Thursday, March 10, 2005
What about Don Majkowski?!?
I get to watch Brett Favre play football for at least one more season. I'm not particulalry a Packer fan, but I am a Favre fan. He's one of my favorite players to watch, not primarily for his skills, but for the way he approaches the game. Oddly enough, I'm impressed that he treats it like a game. Favre is one of the few players playing today who could have been transported right out of the 1950's, when players like Raymond Berry of the Colts would actually made less money in the football season than in their off-season jobs. Berry was a plumber in the off-season, and made much more money at that than he did at his "hobby" of professional football.
It's tunred into a business, all in all, probably for the better. The best of today's pro athletes realize that while they may only play their chosen sport for six months, that it's a year round occupation. If they want to play at a high level, they need to stay in shape during the off-season. Players like Favre don't need to take other jobs to make ends meet when they're not playing football, though I think a guy like Favre would be a really cool plumber, he sort of looks and acts like one.
Favre treats the game like a game. He actually looks like he's having fun. You could imagine he would play ball if he only made enough money to survive on. He's such a throwback. I realize that the game has progressed beyond drawing up plays in the dirt and executing them on the fly, but Favre could undoubtedly do that. He plays like he would enjoy that more than playing in a structured offense. That's definitely something I'd like to see.
I'd like to thing the Packers are loading up, to give Favre a last run at a title, but in this salary cap era, that's pretty unlikely. The Pack is in terrible cap shape, having trouble resigning veteran talent. They've got a top flight QB and a top flight veteran running back in Ahman Green. They both make a lot of money, leaving little money to sway high profile free agents to the little stadium in the league's smallest market. I hope they make it happen somehow. I'd hate to see Favre go out the way Len Dawson of the Chiefs went out, with a loser.
So who's the greatest QB in Packers history? Well it's obviously David Whitehurst who led the Pack to an 8-7-1 record in 1978, substituting for an injured Lynn Dickey...... Oh, who am I kidding, only two players enter into the argument: Favre and Hall of Famer Bart Starr. They're the only QB's to lead the Pack to Super Bowl victories. It's hard to compare numbers, Starr's simply don't stack up against Favre's, who played in a different era, when passing was so much more a part of the game. Starr has one more championship, though he was surrounded by some of the best teams in league history. Favre has been a winner during his entire run with Green Bay (let's forget that rookie season in Atlanta....). Starr, well he had some rough seasons at the end.
In the final analysis, I'd have to name Favre the greatest QB in Packers history. Frankly, he did more with less. Starr belongs in the hall, but if Favre doesn't make it on the first ballot, there's something wrong with the voting procedure.
The important thing is that I get the joy of watching him play for at least one more season.
BOJ
It's tunred into a business, all in all, probably for the better. The best of today's pro athletes realize that while they may only play their chosen sport for six months, that it's a year round occupation. If they want to play at a high level, they need to stay in shape during the off-season. Players like Favre don't need to take other jobs to make ends meet when they're not playing football, though I think a guy like Favre would be a really cool plumber, he sort of looks and acts like one.
Favre treats the game like a game. He actually looks like he's having fun. You could imagine he would play ball if he only made enough money to survive on. He's such a throwback. I realize that the game has progressed beyond drawing up plays in the dirt and executing them on the fly, but Favre could undoubtedly do that. He plays like he would enjoy that more than playing in a structured offense. That's definitely something I'd like to see.
I'd like to thing the Packers are loading up, to give Favre a last run at a title, but in this salary cap era, that's pretty unlikely. The Pack is in terrible cap shape, having trouble resigning veteran talent. They've got a top flight QB and a top flight veteran running back in Ahman Green. They both make a lot of money, leaving little money to sway high profile free agents to the little stadium in the league's smallest market. I hope they make it happen somehow. I'd hate to see Favre go out the way Len Dawson of the Chiefs went out, with a loser.
So who's the greatest QB in Packers history? Well it's obviously David Whitehurst who led the Pack to an 8-7-1 record in 1978, substituting for an injured Lynn Dickey...... Oh, who am I kidding, only two players enter into the argument: Favre and Hall of Famer Bart Starr. They're the only QB's to lead the Pack to Super Bowl victories. It's hard to compare numbers, Starr's simply don't stack up against Favre's, who played in a different era, when passing was so much more a part of the game. Starr has one more championship, though he was surrounded by some of the best teams in league history. Favre has been a winner during his entire run with Green Bay (let's forget that rookie season in Atlanta....). Starr, well he had some rough seasons at the end.
In the final analysis, I'd have to name Favre the greatest QB in Packers history. Frankly, he did more with less. Starr belongs in the hall, but if Favre doesn't make it on the first ballot, there's something wrong with the voting procedure.
The important thing is that I get the joy of watching him play for at least one more season.
BOJ
# posted by Blind Orange Julius @ 7:42 PM 
