Now that the Packers, under pressure from the commissioner, gave in to the crybaby from Mississippi, the very least they can do is trade Aaron Rodgers or give him his outright release. We all know that any quarterback competition doesn’t exist because if Brett Favre is on the roster he is the starter, the fans won’t settle for anything less, and apparently they run the team.
The Packers should try to get something for Rodgers but if they can’t they should let him go no latter than the end of this week. Rodgers deserves that after being told he was the starting quarterback and then having the rug pulled out from under him by a prima donna player he once called a friend. The Packers can start over next year with Brian Brohm and hope for the best.
One thing is sure, teams with quarterback competitions/controversies usually win about three games a season. Look to Chicago for proof. If the Packers were to hold a true competition neither quarterback would be ready for opening day, and since the 2008 season is already shot, you might as well start working on 2009. Get a draft pick and coach the hell out of Brohm, because unlike Rodgers, he won’t have three years to learn the offense. My guess is he has about five games if Favre is quarterback. No way a 39-year old player who skipped all offseason workouts and team activities lasts a full year without getting hurt.
If Favre does stay healthy, you know what you will get. Possibly a playoff berth but like the last ten years, huge disappointment in the postseason and more likely than not, another Favre blunder that crushes Packers’ fans. At least now the Packers have a built-in excuse for failure – they have Brett Favre. The only quarterback in history who fails year after year and still keeps his job. Simply an amazing feat for any athlete and only possible in backwoods Green Bay.
Since the Packers are likely headed toward the cellar, I can’t imagine my writing very many more entries this year. No sense beating a dead horse. If anything positive happens in the next few weeks I’ll chime in, but it will take something big to replace the negative feelings that the month of July has laid upon the Packers. With four preseason games ahead, I can’t even think of what that could possibly be. The emergence of Brandon Jackson? Josh Sitton possibly starting at guard as a rookie? The continued improvement of Johnny Jolly? Might be a few I guess, but none the less it will all be overshadowed by the shadow of one Brett Lorenzo Favre. And Favre wouldn’t have it any other way.