2008 March 04 » Brats & Beer

March 4, 2008

What a day. I spent a vast majority of it reading stories and blog posts, watching ESPN and press conferences, and listening to WTMJ online. (Oh, the day job will not be pleased with my productivity.) But even after all of that, I still can’t quite get my head around the idea that Brett Favre […]

Favrepocalypse
Big thanks to Jib at The Wisconsin Sports Bar for summing up this astonishing and historic day with one beautiful and succinct word.

Some early reaction to Brett Favre’s retirement announcement from around the Packer blogosphere: Cheesehead TV simply congratulates Favre on an amazing career. My Official Green Bay Packers Blog feels like crap. Railbird Central has posted a blank image symbolic of the void Brett Favre has left.

DrBear at Packerama says to Packer fans, “welcome to the rest of your […]

Pardon my French, but the first wave of angry outburst is already happening.
Tom Silverstein has posted on the JS Packers Blog some quotes from Brett Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, who says he thinks Favre wanted to play one more season but got the idea that the Packers — Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy — didn’t […]

No, it doesn’t look like it’s a Web site snafu this time. Brett Favre has made his decision to retire from football, the Biloxi Sun Herald is reporting.
Wow, I’m pretty much speechless here. Except to say thanks to Brett for 16 wonderful years and a great last season. Good luck to him in whatever he […]

Ted Thompson so far in free agency has been sending out feelers to mostly defensive players, but it sounds like he might finally be showing some interest in the offense. The Journal Sentinel is reporting today that Green Bay has some interest in tight end Kris Wilson, most recently with the Kansas City Chiefs.
What’s interesting […]