This rant may be a day late and a dollar short but I had to get it off my chest. If you saw Chris Mortensen on ESPN’s NFL pregame show Sunday you had to be shaking your head. Mortensen was on a mission to disrespect the Packers from the get-go and I for one wonder where this came from. A promise from the Favre camp maybe? Clearly Mortensen was not expressing a point of view, he clearly had an agenda during his segment when asked about the Packers.
At least five times Mortensen repeated the phrase “Brett Favre ruined the Packers’ season.” Then I also had the misfortune of hearing him on the ESPN’s radio version where he repeated the same phrase five more times. It wasn’t the offensive line or all the sacks Aaron Rodgers was taking, it was Brett Favre. Mortensen made it sound like the two losses to the Vikings have rendered the Packers obsolete. Unless you are a Brett Favre suck-up and/or work for ESPN you are certainly more intelligent than to make a statement like that. Clearly it was done to piss off Packers’ fans, which makes me believe the idea came from the Favre camp. Favre called the Lions last year to tip them off to the Packers’ schemes so this is right up his alley.
Favre is the Tiger Woods of football. You better be a butt-kisser or you won’t be around long. Favre made SI’s Peter King look like a fool earlier this year and looking back at that it now seems clear that he was playing him like a fiddle. The thing is, because of the publicity and the money these divas bring in it isn’t hard to find an enabler. In Favre’s case he was able to commandeer an entire network. I have hated ESPN for years because of their arrogance and manufacturing of stories and their insanely unfunny commentary during Sportscenter. They are the sports version of MSNBC, completely one-sided and will always twist the story to make their point of view the best.
Thank God the NFL gave us the NFL Network, at least we can get fair and balanced opinions and not 75 guys trying to jump each other for a scoop. Because ESPN is the only other alternative on game day and I like shows like “Around the Horn” an “PTI”, I can’t quit watching it completely, but thanks to NFL Network I have an alternative, especially on game day. I have two TVs going at all times so I do switch to whoever is talking about the Packers, which is how I caught Mortensen’s rant.
Maybe I’m wrong. Do you agree Brett Favre ruined the Packers’ season? The Vikings are obviously going to win the division but if the Packers make the playoffs I wouldn’t consider the season ruined by Brett Favre. Josh Freeman maybe, but not Butt Favre.
After watching the Ravens last night there is no reason why the Packers shouldn’t win their next three games. At home against the 49ers, at Detroit Thanksgiving Day and at home against Baltimore. The Packers have a second chance after beating the Cowboys, I hope they prove the four-letter network wrong.