Look, I don't know what everyone thinks they're playing at with the Farve thing, but I would like to state for the record that I would gladly watch Favre quarterbacking for the Chicago Bears. Will it happen? No, because the Chicago Bears, unlike virtually every single team in NFL, refuse to admit that the quarterback is pretty much the measure of success of a football team. You can quibble with me, and say "Oh, but Sexy Rexy took them to the Super Bowl." Yes, he sure did, and then we got our asses handed to us like the bush-league dumbasses we are. Frankly, I'm a little miffed that the Bears didn't even bother to draft a quarterback. (And don't tell me how they signed some no-name after the draft. I don't care about that.) I'd at least enjoy if they gave the appearance of wanting to win, instead of looking like a group of men who simply CANNOT. admit. they. are. wrong. It's probably good Cedric Benson was as big a fuck-up as he was in the off-season, or we'd still be operating under the mantle of "Cedric Benson is the running game".
When I said the Bears were bush-league, I wasn't really referring to GW Bush, but the more I type, the more they're seeming like it. I'm not confident that they'll ever make a good decision regarding the way to build a winning football team; hence, I'm quite sure they won't deal for Favre. (Prounounced Faaav-ruuuuh.)
I feel kind of bad for Favre, which is absurd, because....well, why is it absurd? The man just wants to play some football! And he's hot! And oh wait, he's only one of the best quarterbacks of the modern era. What team wouldn't want him?
Oh yeah. His team. The team he's played for for virtually his entire career. I get it, sort of. I mean, they've got a guy that been riding the bench, who's been promised the job, and then....BAM! Brett wants to come back. No one knows if he's really a good quarterback (what happens if he loses three in a row and GB traded Favre? Is Green Bay going to experience a riot and the literal sacking of Aaron Rodgers? What do you think?), because you know, he's barely played. Here's an understatement: Favre? He was nothing if not consistent. Two hundred and seventy some games consistent. (Did I also mention that he is hot? Never underestimate hotness as being a measure of a quarterback. Brady? Hello! Manning? Not so much. Which explains his one ring. The Bears are NOT blessed with hotness.)
Maybe I'm naive, but this still seems like kind of a no-brainer to me. Everyone seems to think it's a given that Favre should NOT play again for the Packers, and I kind of think.....errr, couldn't Aaron Rodgers be out of the NFL in a year or two? He's a completely untested property. I guess what I'm saying is, how disastrous is it REALLY if Rodgers leaves after this year? I don't know the answer, but maybe it's a no brainer in the other direction, and the Pack should just say good riddance and get as much as they can for him from any team in the league that might want him. Including, god forbid, the Minnesota Vikings. That prospect does strike fear into my heart, because Favre? Adrian Peterson? Same team? No thank you very much.
The point is, it'd be such a shame for a quarterback like Favre to sit on the bench. I don't care if he turned his papers in and "retired", because did anyone think that was for sure? I mean, 100%? It seems...doubtful. I just think if the man wants to play, the man should be given a chance to play. In Chicago. Home of Sexy Rexy and that other one. The one with the beard.
The Bears will suck whether or not they have Favre. It's maybe the difference between 5-11 and 7-9. And that 7-9 comes with the indignity of seeing the hated Brett Favre playing in a Bears uniform. I'll pass. I think last season was an anomaly for him, as he had been on a steady decline. The list of consequential 38-year-old quarterbacks in the NFL is pretty short. Besides, who's he throwing to? Marty Booker? Mark Bradley? Devin "Can't Remember Receiving Routes" Hester? If a team is already good and needs a functional quarterback to put them over the top (the Vikings), Favre's a good pickup. Otherwise, why bother?
Posted by: Tim | August 01, 2008 at 09:13 AM
Nah, Packer fans only riot in Chicago. Or Minneapolis.
Posted by: frog | August 03, 2008 at 08:59 AM
Nah, Packer fans only riot in Chicago. Or Minneapolis.
Posted by: frog | August 03, 2008 at 08:59 AM