Apparently, jsonline.com might be crashing because I’m unable to navigate on there. One thing of note here (especially for those like me who are desparately hoping Jay Glazer accidentally ingested acid or something and made this up), Glazer does not give a source or even cite an anonymous source. He just states that Favre apparently told the organization a few days ago that he was going to call it quits. While this may not be meaningful, I will cling to it until it is confirmed.
Now, while I’ll stop short of saying I called this because I actually didn’t, both Steve and I had grown quite suspicious of this outcome recently as Favre was taking more time to decide than he had let on earlier. If this indeed is true, I’m going to be very upset. While I’m not a cry-er, if you will, a tear may be shed at some point here. He is the Packers. He is Wisconsin. And for a Wisconsin culture that tends to prefer little change, he was the picture of stability. Ouch.
Hate to look forward, but I want to say this as I’m thinking it right now. Packer fans have been spoiled by a quarterback who for years has had a wonderfully admirable attitude on and off the field – rarely berating fellow players and being a great leader by example. Aaron Rodgers may end up being decent, but I’m calling this right now – we may tire quickly of what could be a whining tendency.
March 4, 2008 at 11:32 am |
a sad day for packer fans. would have enjoyed seeing him go out on top but the resurgence of the pack last year was exciting. i frankly wouldn’t have been proud to win that last giants game after the missed field goals. hope rodgers and company will still have fun on the field. i don’t like the whining prediction at all.
March 4, 2008 at 11:41 am |
Thanks Dan – I almost feel like apologizing for the whining crack (that was clearly just an emotionally-out-of-control misplacement, as it were, of my sadness. (Though I do worry he may whine some in reality). Anyway, I too would have had a bad feeling had Tynes missed another field goal – almost like it wasn’t quite a legit victory. I still am amazed the Giants gave Tynes a huge raise because if he they would have lost, he might have been cut.
March 4, 2008 at 1:00 pm |
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