Let the Games Begin

The start of the season is now upon us with the hated Seattle Seahawks coming to Lambeau Field for the doubleheader game on FOX on Sunday.

In the latest NFL Power Rankings on NFL.com the Seahawks are rated No. 1 and the Packers No. 4. I guess that is about right with the Seahawks ahead of the Packers, but I think the pickers aren’t thinking enough about the Packers defense being a liability and the Packers should be a bit lower.

What's in a Name?

A comment on Cheesehead TV got me thinking about something I have thought about a lot when I have time to think, which at times is a lot and at other times not so much with my feast and famine schedule.

Out, Out, Damn G-Force

The messy divorce between the Viking mascot Ragnar and the powers-that-be had someone say the Vikings could buy the "G-Force" stuff at a cheap price to replace him. I would give them all of the stuff, including the huge G-Force flag they use when the team comes out of the gangway, for free and throw in 24 bratwursts and a case of Milwaukee's Best to sweeten the deal.

FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS, PART TROIS

THE SUBLIME:



Brett Favre About to be Introduced to Lambeau Field

I spent July 18 at the Shrine (which is what I call Lambeau Field) attending the number retiring ceremony and Packer Hall of Fame Induction of a certain Mr. Brett Lorenzo Favre and on many levels it was a perfect day.

I loved Brett Favre during his 16 years as the face of the Packers. He brought us back from the Wilderness Years and gave us something to be proud of almost every Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday of those 16 years.

He was the target of the mean barbs by Chicago Bears fans at the drop of the hat at the bar I watch the games at and I would defend him, not that it was hard to do since the Bears suck most of the time and had at one count 22 quarterbacks during Favre's record starting streak.

I am also a realist and would cringe when the Packers would play the Cowboys or the Lions on Thanksgiving since Favre had a habit of not seeing linebackers in the mid-zone and get picked off at times.

You took the good and the bad with Favre and while he had at the time the record for touchdown passes - since supplanted by a pretender named Peyton Manning and if look in the archives I explain why I call him that - and still holds the record for interceptions. Ironically, his first pass as a Packer was to himself for a loss and his last was an interception in overtime to the Giants. An ignominious start and finish to be sure. In between he was about as good as it gets and I consider me lucky to have lived during his time.