eye to that can't honestly say he is in the top 3 or even 5 QB's in the game today (The best football I saw the Packers play last year was the 2nd half of the Cowboys game they almost came back to win when Brett was playing really well, oh wait, sorry, Aaron Rodgers was in during the second half, he led the almost comeback from Brett's horrid first half! Owned!). And as for integrity, last I checked, a player who continually holds his team hostage and refuses any blame in his current situation, who also blatantly flopped down in front of Michael Strahan to hand him the single season sack record, is not the definition of integrity in my book (and don't make me bring up the painkiller situation that he repeatedly gets a pass on. I have to listen everytime he is mentioned to how Michael Irvin was caught with cocaine, but nobody seems to remember any of this when talking about Brett). I obviously know many Favre apologists, so I certainly don't expect you to listen to a word of it, but I just can't help getting into a fun Brett Favre trash talk session! And you should just be happy that I take precious time out of my day to read you blog (Which I must admit, can be quite entertaining when not posting about make-up, completely over my head). Wow, this is less like a comment and more like a blog post, enough rambling, talk to you later!
About the 'daniel' comment - DITTO. I have been a long time supporter of Brett Favre based on my Mississippi/Southern Miss ties BUT enough is enough. And if you don't believe either of us - check out this article - it really lays out the facts. Sorry to burst your bubble hun but this guy is dragging down an entire team right now - not building them up.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-favrerodgers080508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Yea, I totally have your friends on my side, I'm awesome!!! And Jenn, I loved the article, hadn't read that one yet. Ruth, especially these comments: "Rodgers, meanwhile, has every right to be bitter about the way things went down since Favre stepped onto the tarmac at Austin Straubel Airport on Sunday night. Yet he’s the one biting his lip and acting like the adult."; " “You’ve got fans out there yelling ‘we want Brett,’ yelling A-Rod this and A-Rod that, Ted Thompson this and Ted that. That’s not looking at the grand scheme of things. It’s not helpful at all. You’ve got fans that are die-hard Brett fans, and they’ve put that above the team.” Ah, what most "Packers" fans are are simply blind Brett apologists, they care of nothing team related! And finally, "Hopefully, that maturity will start to rub off on Favre – and the fans who can’t find the grace to cope with the fact that their hero willfully abandoned them."
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