Before I even begin the short rant, allow me to pre-empt your smack talk with these short comments.
The Bears suck. They are the worst football team in the league this year…that is correct. Not even Brian Urlacher is up to snuff. They are one strong ebola virus outbreak away from a winning team.
The Pack is playing lovely football. YES YOU HEARD ME. They are playing great and Favre is going to win me $300 in the next two weeks, so when I’m at the day spa getting a salt scrub, it’s all due to him.
HOWEVER:
Considering the honesty I’ve shown here could just one…JUST ONE of you raging, blinded by the cheese Packer fans step up, take the high road and fucking admit that Brett Favre was NOT the victim of THREE GOD DAMN roughing the passer calls yesterday? I’ll give you the first one…blow to the head, and after seeing Tommy Maddox go down, I’m reminded of how hard these hits can be.
BUT THE OTHER TWO? MY GOD. One of them he was barely touched, and the other was a spectacular event of Favre basically throwing HIMSELF to the ground and then getting up and asking politely for a flag and getting it, because the officials want so desperately for their cock sucking partner to win the game that they’ll do anything to eek out a victory from the jaws of the crazily wierd Vikings.
OK. That cock sucking comment was a bit harsh.
But please. PLEASE. Restore my faith in humanity and admit it. The refs tried everything to hand Green Bay that game yesterday, even if it meant ignoring the fact that Favre could not complete a pass.
And amazingly, I still didn’t hear the commentators or the great Terry Bradshaw give ANY criticism to the great one’s play. Interesting. When he’s great, he’s great. When he’s not…just keep quiet about it.
'Tis all for naught. The Packers will not win it all this year no matter how many squirrelly calls go Favre’s way. Green Bay isn’t as good as the flashy record would suggest. They have a chance to get home field throughout the postseason which may foul my predictions, but I just don’t think Jesse will be suffering through a Packer celebration in January.
Mark my words: It’s Patriots vs. Eagles in the Super Bowl. Yes, the Patriots. Have faith, for they shall overcome.
This statement “The refs tried everything to hand Green Bay that game yesterday, even if it meant ignoring the fact that Favre could not complete a pass.” is asinine though.
NFL refs, for better or worse, have been real tight on some of the hits that QBs and WRs have been getting lately. The league is fining players for hits that would have been legit a year or so ago…
I think it has less to do with Favre, and more to do with a general league wide mentality.
There ARE certain players in every sport who get treated differently by the refs. Shaq does not get called for offensive fouls. Greg Maddux gets the benefit of outside pitches, and Bret Favre gets a little extra protection. I’m a Vikings fan, yes, but Favre completely flopped on a couple of those calls, and the refs called them because he’s Bret Favre. If someone like Ray Lucas or Shane Matthews tried to sell an obvious dive like that, they would be totally ignored by the refs.
…not to mention that Culpepper also did his best to hand the game over. That bum can’t even take a fucking snap.
Farve* is jinxed in the Metrodome. Dunno why. He did get the best line in, though, when he said, “Just sit back and watch when we’re in the playoffs,” to Hovan.
Farve also got away with some shoves to the face that would’ve been flagged if he were a lesser known player.
Oh, well. I’m pretty sure the Green Bile Pukers will even the score when the Vikes visit Lambeau.
C’est la vie. Today the sun is shining bright in Minnesota.
*Yes, I spelled it that way. I’m hooked on phonics.
You must admit to having a nasty case of cognitive dissonance though. You just filter out what doesn’t fit your worldview of the Packers.
(“And amazingly, I still didn’t hear the commentators or the great Terry Bradshaw give ANY criticism to the great one’s play. Interesting. When he’s great, he’s great. When he’s not…just keep quiet about it.”)
FTR… the color commentator in the game that I watched, mentioned several times that Favre has a tendency to force throws when the play begins to break down. He mentioned (as I’ve heard many other commentators mention) that there are “always 2 or 3 opportunities per game” that Favre will give you for a pick, because of his aggressive/foolish pass choices in tight situations.
Well I did hear those things. Im’ not sure what that has to do with your claim that commentators never offer criticism of Favre (which, of course was my point)
My POINT is that Brett Favre can do NO wrong, even when he’s twenty points behind, somehow that’s not ever Favre’s fault.
I guess it’s just my biggest Christmas wish to hear a) John Madden or maybe b) you or Hamlet or Tretiak say, “the Pack didn’t look very good yesterday”
And I’d hardly call “sometimes he hurries a pass” harsh, scathing criticism. Did anyone say “yikes, this ain’t the savior we’re used to seeing out there”? No.
The Packers are not winning the Super Bowl. They may make it there (which I still consider unlikely) but they will not win it.
Why? Because while they have a dandy record, they have a dandy record built in a division loaded with bad, bad teams.
I’ll predict a New Orleans - San Diego Super Bowl.
Side note: Even team with good records seem to have horrible and obvious flaws that in other years would doom them. But, this year it just means they are part of the crowd.
Geez Jar, you know that just ain’t true. Favre threw 3 picks…two of which were his fault alone (the other bounced off of Driver) the commentators blamed him for that. Claiming otherwise is just ignoring reality.
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Fine, Virginia.
The Pack sucked for most of the games Sunday…especially during the first quarter. Tyrone Williams blows in the secondary… (A secondary that I have criticized most of the year if read any of my posts about the Pack)…the special teams blows…still. Frank Novak should have a pound of Velveeta shoved up his urethra.
Brett Favre, had been having a pretty good year as a QB. He had a pretty typical Minnesota dome game…IOW, lame.
Do I get to see the twinkle in your eye, little girl…or does Santa need to get on his knees?
I return from lunch to find jarbaby frantically telling me to come to the pit and support her. I also have just eaten the worst Subway meatball sandwich in my life. How can you screw up a meatball sub? Bread, cheese, meatballs. Lettuce, green peppers, black olives. Straightforward. $4.46 with tax. Yet the sandwich artist was apparently too busy concentrating on what he’ll do to the mayo when no one’s watching, and as a result, I am filled with rage.
Ahem.
Culpepper is having his worst season as a pro. Even in his best game this season, he still fumbled three times and threw two picks. That being said, though, Favre was babied an incredible amount. You could have put my grandmother out there as QB for the Pack and she wouldn’t have drawn as many roughing-the-passer penalties. And after one hit, she’d have a broken hip.
Nope, if Favre sees turf, then that’s a fifteen yarder.
Now, though, the Vikings have gotten their home victory against every other team in the NFC North, and can cruise to a 3-13 record, and second in the division, baby!
