This is getting ridiculous. I have to reengage. It’s like child care. Do you people realize that the the Packers lost to the Giants THREE weeks ago?! Let it go already. I forgot about it in three days. The Giants have already won the Super Bowl for cripes sakes.
I don’t want to hear about 29 yards rushing either. What does that have to do with anything? Come on, anybody who knows anything about football and the Green Bay Packers knows that the Packers are a pass first team. If they can’t pass, they sure as hell aren’t going to be able to run the ball. What part of the West Coast Offense don’t you understand?
One thing the loss to the Giants did is lay out the blueprint for how to beat the Packers. Take away the run and force Brett Favre to beat you. Ten years ago this strategy would get you beat 35-0. But with a soon-to-be 39-year old quarterback and without a running back like Ahman Green, it is the obvious way to go.
Finally, even if Favre comes back next year, there is no guarantee the Packers will be as good. Look at the Bears this year. 13-3 to 7-9 with the same team. Favre said the same himself in his last press conference. I am at looking at five years down the road. Are the Packers going to better holding back a young quarterback who can take them to same level in 2008 just to appease a legend to make a one-year run? Glad I don’t have to make that decision but if I did I would advise Brett to hang it up for the good of the team or accept a trade.
If you disagree with opinion, fine, but I have had enough of the name calling in this blog. If you want to bring intelligent conversation, then fine, but if I see the words “idiot” or “moron” again I will be extremely tempted to delete those entries. Fight nicely or don’t fight at all. I’ll shut it down in a heartbeat no skin off my back.
It is not like I will be unhappy if Favre returns, how could I be? The guy is certainly the greatest Packer ever, might not have had the success he should have had, but no Packers’ player has ever been more popular. I’m just looking down the road. Why do you think San Francisco traded Joe Montana? They couldn’t keep Steve Young on the bench any longer and were looking toward the future. I’m not saying Aaron Rodgers is another Steve Young, but Young actually looked worse in his stint in Tampa Bay than Rodgers has in his few appearances in Green Bay. In fact, Rodgers looked great against Dallas in rallying the Packers from a 17-point Brett Favre induced deficit to a near win.
If you are looking at just one year, then yeah, you want Favre back. If you are looking at 2009 or 2010, you need to get Rodgers in the game. One guy said trade Favre, I would agree, but this is Green Bay and that kind of move would be the end of Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy. Not to say the Packers are stuck with Favre, but?
This will be my last comment on this matter. You know how I feel and it is what it is.
Now, like I have with my season in review offerings I am continuing to move forward. I think the Giants’ Super Bowl win was one of the greatest games of all time and should inspire the Packers in 2008. Not only is the NFC no longer the weak sister, it might be returning to at least a level field, if maybe not the dominance it had in the 1990s. The Giants and Cowboys are excellent teams, the Packers might go into 2008 as at least the second best team in the conference and Seattle and the up-and-coming Arizona Cardinals I also expect to be in the mix. The road to the NFC Championship will much tougher next year if you ask me. And don’t forget about the Bears.
Losing to the eventual Super Champs should be an emotional lift for the Packers in the long run and I think they will certainly be one of the teams contending for the Super Bowl next year. I think they have the makings of a real good team for years to come with some improvement on defense and most importantly the offensive line.
I am looking forward to this offseason. The Packers are close to a championship and a great Ted Thompson move here and there can make the difference. Look at the Patriots, even though they lost Sunday, the addition of guys like Wes Welker and Randy Moss took them from a conference championship game loser to the Super Bowl this year and almost the greatest team of all time. I think Thompson will make the move if he thinks it will help, he did sign key players in Charles Woodson and Ryan Pickett via free agency, remember.
If you want to continue to look back at 2007, go somewhere else. I have moved on. Rip me if you must, but you have to come up with words better than “idiot” or “moron”. Trying to fake your intelligence won’t work either. Too much emotion, rub that sissy boy down with lotion.
More to come…