Favre's sanity officially has jumped the shark.

Unfortunately they didn't have a pic of him bitching out his receivers or an official.

 

football is always better with at least a foot of snow on the ground. It's one reason why the Grey Cup almost always trumps the Super Bowl. The elements add a whole new dimension to the game.

 

There was a play in the second half last night when the Packers ran a draw, nutlessly, on third-and-goal inside the Seahawks 20. Gain of 1 or 2 yards, send in the kicker.

The old Favre-led Packers would never have done this.

 

Favre didn't call the play, Lee. I get what you are saying – the coach would have more confidence in the old (or young) Favre – but it's not true. I thought it was a smart play. The Packers were driving most of the game. McCarthy and Jags had to figure they'd be back in the Red Zone soon. Take the points on the road, especially with a D that forces four first-half turnovers.

If McCarhy would have known a collapse was coming, maybe he would have gone for it on third and fourth down. No way of predicting that second half.

 

I hope someone got a good picture last night of Favre standing about five feet away from the referee, just glaring at him as yet another penalty was being called against Green Bay. For a second I actually thought Favre was gonna go after him.

 

I understand what you're saying. I don't like the call. Matter of opinion.

Favre (and the '90s Packers) didn't build a reputation by settling for field goals in the third quarter of tight games. And Green Bay had already had a field goal inside 30 yards blocked.

 

He never blamed anyone but himself for losses.

No one else.

 

When did he do that?

He was the height of class.

Even his one blowup, after a daytime home loss to the Colts in his final season, wasn't big-timing anyone.

It was an emotional "how do you think it feels" blurt.

BTW, I have no problem when a player does say you never played the game.

It is an integral element in the palette of life experience that a reporter does not have in covering a beat.

 

So what gives a player the expertise to say anything about the writing? He never "wrote" the game. He doesn't have that "palette of life experience."

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Experiencing something -- and writing about it -- are two different things. You can't get the experience by reading about it, so if a writer does have experience he can't pass it on anyway. Which means it's irrelevant to the writing.

A player is there to do the playing. A writer is there to do the writing -- two different jobs, two different experiences.

 

I player can certainly read.

I can only imagine the stupidity players have to endure in columns day in and day out in our profession.

I mean, when writers say a player has no heart.... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Asshats.

 

It was definitely the Jimmy Johnson era, one of the last two years. I vividly remember watching the press conference lowlights on SportsCenter.

And sorry but I have a huge problem when a player pulls the "never played the game" bullshit. It's just another way of saying I'm better than you and you can't possibly understand what I go thru. I'll love it when someone retorts "And you've never filed on deadline so just answer the fucking question."