Green Bay fans viewed Favre in a God-like fashion. (Photo by Tommcmahon.com)
In my last blog, I issued a welcome back message to Brett Favre, specially delivered from Bears nation. Much like he has inconvenienced the Bears during his Hall of Fame career, he has made my blog post completely irrelevant now that he has been traded to the New York Jets, thus ending his storied career as a member of the Green Bay Packers.
That said, I have to applaud the sheer (hmm, what's a nicer word for "balls") grit it took to make this move. They shipped away the face of their franchise - someone as iconic as Lambeau - off to NYC in an effort to look forward.
Could Lovie Smith and Jerry Angelo borrow some of this gusto? If Packers GM Ted Thompson and Head Coach Mike McCarthy could bottle and sell what it took to ship Favre away, I would personally buy some and have it shipped directly to Halas Hall. The Bears can't even decide on who is number one at several positions on their depth charts. Our number one slot at quarterback contains a "slash" - and I don't mean Kordell Stewart (although, he seems mildly intriguing right now - yikes). It contains this: "Kyle Orton/Rex Grossman". Has Lovie Smith found a new rule that allows us to play two quarterbacks? Shocking. I had never heard of this before. More on that later...
But to conclude this post, I'd like to say goodbye to "Lord Favre" who has been dubbed as a God in the State of Wisconsin and throughout the national media. The truth is that he has held a franchise hostage. I mentioned in my previous post that I respect Favre, but in the aftermath of this trade, I respect the Packers franchise even more.
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Jeremy Shermak
Jeremy Shermak has been a Chicago sports fan since Harry announced for the Sox, Wrigley bleacher tickets were $5 bucks, Soldier Field had Astroturf, the Bulls wore short-shorts, and people really care More
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