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Three teams have been very happy to see Brett Favre leave. I strongly suspect the Vikings will make it a perfect 4 for 4. (no pun intended). Seriously....I don't see how anybody can make a legitimate argument that Ted Thompson didn't do the right thing by going with Aaron Rodgers in 2008...

I'd be angry and I'd probably say and do some things that I'd regret later. Now I'm going to ask you to look at it from a different point of view. You're an employer, and you have an employee who has worked for the company for a long time and done a lot of good things for it. But for...

Last year, I coached a team of 11 year olds. There were several good players on the team but one guy was exceptional.....I called him OJ. Super-fast and elusive with good football instincts. But I couldn't get him to come to practice. His Dad worked odd hours and they lived kind of far...

You are paid to to a job. His job was to be QB of the Packers. Part of that job is to be part of a team. Teams work together and practice together. It's nonsensical, IMO, to try to conduct team activities without your starting QB and team leader. If you're not willing to participate...

Surprisingly, Hauschild, you've actually made some very astute observations here. But I've bolded the points where I think you've erred and corrected them below. OK. #1. Favre actually did quit. It's called retirement, and it happened on March 4, 2008. What Favre wanted was to skip...

The last athlete I idolized was Willie Mays when I was 10. I've never really understood how grown adults can idolize a multi-millionaire jock who doesn't know them from Adam or care about them at all. I've never understood the cult-like following Favre has. He was a phenomenal player in the...

If you think Favre is a legend, American or otherwise, that's your prerogative. To assert it as a fact is not your prerogative. He's not a legend to me and I know he's not a legend to others. It's an opinion, not a fact. According to recent JSO polls, over 50% of Packer fans can't stand...

So, are you hoping that Brett helps the Vikings beat the Packers this year? Because over at footballsfuture.com you clearly said that you did hope that Favre would help the Vikings beat the Packers twice. Would you like me to post the link to that? I think that you confuse passion with...

You keep saying this. And you keep forgetting to add: for the express purpose of getting revenge against the TT, the Packers, the organization, and the fans. So when you put that entire statement together, it would read like this See, it makes a difference when you tell the ENTIRE truth...

Yes, because Brett Favre was responsible for our 14-3 record, but he wasn't responsible for our 4-12 record in 2005. That was the team's fault. With a trip to the Super Bowl on the line and the game tied in overtime, the entire offense did their job except for one guy.....the same guy who's...

People.....we're talking about our THIRD STRING quarterback here. I know that "fan" is short for "fanatic" and I'm certainly as obsessed about the Packers as anybody, but if the fate our of season hinges on who our third string QB is then we're in trouble. If Rodgers were to go down for any...

A Few General Thoughts Cutdown day is a hard day and it's one of the days that a GM's acumen makes a difference. TT has made mistakes in the past....like releasing our punter and signing Frost last year...and let's hope he didn't make any today. 1) Tyrell Sutton. A lot of us liked him but...

When you factor in his two sacks, he average about 6.5 yards/dropback.....in contrast to APs 10.5 yards/carry. Although statistically Favre throws a little more than 1 interception/game, he threw none against Houston so you can pretty much count on that evening out with a multi-pick effort...

Hysterical blather. Curley Lambeau. Vince Lombardi. Don Hutson. All great, great figures in the history of this franchise. Hutson set record that stood for a half century and is still the only player to lead the league in scoring seven times. Starr. Nitschke. Willie Davis. First...

And OJ Simpson will go down in history as a Buffalo Bill. What's your point? That Brett Favre played for the Packers? I concede that point to you. He'll go down in history as the most polarizing player in Packer history, too. And the NFL's all time TD pass leader. And the NFL's all...