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August 7, 2008

It is slowly sinking in that the past four or five weeks of uncertainty and unrest are finally coming to a close. Brett Favre is being traded to the New York Jets and we can get back to concentrating on Packers football without the distraction of this off-the-field drama. Am I happy that No. 4 […]

August 6, 2008

It looks like Ari Fleischer the Green Bay Packers have tabbed Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver for the job being their mouthpiece in the press. He has a pretty interesting column full of juicy details from Mike McCarthy’s extended conversation with Brett Favre Monday night and Tuesday morning. According to Silver:

It was MM who convinced Favre […]

I’m still working my way though this ennui over how the Brett Favre affair has gone down, and it won’t be helped at all by seeing him suit up in another team’s uniform, especially those loathsome Buccaneers. But one thing that might shake me out of my funk and get my blood boiling will be […]

Upon landing in Hattiesburg today, Brett Favre spoke to the Hattiesburg American and gave them the following quote:
On their part, they obviously had taken the stance that at some point in the offseason that they were going to move on, and that’s OK. But they sort of changed that stance a little bit when I […]

It looks like we’ve finally come to a resolution, and while it is a relief it isn’t a particularly satisfying end. In fact, it’s pretty crappy when you think about it.
The first time around with Brett Favre leaving Green Bay it was bittersweet seeing him go out — on his own terms and riding high […]

August 5, 2008

The latest from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen: Brett Favre now thinks, “this probably isn’t going to work.”
Mike and I both agreed last night that me being out there is a distraction and will continue to be a distraction. We all know the reason I’m here is because the commissioner [Roger Goodell] reinstated me so we have […]

Nice try Peter King.
Your attempt to write a whole column today without mentioning Brett Favre was a brilliant success, except for the part where you mentioned Brett Favre like fifty times. But that was hardly the worst part of your column today, because no one in their right mind took that headline seriously. We all […]

August 4, 2008

The story has been buzzing around the Internet that the Green Bay Packers have hired former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer as a PR consultant, and judging from Mike McCarthy’s press conference after last night’s scrimmage it sounds like the coach is already taking some pointers to heart. The tortured language certainly makes it […]

August 3, 2008

With Brett Favre’s airplane hurtling closer to Green Bay, the crowd at Lambeau Field for the Family Night scrimmage had to be moved indoors as a thunderstorm moved into the area. Coincidence?

The immovable object known as Ted Thompson proved no match for the irresistable force of Brett Favre. According to a statement released today by the Green Bay Packers, “Brett will be in camp tomorrow … Coach McCarthy will talk to the team and the quarterbacks about the plan moving forward, and after he has done […]