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Favre is still at the top of his game
By Brian Baldinger - SportingNews
Last week, I got steamed. The Packers were 0-4 and there was all this talk about how it might be time for Brett Favre to step aside and let Aaron Rodgers, the team's No. 1 draft choice, take over.
That is, without a doubt, the stupidest notion I've heard all year. Rodgers might be a fine player someday, but he isn't ready -- not unless you want him to go out and play like J.P. Losman. And besides, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Favre. He's as smart as ever, and his athletic skills remain superb. He's like Roger Clemens: an ageless wonder.
Favre is as good now as he was nine years ago, when the Packers won the Super Bowl. Give him the cast he had then and he'd win another ring. The only reason the Packers are in last place is because the players around him aren't as good.
Did you see Favre against the Saints on Sunday? He had emergency fill-ins in the huddle -- ReShard Lee, Donald Lee, Jamal Jones, guys whose names he was learning on the fly as they arrived from the bus stop -- and he winged it all over the field. Put almost any other quarterback back there and this team would have fallen apart. Green Bay won, 52-3.
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So the Packers are 1-4, same as they were a year ago. Favre led them back to win the NFC North then, and they're still my pick to repeat. Mostly because of Favre.
Favre has never had a losing season in Green Bay, and his passion to win pervades the team. While other clubs with early-season struggles implode (see: Vikings, Ravens), the Packers stay cohesive and positive. It doesn't hurt that new coordinator Jim Bates is molding the defense into a fine unit and that Mike Sherman is a terrific head coach. But when it's all said and done, this is Favre's team. The players reflect his professionalism and desire because they know that with him under center, they have a chance to win every week. And they will win more games than they lose.
What people need to remember is one of the best quarterbacks we've seen in our lifetime is still at the top of his game. Rodgers doesn't belong on the field. He needs to sit back and learn from the master. That will serve the Packers splendidly.
Brian Baldinger, an offensive lineman for 12 NFL seasons, can be heard on Sporting News Radio and seen on FOX Sports. Listen online at radio.sportingnews.com.
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Favre is still at the top of his game
By Brian Baldinger - SportingNews
Last week, I got steamed. The Packers were 0-4 and there was all this talk about how it might be time for Brett Favre to step aside and let Aaron Rodgers, the team's No. 1 draft choice, take over.
That is, without a doubt, the stupidest notion I've heard all year. Rodgers might be a fine player someday, but he isn't ready -- not unless you want him to go out and play like J.P. Losman. And besides, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Favre. He's as smart as ever, and his athletic skills remain superb. He's like Roger Clemens: an ageless wonder.
Favre is as good now as he was nine years ago, when the Packers won the Super Bowl. Give him the cast he had then and he'd win another ring. The only reason the Packers are in last place is because the players around him aren't as good.
Did you see Favre against the Saints on Sunday? He had emergency fill-ins in the huddle -- ReShard Lee, Donald Lee, Jamal Jones, guys whose names he was learning on the fly as they arrived from the bus stop -- and he winged it all over the field. Put almost any other quarterback back there and this team would have fallen apart. Green Bay won, 52-3.
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So the Packers are 1-4, same as they were a year ago. Favre led them back to win the NFC North then, and they're still my pick to repeat. Mostly because of Favre.
Favre has never had a losing season in Green Bay, and his passion to win pervades the team. While other clubs with early-season struggles implode (see: Vikings, Ravens), the Packers stay cohesive and positive. It doesn't hurt that new coordinator Jim Bates is molding the defense into a fine unit and that Mike Sherman is a terrific head coach. But when it's all said and done, this is Favre's team. The players reflect his professionalism and desire because they know that with him under center, they have a chance to win every week. And they will win more games than they lose.
What people need to remember is one of the best quarterbacks we've seen in our lifetime is still at the top of his game. Rodgers doesn't belong on the field. He needs to sit back and learn from the master. That will serve the Packers splendidly.
Brian Baldinger, an offensive lineman for 12 NFL seasons, can be heard on Sporting News Radio and seen on FOX Sports. Listen online at radio.sportingnews.com.
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