the fact is, favre has gone from being (perceived as) the perfect football player who doesn’t mess around and restructures contracts to fit players onto the team, etc. – to a prima donna who likes to make decisions timed in a fashion so he can get the most publicity, and would NEVER go to another training camp or OTA if he could figure out a way to get out of it.

and people who understand, even if they have no personal experience, that this is perhaps the biggest key to his failures in recent years – have lost a great deal of respect for him because of that fact alone. this includes most of the football world (players, ex-players, journalists/analysts), as well as a significant portion of nfl fans.

and i bet more than half of the vikings favre jerseys bought in wisconsin are no longer in their original physical and chemical makeup – fire will do that.

Really? His Viking jersey is the top seller in the country AND in Wisconsin. They watch his games, so spare me the condescension couched in car-wreck metaphors. People obviously still favor him, but the Favre haters are the shrillest, and get the public platform.

Let’s hope this old man/car-wreck that everyone hates doesn’t beat our collective butts this season.

favre has taken an almost untouchably respectable public record and perception, and turned nearly the entire sports world (and a little place called ‘wisconsin’) against him and his absurdity.

yes it’s obnoxious that we have to keep hearing stories about favre, but to be honest, i’ll stare at a burning car wreck as long as the next distracted driver going the other way — let’s just keep going the other way and not crash ourselves.

I’d rather discuss important issues like this woefully inadequate Packer O-line. A marked improvement is imperative or Rodgers will sustain a serious injury.