Coming out of the gas station this morning (we old guys tend to wake up early), a guy who is considerably older than I, I think his name is Methuselah, noted all of the Packers related stuff I usually wear on weekends (like, head to toe..haha) and this old guy said, "Damn it, I'm dropping $100 on a ticket and I want to see HIM (meaning #12, of course) play." I had to kind of laugh because this gentleman had to be in his mid-80's and he was really quite fired up about it. As it turns out, he's been a season ticket holder since the 40's ... so, there we stood, yapping Packers football in 15-degree weather outside of an Open Pantry. I can't believe that in the near 20 years I've been going there in the morning that I had never seen this guy before ... anyhoo... I'm casting "Charles'" vote by proxy -- play to win with your starters. Haha... hey, I've already given my proxy vote to McCarthy, because...yeah...um...you know... he called and asked my opinion {ahem}. Truthfully, I am fully in favor of parking Rodgers tomorrow - particularly against a team as schizophrenic as the Lions. I truly believe that they would "play to hurt" Rodgers ... I really and truly do. There is a big difference between playing hard and clean and knocking the opponents' QB1 out of the game. ALL defenses aim for that ... it gives you a decided edge...just like taking the opponent's Queen in a game of chess. Taking one's King is symbolic of victory but knocking out one's Queen all but guarantees victory. The flippin' Lions just can't be trusted and they won't learn until someone retaliates against Stafford.