Brett Favre. Do I need to say more?
Of course I do, but you get the point. In my opinion, he’s one of the three greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. John Elway and Joe Montana are the other two, with apologies to Dan Marino. Favre has endured a remarkable period of time for any athlete let alone QB. To hell with Cal Ripken’s playing streak, this is the Freakish one. Though he doesn’t have the same skill set he once did and hasn’t had the players around him to finish off this Canton bound career the way most of us would like to see, he still gets it done better than most in the league.
The Packers have the youngest team in the NFL for the second year in a row where the average age on their roster is 25, which makes Favre old enough to be pops to some of the younger players. In an effort to bridge the generation gap and understand some of the young bucks, Favre having his daughter download him songs on an iPod she got for him. Cute!
The offensive line is coming along nicely and Brandon Jackson has some skills at running back. It will be running back by committee for a while in Packerland but along with Greg Jennings at wide receiver, I do look for the Pack to score some points in certain games.
On the D-side of the ball, I love “Mr. Linebacker” A.J. Hawk and his hard hitting linebacker bro Nick Barnett. They were a vastly improved D in 2006 and should be even better in 2007. Unfortunately the Pack have a very difficult schedule in the beginning of the year with games against Philly, N.Y. Giants, and the Chargers.
This is a team that I see as on the rise though I don’t know if it will reach its apex with Favre as the quarterback. For now, I would sit back and just enjoy what could be possibly (I know it’s that one more drink thing) last season for #4 and relish watching a guy who will eclipse all but one of Dan Marino’s passing records this year.
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