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Last night I worked on the laptop with the HOF Game on. Sure, it was bad, sloppy football played by guys who won’t make the team. But it felt so good to hear the crunch of pads and helmets, and Madden’s inane banter.
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So Farve is reporting today to camp at 12 PM. Part of me secretly suspects that even John Madden is sick of hearing Farve’s name. I’ve got no pity for #4. The Packers drafted Rodgers a few years back when Farved hinted that he’d retire. They draft two more QB’s this year. They’ve got a salary cap to contend with. I can’t believe that Farve dares refuse any trade. No one is bigger his community. Not even a gunslinger who has only won three playoff games in eleven years.
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Still doing the MMA thing. I just discovered that my workout partner, Will McCollough, was the subject of a documentary that featured some of his cage fighters. I just subscribed to Netflixs so I can get my hands on “Blood, Sweat, and Teeth.” You never see this old man in the Octagon, but I’m having a good time learning a new sport.
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My boss, Derek, has himself some of that there Olympic fever. Read about it here.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
i don’t pity favre, but i completely see where’s he’s coming from. we all might think we’d like to retire before 40, but i know i’d go nuts. i only know the exhaustion of the end of a high school basketball season. i understand wondering if it will be worth it to go through it all again. if it’s like that for hs bball, i can only imagine nfl an nfl season.
also, if we’re speaking in terms of community, it isn’t one player who has only won three playoff games in eleven years. one of favre’s biggest complaints is gb’s lack of aggressiveness in bringing in players to win.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
one more thing. emotional players aren’t just emotional on the field. it’s no wonder favre’s retirement is an up and down roller coaster. it’s how he plays and it seems like it’s how he lives.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I hear you, Danny.
But there was a window where it was okay for Farve to unretire… and that was before the Packers drafted two more QB’s.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
you’re not the only one who watched the sloppy pre-season game last night. I heard Colin Cowherd today saying that the game got somewhere around a 5.0 rating. this country loves its football.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
that’s true.