OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[Zool]

What is happening tomorrow?

Isn't there a retirement thing tomorrow?

[pbmax]

I already did, which is why I referred to "those who entertain us", and not just "athletes" or "football players". My pet peeve for years has been the various awards programs where those in the music and movie industries fall all over themselves, and the media acts as if it is something really, really important. They become very full of themselves, and we are to blame for it much of the time.

That is well and good, but I would like to include those who are famous for one thing (perhaps very well accomplished in certain areas) and now want to use that fame platform to tell us about things for which they have no special knowledge. Not just actors and the like, but every pundit, self-help book writer, ex-CEO and armchair psychologist on the continent.

[pbmax]

This contains multitudes:

JS Comments ‏@JSComments 44m44 minutes ago
It's too bad the Packere don't have a leader like Favre today or they'd have won a few more Super Bowls

[pbmax]

That is well and good, but I would like to include those who are famous for one thing (perhaps very well accomplished in certain areas) and now want to use that fame platform to tell us about things for which they have no special knowledge. Not just actors and the like, but every pundit, self-help book writer, ex-CEO and armchair psychologist on the continent.

Columnists too.

[Bossman641]

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/07/15/brett-favre-packers-divorce-number-retired-nfl/

King with a lot of insight on the summer of 2008, among them that Favre wanted to play for the Bears


A couple of months later I was washing my dog in my New Jersey driveway (true story) when my cell rang. It was Favre. I put down the soap and hose and talked to him. He said he was having second thoughts. Lots of them. He said he still wanted to play. He said he was thinking of asking for his release so he could play somewhere else. Chicago or Minnesota, maybe.


On the Saturday before the Packers were due at training camp, I visited Favre at his home outside Hattiesburg, Miss. He and wife Deanna were there, and agent Bus Cook. We went to dinner with some relatives, then back to the house on his 465-acre spread. That day, Thompson asked Favre for a list of teams he’d agree to be traded to. Favre wouldn’t give him one. If Favre couldn’t go to Minnesota or Chicago, his preference was to force Thompson’s hand, and come back to play quarterback for the Packers.


But Favre wanted to play for the Vikings, or possibly the Bears. Both needed passers. Next option: the Packers.

Two or three times that night, well into the evening, I told him Thompson wouldn’t bend. The GM would get killed in Wisconsin if he handed Brett Favre to an archrival. Favre knew, but he had trouble accepting.

“Ted told me, ‘Aaron’s our starter,’ ” Favre said at one point. “I asked if I could compete for the job. He said, ‘That is not an option.’ He said, ‘Coming up there obviously is not good. Things have changed. We’ve moved on.’ He basically said, ‘You’re not going to play here.’ ”

I flew to Green Bay the next day. Thompson reiterated there’d be no release. Favre, that night, texted me thusly: “Tell Ted to release me.” I don’t recall what I said, but it was something like, Not happening.

[pbmax]

I don't know what is worse, Home Run Derby or the ESPY's, but at least the ESPY's give us this kinda stuff:

Aaron Rodgers
‏@AaronRodgers12
Great night at the @ESPYS
Congrats to all the winners tonight on and off the stage. @ussoccer_wnt @StephenCurry30

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKAWqEtVAAABhb0.jpg

[Joemailman]

I don't know what is worse, Home Run Derby or the ESPY's, but at least the ESPY's give us this kinda stuff:

Aaron Rodgers
‏@AaronRodgers12
Great night at the @ESPYS
Congrats to all the winners tonight on and off the stage. @ussoccer_wnt @StephenCurry30

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKAWqEtVAAABhb0.jpg

Favre wearing a tie and Rodgers not. WTF?

[Pugger]

Isn't there a retirement thing tomorrow?

I believe it is on Saturday.

[Pugger]

I don't know what is worse, Home Run Derby or the ESPY's, but at least the ESPY's give us this kinda stuff:

Aaron Rodgers
‏@AaronRodgers12
Great night at the @ESPYS
Congrats to all the winners tonight on and off the stage. @ussoccer_wnt @StephenCurry30

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKAWqEtVAAABhb0.jpg


I like this picture. :pack:

[pbmax]

We are nearly down to lone Japanese sailors on abandoned islands at this point.

JS Comments ‏@JSComments 20m20 minutes ago
Brett Favre = Trent Dilfer. A Super Bowl ring apiece.

[Guiness]

Count me among those who gives zero shits about this, one way or the other.

The awards shows are so smug and banal. I can't remember the last time I watched one and couldn't tell you who won what award. Best Picture? I lost interest after Saving Private Ryan lost to some period rom-con.

I guess I'm just a curmudgeon anymore. Victor David Hansons Confessions of a Cultural Dropout isn't too far off. Pardon me while I yell at some kids on the front lawn.........

Couldn't remember who actually won it that year, turns out it was Shakespeare in love...good movie, but best picture? Dunno about that. Anyways, I stopped paying attention a little earlier, when Gump won over Pulp Fiction.

[Guiness]

Just a big old smh with the Bears thing. How mad did he have to be at that time to want to do that. Did it really not get through to him how the Packer fans were going to feel about it? Did he not care?

[pbmax]

The award for Best Picture is a good example of using some mathematical modeling to get a better result.

It used to be (unsure of date of cutoff) that the winner was the highest vote total, no matter whether it was plurality or majority.

They change it to instant runoff (http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/academy-awards-best-picture-instant-runoff/) and got much better results in years where opinion is very divided.

Changed in 2009.

[pbmax]

JS Comments ‏@JSComments 4m4 minutes ago
There's only one QB that has the heart and will of champion like Favre and that's Russell Wilson

I hate July.

JS Comments ‏@JSComments 6m6 minutes ago
Women are replaceable, the Packers are not.

[Freak Out]

lol.

[mraynrand]

The award for Best Picture is a good example of using some mathematical modeling to get a better result.

It used to be (unsure of date of cutoff) that the winner was the highest vote total, no matter whether it was plurality or majority.

They change it to instant runoff (http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/academy-awards-best-picture-instant-runoff/) and got much better results in years where opinion is very divided.

Changed in 2009.

I'm 0/8 in seeing the top 8 movies!

[Freak Out]

Has Mobb checked in yet?

[Pugger]

JS Comments ‏@JSComments 4m4 minutes ago
There's only one QB that has the heart and will of champion like Favre and that's Russell Wilson

I hate July.

JS Comments ‏@JSComments 6m6 minutes ago
Women are replaceable, the Packers are not.

No we're not. ;-)

[mraynrand]

No we're not. ;-)

not on Packerrats, for sure! :-)

[pbmax]

M1 is turning into my grandfather.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKKSWVJUcAAvnIh.png

[pbmax]

Just off camera, Chilly has the SUV gassed up and ready to go.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKKFTfMUMAA5kEE.jpg

[pbmax]

dp

[esoxx]

M1 is turning into my grandfather.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKKSWVJUcAAvnIh.png

Why is Craig Stadler in town? Had no idea they were friends.

[call_me_ishmael]

They must be getting way more traffic than expected because the live stream is an epic fail. Constantly freezing up.

[Rutnstrut]

They must be getting way more traffic than expected because the live stream is an epic fail. Constantly freezing up.

The wi channels on tv are glitchy as well. The NFL network coverage sucks as they are behind and continually cuts away and talks.

[pbmax]

Ah, the mid-90's. Awkward was the norm


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKPoMRkVEAAEvIz.jpg

[pbmax]

Ed Werder @Edwerderespn

.@Favre4Official talked to #Packers GM Ted Thompson, told me, "I had a chance to meet with Ted. We didn’t need last night to be OK."

[GrnBay007]

I thought the induction ceremony was very nice. Enjoyed listening to stories from players/coaches. Favre was, IMO, very humble. Thanked a huge amount of people in the Packer organization, all by name, right down to the maintenance crew. The 67,000 + fans that bought tickets to sit in Lambeau field and watch the induction on the screen was a testimony that most fans forgave and forgot and showed up to celebrate what Favre did to help resurrect the organization.

Looking forward to going to the Legends game tomorrow in Madison and seeing some oldies and goodies....Dorsey Levens, William Henderson, Andre Rison, Antonio Freeman, Javon Walker, Mark Chmura, Al Harris, Gilbert Brown and more. I wish they could play the game at Lambeau, but how perfect for me....Camp Randall was the first time I saw Favre play at a preseason game and will be the last time I see him play. My daughter made some awesome t-shirts for us to wear! :)

[Joemailman]

I thought the induction ceremony was very nice. Enjoyed listening to stories from players/coaches. Favre was, IMO, very humble. Thanked a huge amount of people in the Packer organization, all by name, right down to the maintenance crew. The 67,000 + fans that bought tickets to sit in Lambeau field and watch the induction on the screen was a testimony that most fans forgave and forgot and showed up to celebrate what Favre did to help resurrect the organization.

Looking forward to going to the Legends game tomorrow in Madison and seeing some oldies and goodies....Dorsey Levens, William Henderson, Andre Rison, Antonio Freeman, Javon Walker, Mark Chmura, Al Harris, Gilbert Brown and more. I wish they could play the game at Lambeau, but how perfect for me....Camp Randall was the first time I saw Favre play at a preseason game and will be the last time I see him play. My daughter made some awesome t-shirts for us to wear! :)

Nice to hear from you! I thought Favre did a good job of reminding everyone why for years fans felt such a connection with him. I thought Holmgren was great. I was at the last Milwaukee game, and never tire of hearing him or Favre talk about it.

Some people don't like Favre, and that's just the way it is. But I think he and the Packers organization have done a good job of repairing things to where the terrible summer of 2008 doesn't dictate the relationship between Favre and the Packers.

[mraynrand]

Ah, the mid-90's. Awkward was the norm


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKPoMRkVEAAEvIz.jpg

Ahh, the Bert haircut - that's a classic bowl cut:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0572/8993/products/6190-135534-2_large.jpeg?v=1406822097

[mraynrand]

I thought the induction ceremony was very nice. Enjoyed listening to stories from players/coaches. Favre was, IMO, very humble. Thanked a huge amount of people in the Packer organization, all by name, right down to the maintenance crew. The 67,000 + fans that bought tickets to sit in Lambeau field and watch the induction on the screen was a testimony that most fans forgave and forgot and showed up to celebrate what Favre did to help resurrect the organization.

Looking forward to going to the Legends game tomorrow in Madison and seeing some oldies and goodies....Dorsey Levens, William Henderson, Andre Rison, Antonio Freeman, Javon Walker, Mark Chmura, Al Harris, Gilbert Brown and more. I wish they could play the game at Lambeau, but how perfect for me....Camp Randall was the first time I saw Favre play at a preseason game and will be the last time I see him play. My daughter made some awesome t-shirts for us to wear! :)


Holy crap, you're still alive! I only watched Holmgren and that 'interview' in the stadium so far. Seemed pretty nice, but the 'interview' was kinda strange. Having Greta out there would have been a nice touch.

Next year, big party down in Canton.

[Joemailman]

That picture with Greta made me cringe a little bit. Favre's interview with her was one of the really low points of 2008.

[red]

i guess this was the proper amount of time

i was furious at him when he went to the queens, but last night i was tearing up and laughing and smiling through the whole thing,

welcome home brett

[pbmax]

That picture with Greta made me cringe a little bit. Favre's interview with her was one of the really low points of 2008.

Yeah, she was on the field with the family to during the public event in the Stadium. Weird. But so was Bus Cook.

Saw Winters intro, liked that a lot, but thought the highlight reel was missing some of his best plays. They had Kittrick Taylor and Sharpe in the Lions playoff game, but missed some others. With two public events, they probably had to be careful, but the only other highlight I loved and didn't expect was the TD to Ahman Green off a bootleg where the DE had caught and was sacking Brett, so he tossed an underhanded shovel pass to him.

Saw only beginning of Favre's speech, had to drive home, but I'm fine with that. Don't want to spend a day parsing what was said, Twitter was headed down that road until Werder spoke to Favre about Ted. Just glad its not going to be a Bradshaw situation.

And welcome back 007!

[Iron Mike]

i was furious at him when he went to the queens, but last night i was tearing up and laughing and smiling through the whole thing,


Yeah, I was, too......guess I'll have to blame Deanna for everything now.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--VxuLmVwn--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/18j5i0f7baczujpg.jpg

Anybody else notice how smug she looked during the ceremony?? Or, how the camera seemed to continually land on TT, when he was conspicuously absent from Favre's Thank-a-thon???

[Iron Mike]

http://media.jsonline.com/images/28007144_FRANKBRETT(1).JPG

Wonder how long it took to grab Chewy and head ever to Shenanigans to hit on some chicks. Too soon??

Madtown, explain to the crew what "black panocha" means.....

[Iron Mike]

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Andy Reid's kinda pissed there's no buffet line....

[Iron Mike]

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Wonder if he stopped at Applebee's on the way outta town....

[CaptainD]

Some false info going out this morning regarding Favre and TT, first this tweet from Favre about TT : @Favre4Official talked to #Packers GM Ted Thompson, told me, "I had a chance to meet with Ted. We didn't need last night to be OK."

He did mention TT in his speech while talking about his family... when discussing his family IE mother in law he said and I quote " she tries to play a great GM like Ron Wolf and Ted sometimes" end quote so all that talk is people trying to stir the pot.



Not a big Favre fan by any means but the media isn't giving the best coverage today IMHO.

[Patler]

The best thing about the event is that it happened. It's done and over with. No one needs to discuss the when and how a reconciliation will occur. The past seven years can be filed away in history, where they belong.

Things change so rapidly in sports. Many Packer fans 15 years old and younger have little memory of Favre as a Packer, and have no emotional feeling about him one way or another. Their attachment is to Aaron Rodgers. Hopefully, one is a budding QB who, by 2030 or so, will have helped us file away in history our memories of AR.

[pbmax]

[I
Madtown, explain to the crew what "black panocha" means.....

Was that the audible he was talking about that Holmgren banned and Verba didn't get?

[pbmax]

Bryce Paup is at the game:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKTbMJGWUAAjZXo.jpg:large

[pbmax]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKTbAi8XAAAnIiE.jpg:large

[pbmax]

Favre's brother with Winters. Is that Eugene Robinson in the background?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKTbWplUsAAP8F4.jpg:large

[pbmax]

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Wonder if he stopped at Applebee's on the way outta town....

I swear he stopped by my house to sell insurance to me last week.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Can't they get Sharper out on work release or something to attend this?

[pbmax]

Now I feel bad. I would have gone to see Al.

Or Chuck.

Weston Hodkiewicz ‏@WesHod 4m4 minutes ago
Al Harris, minus his dreadlocks, with an interception of Donovan McNabb

[red]

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Andy Reid's kinda pissed there's no buffet line....

WHO YOU CALLING FAT ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

best story of the night

[HarveyWallbangers]

Doesn't look like there's anybody at the game.

[GrnBay007]

Doesn't look like there's anybody at the game.

It was a lot of fun! Both teams put on a good show and both were entertaining with some goofball stuff. Both end zones were empty and that was the background for those pics. The Packer side was full and the other side was probably 1/2, 3/4 full. The article about the game said something like 22,400 there. Fun day!

[GrnBay007]

The only complaint I had was that they didn't have a program with a list of players.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The only complaint I had was that they didn't have a program with a list of players.

I guess players were added and canceling up to the last minute so they couldn't do a program. Fortunately I watched a video recap of event and can recall complete list as I have a pornographic memory:

FAVRE'S LEGENDS TEAM
QUARTERBACKS
Brett Favre
Craig Nall
RUNNINGBACKS
Dorsey Levens
William Henderson
Darrell Thompson
WIDE RECEIVERS
Andre Rison
Antonio Freeman
James Lofton
Javon Walker
TIGHT ENDS
Mark Chmura
OFFENSIVE LINE
Bruce Wilkerson
Earl Dotson
Frank Winters
Guy McIntyre
Mark Tauscher
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Al Harris
Doug Evans
Eugene Robinson
Nick Collins
Pat Lee
Craig Newsome
LINEBACKERS
Bryce Paup
Nick Barnett
DEFENSIVE LINE
Blaise Winter
Gilbert Brown
Steve Warren
Shannon Clavelle

------------------------------------------------
NFL ALL STAR TEAM
QUARTERBACKS
Donovan McNabb
Sage Rosenfels
RUNNINGBACKS
Roger Craig
Ron Dayne
Reuben Droughns
WIDE RECEIVERS
Anthony Carter
Derrick Mason
Torry Holt
Willie Gault
TIGHT ENDS
Byron Chamberlain
Steve Jordan
OFFENSIVE LINE
Bubba Paris
Mark Schlereth
Matt Birk
Will Shields
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Bennie Blades
Jason Suttle
Robert Griffith
Dexter Jackson
Carl Lee
Donnell Woolford
LINEBACKERS
Pete Bercich
Chad Brown
DEFENSIVE LINE
Henry Thomas
LaRoi Glover
Simeon Rice
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
ATHLETE
Kenny Mayne

Quite the pickup game.

[Harlan Huckleby]

ps. Can you identify which of those players on the NFL ALL STARS spent time on Vikings without looking it up?

Rainman level: were any of them Favre's Jets teammates?

[theeaterofshades]

How do Sage Rosenfels and NFL All Star Team appear in close proximity? Is this one of the ACT find the Antonym type questions?

[Freak Out]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_hi7gOjE0

[Pugger]

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Wonder if he stopped at Applebee's on the way outta town....

Man, his son is a spitting image!

I have no issues with Longwell. He did want to retire as a Packer after all. :-)

[Harlan Huckleby]

Former Vikings

Donovan McNabb
Sage Rosenfels
Roger Craig
Anthony Carter
Byron Chamberlain
Steve Jordan
Matt Birk
Robert Griffith
Carl Lee
Pete Bercich
Henry Thomas

[Joemailman]

Former Vikings

Donovan McNabb
Sage Rosenfels
Roger Craig
Anthony Carter
Byron Chamberlain
Steve Jordan
Matt Birk
Robert Griffith
Carl Lee
Pete Bercich
Henry Thomas

What? No Chris Hovan?

[Rastak]

The only complaint I had was that they didn't have a program with a list of players.


Long time no see 007.

[pbmax]

Lavendar.

[KYPack]

The only complaint I had was that they didn't have a program with a list of players.

I second Ras.

C'mon back home, baby girl!

[MadtownPacker]

Good to see you back 007! You came home like #4 did!

Look you even brought that dirty bitch Harlan out of his Moms basement.

[GrnBay007]

I second Ras.

C'mon back home, baby girl!

Yeah, it was time....me and 4 haha

Thanks guys!

Suddenly missed this place :-)

[GrnBay007]

Good to see you back 007! You came home like #4 did!

Look you even brought that dirty bitch Harlan out of his Moms basement.

U2 Mad!

Dang, I missed the special way you have of wording things!

Looks like my banner thingy needs to be updated buddy! lol

[bobblehead]

Please feel free to add. Also to correct money line bets as I don't actually know how they work.

Let me give you one tip before you end up more bankrupt than Colin Kapenick in ten years.

The + side of the action has to be smaller than the - side.

[MadtownPacker]

U2 Mad!

Dang, I missed the special way you have of wording things!

Looks like my banner thingy needs to be updated buddy! lol
Devante Adams!!!

[Harlan Huckleby]

Good to see you back 007! You came home like #4 did!

Look you even brought that dirty bitch Harlan out of his Moms basement.

You're mostly a recluse yourself, El Chapo

[RashanGary]

You're mostly a recluse yourself, El Chapo

We're all reclusive now-a-days.

[KYPack]

We're all reclusive now-a-days.

It must be "Old Home Week"!

[Pugger]

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[mraynrand]

U2 Mad!

Dang, I missed the special way you have of wording things!

Looks like my banner thingy needs to be updated buddy! lol


http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/images/sigs/jjgold.jpg

Oh no it doesn't.

So, what's the over-under on this Thursday's game and festivities drawing out the BFFFs? Mobb, 007, maybe even MJ Ziggy and others. Give it a couple more days I suspect, maybe day-of?

[mraynrand]

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Is that Elliott Wolf on the right?

[gbgary]

will be in the kitchen eating left-overs at halftime. i'll come out if/when i hear bart starr's name.

[Fritz]

Is that Elliott Wolf on the right?


And the guy on the far left with his back turned to the camera - did somebody pee on his back?

[Patler]

And the guy on the far left with his back turned to the camera - did somebody pee on his back?

Looks a bit like Jerry Kramer from the back.

[Freak Out]

LORD FAVRE!

[mraynrand]

Where is Scott Campbell and Woodbuck, that crazy old bastard!

[Scott Campbell]

I've been extremely busy writing Bert's induction speech. Here is my first draft:

"Good evening friends, family and Ted.

In 1992, Ron Wolf traded....me, me me me me me me, me me me me me me me me me. Me me me me me more me me me, me me me me me me me me me. Me me me me me me me me me me, me me me tractor me me me me me me. Me me me me me me me me me me, me me me tractor me me me me me me. Me me me me me me me me me me, me me me MVP me me me me me me. Me me me me me me me me me me, me me me Frankie me me me me me me. Me me me Bart me me me me me me me, me me me Kiln me me me me me me. Me me me me me me me me me me, me me me Crocs me me me me me me. Me me me me me me me me me me, me me me Strahan me me me me me me. Me me me texting me me me me me me, me me me Superbowl me me me me me me.

In closing, no one could be more humble or gracious about receiving this tremendous honor you bestow upon me today.

Thank you, and go Bears!

Hahaha - just kidding, Aaron."

[mraynrand]

LOL. His 'speech' at the packer HOF induction was interminable and awful. Hopefully they dictated a strict word limit for tomorrow or half time could last a couple of hours.


For the record, his HOF speech was basically a thank you laundry list for every single human in recorded history.

[Harlan Huckleby]

LOL. His 'speech' at the packer HOF induction was interminable and awful.

Well, a picture says a thousand words. Perhaps Brett could tweet a picture before the event.

[red]

"i would like to thank myself, derrell bevell, chewy, and frankie bag of donuts"

that is all

oh, don't forget there's new favre retirement items in the pro shop with 76% of the proceeds going to me and my family

[Zool]

Well, a picture says a thousand words. Perhaps Brett could tweet a picture before the event.

Harlans reaction to the tweet?

https://media.giphy.com/media/EzVPnZABeepdC/giphy.gif

[Patler]

LOL. His 'speech' at the packer HOF induction was interminable and awful. Hopefully they dictated a strict word limit for tomorrow or half time could last a couple of hours.


For the record, his HOF speech was basically a thank you laundry list for every single human in recorded history.

I did choke up a bit, when he said; "...and to Patler, for....." My mind went blank after that. The rest is just a blurr

[Harlan Huckleby]

Harlans reaction to the tweet?

I've reported your microaggression to Human Services.

[ThunderDan]

LOL. His 'speech' at the packer HOF induction was interminable and awful. Hopefully they dictated a strict word limit for tomorrow or half time could last a couple of hours.


For the record, his HOF speech was basically a thank you laundry list for every single human in recorded history.

Ron Wolf's speech at halftime of the DET game was at most 45 seconds.

[Zool]

I've reported your microaggression to Human Services.

Microaggression accusations are one of my triggers. Consider yourself reported.

[mraynrand]

Legally and factually, Bert's penis was the microaggression.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Legally and factually, Bert's penis was the microaggression.

The guy has giant hands. A little perspective, Mr. Silver.

[red]

you guys read this story?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/11/25/jaguars-rams-bengals-to-play-london-home-games/

bottom line. favre took a-rods helmet and put it on the autographs table for the whole team to sign before practice, including a-rod

needless to say, rodgers had to wear the helmet with everyones signatures to practice later that day

[Freak Out]

you guys read this story?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/11/25/jaguars-rams-bengals-to-play-london-home-games/

bottom line. favre took a-rods helmet and put it on the autographs table for the whole team to sign before practice, including a-rod

needless to say, rodgers had to wear the helmet with everyones signatures to practice later that day

You get hacked or are you drunk? Wait...stupid question.

[red]

lets try this link

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25389425/aaron-rodgers-brett-favre-tricked-me-into-signing-my-own-helmet?FTAG=YHF7e3228e

[MadtownPacker]

Legally and factually, Bert's penis was the microaggression.
Still with the "Bert" crap? You are definitely like a kid out here.

[mraynrand]

Still with the "Bert" crap? You are definitely like a kid out here.

I'm just doing the jobs that Scott Campbell won't do.

[Infamous]

I had gooses bumps earlier during Lord's montage on NBC

Best..era..EVER! AWESOME hearing Ron Wolf say "Lambeau is the house that Favre built like Ruth and Yankees.."

[pbmax]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUybNNTWoAABAGo.jpg:large


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUybNMGWwAAuN_7.jpg:large

[pbmax]

Green Bay Packers ‏@packers 2m2 minutes ago
Favre shakes hands and hugs Rodgers. Gives a few final waves to the crowd before exiting through Lambeau tunnel.

[pbmax]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUyaERkWcAA4YxC.png:large

[Infamous]

Need to check my draws later, but pretty sure I busted a nut during halftime..!!

[Infamous]

Brett looking nice and svelte in the booth

[red]

Green Bay Packers ‏@packers 2m2 minutes ago
Favre shakes hands and hugs Rodgers. Gives a few final waves to the crowd before exiting through Lambeau tunnel.

favre finds lead pipe and cracks a-rod on the elbow before leaving the tunnel

a-rod last heard screaming "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?"

favre runs down the tunnel yelling "not on my night bitch"

[red]

Brett looking nice and svelte in the booth

he's got pics on his twitter, he really is getting ready for a triathlon

the guy is in amazing shape

[mraynrand]

favre finds lead pipe and cracks a-rod on the elbow before leaving the tunnel

a-rod last heard screaming "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?"

favre runs down the tunnel yelling "not on my night bitch"


Gillooly!

[Infamous]

favre finds lead pipe and cracks a-rod on the elbow before leaving the tunnel

a-rod last heard screaming "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?"

favre runs down the tunnel yelling "not on my night bitch"


HILARIOUS

[Infamous]

So, do you all believe that Favre pulls for Rodgers and/or the Packers at this juncture? I would think so myself

[Joemailman]

So, do you all believe that Favre pulls for Rodgers and/or the Packers at this juncture? I would think so myself

Sure. I think Favre's issue with the Packers was mostly a personal war between him and Thompson. And I'm not sure where that stands. His war with Thompson sometimes clouded his judgment and made him say and do some things he probably regrets. Although he certainly wanted to beat the Packers to get back at Thompson, I don't think he ever wanted to harm the organization or alienate the fans. I think everything has been fine for a while now.

[Patler]

Best..era..EVER! AWESOME hearing Ron Wolf say "Lambeau is the house that Favre built like Ruth and Yankees.."

What an insult to the Packers of the '60s, who really were the ones who built "Lambeau", and the great, great teams before them that built the PACKERS before Lambeau Field existed. Favre may have been one who helped revive the tradition and excellence, but that tradition and excellence were built and were strong long before he arrived.

[Joemailman]

What an insult to the Packers of the '60s, who really were the ones who built "Lambeau", and the great, great teams before them that built the PACKERS before Lambeau Field existed. Favre may have been one who helped revive the tradition and excellence, but that tradition and excellence were built and were strong long before he arrived.

I'll give Wolf the benefit of the doubt and assume he meant the refurbished Lambeau Field. If so, he's largely right. I don't think they could have gotten the public funding and seat license funding without the resurgence that Favre had so much to do with.

[Patler]

I'll give Wolf the benefit of the doubt and assume he meant the refurbished Lambeau Field. If so, he's largely right. I don't think they could have gotten the public funding and seat license funding without the resurgence that Favre had so much to do with.

But that is like the major renovation Yankee stadium that took place in the mid-'70s. To liken either to the players that "built" the stadium is wrong.

I give Wolf no breaks. He knew what he said, and he said it for a reason.

[HowardRoark]

So, do you all believe that Favre pulls for Rodgers and/or the Packers at this juncture? I would think so myself

I don’t think “pulls” for anyone but himself.

I don’t say that to disparage him either; it’s that thing that makes a very small percentage of people out there truly great at what they do (no matter what the field is).

[mraynrand]

that tradition and excellence were built and were strong long before he arrived.

maybe in the distant past. But without the Harlan-Wolf-Holmgren-Favre revival, the Packers were in serious trouble. Not that they were going anywhere, but today, Lambeau could look like Rich Stadium without that revival. Some players really do transcend the game. Favre is one of just a handful like that in Packer history.

[mraynrand]

BTW, did anyone catch that reference to 'Crocs' during the game? I just about spit up my beer. Surprised Scott Campbell wasn't all over it.

[Patler]

BTW, did anyone catch that reference to 'Crocs' during the game? I just about spit up my beer. Surprised Scott Campbell wasn't all over it.

I did, and asked, "Did they really say that, then all chuckle?" I wonder if Mrs. F found it as funny as they all did?

[Patler]

maybe in the distant past. But without the Harlan-Wolf-Holmgren-Favre revival, the Packers were in serious trouble. Not that they were going anywhere, but today, Lambeau could look like Rich Stadium without that revival. Some players really do transcend the game. Favre is one of just a handful like that in Packer history.

Actually, there are quite a few in Packer history. Favre is just one of them. He is the most recent, so he seems more significant in comparison, but he isn't. Others were just as significant, but in their own time. This franchise was on the verge of descending into perpetual insignificance many times, until someone arrived who not just lifted them off the bottom, but pushed them to at or near the top.

Without the Packers of the '60s and the stadium expansions they fostered, the Packers might very well have been the Milwaukee Packers when Favre arrived on the scene (if in fact Harlan and Wolf had even been there before him) because they sure as heck wouldn't have stayed in the 32,000 seat City Stadium as it was originally built. Had the Packers of the '60s not been there when the NFL found its legs in the '60s, the Packers we know today might not even exist.

[Infamous]

Actually, there are quite a few in Packer history. Favre is just one of them. He is the most recent, so he seems more significant in comparison, but he isn't. Others were just as significant, but in their own time. This franchise was on the verge of descending into perpetual insignificance many times, until someone arrived who not just lifted them off the bottom, but pushed them to at or near the top.

Without the Packers of the '60s and the stadium expansions they fostered, the Packers might very well have been the Milwaukee Packers when Favre arrived on the scene (if in fact Harlan and Wolf had even been there before him) because they sure as heck wouldn't have stayed in the 32,000 seat City Stadium as it was originally built. Had the Packers of the '60s not been there when the NFL found its legs in the '60s, the Packers we know today might not even exist.

Nice history lesson..most people under 60 years old don't hold the 60s in as high a regard as we should (similar to viewing some MLB "stars" during segregation as frauds to an extent). Personally, I became a fan during Sterling Sharpe era and things took off with Lord Favre. I believe when a person is coming of age during a time the local organizations are moribund its a lot easier to gravitate towards certain players or teams< even rivals of the local teams lik me with Walter Payton, that stick out for specific reasons related to the zeitgeist. The landscape of the league was so vastly different that I don't think its fair to compare eras; not all players or coaches would transcend. So it is not necessarily "disrespectful" to illuminate game changers along an organization's timeline.

But I do agree that Wolf knew what he was "doing"

BTW, most Black folk in the greater Milwaukee County area were not Pack fans during 60s 70s 80s..if you all need me to discuss several reasons why, I will. Although I am pretty sure any evolved person would already know and understand the sentiments.

[Infamous]

BTW, did anyone catch that reference to 'Crocs' during the game? I just about spit up my beer. Surprised Scott Campbell wasn't all over it.

I missed it!! What was the reference?

[Joemailman]

http://espn.go.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/25220/to-wolf-only-right-that-no-4-be-feted-in-the-house-that-favre-built

What Ron Wolf said to Jason Wilde on Wednesday is probably what he meant to say Thursday Night.


"Everybody talks about Lambeau Field and what it is now," Wolf said. "The old Yankee Stadium, they used to say it was ‘The House That Ruth Built.' There's no question that that new Lambeau Field is ‘The House That Favre Built.' A lot of us want to take credit, but Brett Favre did it. When you look up there at those six jerseys that are retired -- two from the Lombardi Era, two from the Lambeau Era and two from the Wolf Era -- that's going to be a big thing for me. A big, big thing.

"No one deserves it more than he does. He took this franchise and turned it around."

[Infamous]

PLEASE name names! Who exactly can be put in same category as Favre with regards to the resurrections? I know it sorta runs counter to my earlier intimation that the evolution of the game negates some players being labeled an all-time great, but how many HOF'ers did he play with by the way? BAFFLING that people want to ignore what Favre did for GB and the league in general.




Actually, there are quite a few in Packer history. Favre is just one of them. He is the most recent, so he seems more significant in comparison, but he isn't. Others were just as significant, but in their own time. This franchise was on the verge of descending into perpetual insignificance many times, until someone arrived who not just lifted them off the bottom, but pushed them to at or near the top.

[mraynrand]

Actually, there are quite a few in Packer history. Favre is just one of them. He is the most recent, so he seems more significant in comparison, but he isn't. Others were just as significant, but in their own time. This franchise was on the verge of descending into perpetual insignificance many times, until someone arrived who not just lifted them off the bottom, but pushed them to at or near the top.

Without the Packers of the '60s and the stadium expansions they fostered, the Packers might very well have been the Milwaukee Packers when Favre arrived on the scene (if in fact Harlan and Wolf had even been there before him) because they sure as heck wouldn't have stayed in the 32,000 seat City Stadium as it was originally built. Had the Packers of the '60s not been there when the NFL found its legs in the '60s, the Packers we know today might not even exist.

seems like we are in agreement. Though, because the way football was structured in the past, the players perhaps were not as vital as the coach. The 60's revitalization was all about Lombardi - he made heroes out of the players. And it makes you wonder about the influence of Holmgren and Stubby on Favre and Rodgers. As I get older and wiser, I more often attribute success to the coaches, even though I understand the players are essential. Favre and Rodgers would never have been the QBs they were/are without their coaches and the systems they installed.

That's why I say there were just a few players who transcended their eras - kinda makes sense - there are only 6 retired numbers...

[Deputy Nutz]

PLEASE name names! Who exactly can be put in same category as Favre with regards to the resurrections? I know it sorta runs counter to my earlier intimation that the evolution of the game negates some players being labeled an all-time great, but how many HOF'ers did he play with by the way? BAFFLING that people want to ignore what Favre did for GB and the league in general.

I think there is slight difference between sustaining the Packers and a resurrection of the Packers. If you look at the pre 60s Packers one name that you have to look at that sustained the Packers through very tough financial times was George Halas. He loaned a good amount of money and made sure to keep the rivalry going.

Lombardi was also a character that could contribute to the resurrection of the Packers. He took a huge chance coming to Green Bay as he could have waited his turn to become the head coach of the Giants.

As far as players go, I struggle to find one name more important to the rebuilding of the franchise than Brett Favre. Maybe Reggie White who at the time was the best defensive player in the league leaving a big market for the small market Green Bay Packers. Sure 17 million had something to do with it, but I am sure the 49ers would have paid it, the Cowboys would have paid it.

[Fritz]

Ron Wolf is the name you want. Without Ron Wolf, there's no Brett Favre, and no Reggie White, and no Antonio Freeman, Mark Chmura, and on and on the list goes.

[mraynrand]

Ron Wolf is the name you want. Without Ron Wolf, there's no Brett Favre, and no Reggie White, and no Antonio Freeman, Mark Chmura, and on and on the list goes.

Bob Harlan is the name you want. Without Bob Harlan there is no Ron Wolf. Without Ron Wolf, there's no Brett Favre, and no Reggie White, and no Antonio Freeman, Mark Chmura, and on and on the list goes - to Ted Thompson, McCarthy, Rodgers and beyond.

[Deputy Nutz]

Bob Harlan is the name you want. Without Bob Harlan there is no Ron Wolf. Without Ron Wolf, there's no Brett Favre, and no Reggie White, and no Antonio Freeman, Mark Chmura, and on and on the list goes - to Ted Thompson, McCarthy, Rodgers and beyond.

In fact the past just gets rewritten altogether.

[mraynrand]

In fact the past just gets rewritten altogether.

how do you know, Winston?

[pbmax]

Harlan should get the majority of the credit. Wolf and Holmgren and the players executed a plan pretty typical of successful teams and players. Harlan found a way to hide the malfunctioning Packer structure behind the Exec Committee and then behind the GM and managed to keep everyone out of the GM's way until people were too afraid to meddle.

[Deputy Nutz]

Harlan should get the majority of the credit. Wolf and Holmgren and the players executed a plan pretty typical of successful teams and players. Harlan found a way to hide the malfunctioning Packer structure behind the Exec Committee and then behind the GM and managed to keep everyone out of the GM's way until people were too afraid to meddle.

yes, I am not trying to discredit what they all did, but as a player and face of the franchise Favre sold the Packers world wide. People tuned in from all over the place to watch Favre play the game.

[mraynrand]

yes, I am not trying to discredit what they all did, but as a player and face of the franchise Favre sold the Packers world wide. People tuned in from all over the place to watch Favre play the game.

Favre was a phenom no doubt. Look at all the BFFFs who left this place after his career was finished.

[Deputy Nutz]

Favre was a phenom no doubt. Look at all the BFFFs who left this place after his career was finished.

Really? I just thought the internet passed this place by.

[mraynrand]

Really? I just thought the internet passed this place by.

coincidentally it passed this pale by about the time Favre left. Funny, that. But yeah, the 'internet' has mostly moved on... People are no longer inclined to speak in complete sentences or communicate fully realized thoughts.

[Patler]

PLEASE name names! Who exactly can be put in same category as Favre with regards to the resurrections? I know it sorta runs counter to my earlier intimation that the evolution of the game negates some players being labeled an all-time great, but how many HOF'ers did he play with by the way? BAFFLING that people want to ignore what Favre did for GB and the league in general.

Sorry, that is a debate I now avoid at all costs, because it never ends well.

You wrote: "how many HOF'ers did he play with by the way?" Who is the "he"? I suspect you want to turn this into a Starr vs. Favre debate, and I have no intention of participating in that. But, I will say this; all of the Packers of the '60s did play with a lot of HOF'ers. They also played against a lot of them almost every week. It's simply a numbers thing. The NFL consisted of about 600 players in any given week for much of the 1960s. Fewer at the beginning of the decade, more at the end of the decade. Each team (just about) had HOFers. The Bears had 5 in the '60s (I think) and they were an up and down team. For quite some time now, the NFL has consisted of about 1700 players in any given week. Yet, they still elect similar #s of players to the HOF each year (more or less). So, today's player plays with fewer HOF'ers, but he also plays against fewer in any given game.

Favre was the "Favre" even non-football fans came to know because of the media, and that is a hype that did not exist in the 1960's or before and was only just getting it's footing in the '70s and '80s. If the same media component was there in the '60s, Starr would not have been Favre, but he would have been the '60s version of Tom Brady. Hornung had a very high profile for his day, who knows what that would have been today. Nitschke too, for completely different reasons, was very high profile in the NFL. Of course, the dominating personality was Lombardi, who took cast offs from other teams and existing Packers who had accomplished nothing and turned them into immediate winners. That was an amazing turn around, as the '50s were a very dismal time for Packer followers as well. I hate to say "fans", because we weren't really fans in those days as we think of them today, just followers about what went on, because you might learn of it a day or two after it happened if it was a prominent event. Getting a draft list could take weeks.

I'm not ignoring what Favre did for GB. However, I do believe that other Packers have been just as important to the Packers being the Packers as Brett Favre was. Each in his own way, in his own time made the Packers what they are today. My knowledge only goes back to the coming of Lombardi ("Who?" I asked at the time.) I suspect that arguments can be made also for the importance of various Packers in the '20s, '30s and '40s. This is a franchise that was on the verge of extinction, and/or being something very different at numerous times in its history. Lombardi and the players of the '60s made it "Titletown", reviving what was last seen in the mid '40s. Harlan, Wolf and Favre were the keys to reviving it yet again; but football is such a team sport that others around them can not be ignored.

[Fritz]

Bob Harlan is the name you want. Without Bob Harlan there is no Ron Wolf. Without Ron Wolf, there's no Brett Favre, and no Reggie White, and no Antonio Freeman, Mark Chmura, and on and on the list goes - to Ted Thompson, McCarthy, Rodgers and beyond.



Well, then, let's say Bob Harlan's mother. She said "yes" to Bob's dad one fine day or night, and had she had a headache that time, we'd still be mired in the mess from the 70's and 80's.

Thanks, Bob's mom!

[mraynrand]

Well, then, let's say Bob Harlan's mother. She said "yes" to Bob's dad one fine day or night, and had she had a headache that time, we'd still be mired in the mess from the 70's and 80's.

Thanks, Bob's mom!

And not just Harlan's father, but his father's father, and his father's father's father's father.

"All right Stan, don't belabor the point"

[pbmax]

Might be one of the best stories about what it was like to play with Young Favre. easy to understand why coaches are control freaks.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/feature/25397980/the-chronicles-of-favre-ia


Brunell: My favorite Brett Favre story is a hunting story from when he was a kid. He and a buddy or a couple buddies who were out trespassing on some property somewhere and they had a .22 rifle. They were just messing around and they see a deer. You're trespassing, you shouldn't be there to begin with, and the last thing you should do is take your gun and shoot at a deer. So they do it, and I think they hit it a few times and knock it down. After a couple shots ring off, they realize somebody could discover them and find out they're trespassing. They're frantic, they don't know what to do, and they've got this deer and it's flopping all over the woods. So, they figured out the only way to kill this deer without shooting at it is to drown it. So they drag it over to a puddle, a stream, a small pond, I don't know what it was, but they basically held this deer underwater until the bubbles stopped coming out of its nose. Listen, I'll probably get in trouble for telling this story, but it's one of the funniest stories I've ever heard. And the way he told that story, we were crying laughing. It was gut-ache type laughing.



Detmer: Hygiene wasn't really his thing at the time either. I remember we played at the old Cleveland Stadium and the locker room was tiny. We were sharing lockers. He'd hang his underwear up on the hook and there's a big yellow stain in them. Guys were like, "What the heck?" He's just laughing, like, "What? What's the problem?" He really didn't care.

[woodbuck27]

favre finds lead pipe and cracks a-rod on the elbow before leaving the tunnel

a-rod last heard screaming "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?"

favre runs down the tunnel yelling "not on my night bitch"

I got back fr. my Country Home in New Brunswick to Greenfield Park, Quebec { Home of the Greenfield Park Packers} just in time to enjoy Brett Favre's Number Retirement Game Ceremony I witness this event at Hooters Sports Bar. The Official Sports Bar for the Green Bay Packers in greater Montreal, Quebec. Nothing at Hooters could distract me from my focus on all things Favre that evening...LOL. I've never felt prouder as a Sports fan. He looked amazing...in awesome condition and well .... I never saw him look more fit. It was especially moving to witness the respect he showed for Bart Starr. The exuberance he demonstrated hugging his former teammates was notable.

As usual FAVRE gave the most credit for his success to his teammates and the Packer fans. As man that loved watching Brett Favre play the way only he could.... the good and the bad and the ugly. . . . hahahaa; I was so happy to witness this occasion on LIVE TV.


It was so sad for me to see the Packers stink up the joint on this Special night. Favre dominated the Chicago Bears during his career.

All the same with the good there is often the bad. I wanted to see a Packer win on that night and was disappointed in the way the team didn't perform. All that aside and commenting on this night and Brett Favre. I was busting with pride for this awesome Green Bay Packer. Soon he'll be in the NFL HOF as a first ballot candidate. I anticipate that with all patience.

[mraynrand]

BFFF!!!!

[Infamous]

I wonder if they will discuss and/or talk to Lord about his magical night in Oak after papi died...wasnt that last time we played at Oak?

[Fritz]

Imagine a tribute to Najeh Davenport...."I'll never forget that night he shit in a laundry basket! Good times, good times."

But I bet ol' Brent has a few stories like that...

[MadtownPacker]

Still calling #4 "Brent" is a pussy move. Don't forget his name is spelled right in Lambeau's ring.

[mraynrand]

I love Bert, but I love my T-shirt:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YxAE_Xup_OY/hqdefault.jpg

I might wear it to the HOF induction ceremony next year. Gotta have a sense of humor about this stuff, otherwise you are just a pathetic, obsequious jock sniffer. No false idols!

[Patler]

You guys really need to show more respect to old Mr. Pharve.

[Freak Out]

I plan on wearing my Favre Jet Jersey to the game....what color Crocs was he wearing?

[Fritz]

I love Bert, but I love my T-shirt:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YxAE_Xup_OY/hqdefault.jpg

I might wear it to the HOF induction ceremony next year. Gotta have a sense of humor about this stuff, otherwise you are just a pathetic, obsequious jock sniffer. No false idols!



I don't know why, but that t-shirt still cracks me up. He'll always be "Brent" to me now, not out of any anger or anything, but because it's kinda funny.

[Joemailman]

There were the people who trashed Favre. There were the people who booed Aaron Rodgers as he took the field on Family Night. Both were wrong in my opinion. I'm not offended by either, but neither make me laugh.

[woodbuck27]

Imagine a tribute to Najeh Davenport...."I'll never forget that night he shit in a laundry basket! Good times, good times."

But I bet ol' Brent has a few stories like that...

hahahaa

[woodbuck27]

You guys really need to show more respect to old Mr. Pharve.

http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/favre-haters-its-time-to-get-over-it\

There's one thing I've learned in my longer than most here time and experience:

Haters will remain haters. That's just what their low self esteem makes them do. Hater sweep common sense out the door. Hating is the best juice that they have. I always wonder whenever I encounter a hater:

Was that person left alone on a table at diaper changing time and somehow land on the floor on their noggin? Haters are often in such emotional need that this approach to HATE is just one way they need to drag attention to feed their impoverished ego needs.

Packerrats had several of these poor souls. Gradually we've seen them wither and just die away. Somewhere out there they remain hating an outstanding Packer HOFer and soon to be a first ballot new member of the NFL HOF.

That a tribute to his overall body of work as an NFL QB who won wherever he played and played as tough a style and was as dedicated to his will to compete as any Pro athlete I've seen in over 5.5 decades of being an eclectic sports fan.

Brett Favre gave me so very much.

GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO !!

[mraynrand]

There's one thing I've learned in my longer than most here time and experience:

Haters will remain haters. That's just what their low self esteem makes them do. Hater sweep common sense out the door. Hating is the best juice that they have.

Physician, heal thyself!

[George Cumby]

http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/favre-haters-its-time-to-get-over-it\

There's one thing I've learned in my longer than most here time and experience:

Haters will remain haters. That's just what their low self esteem makes them do. Hater sweep common sense out the door. Hating is the best juice that they have. I always wonder whenever I encounter a hater:

Was that person left alone on a table at diaper changing time and somehow land on the floor on their noggin? Haters are often in such emotional need that this approach to HATE is just one way they need to drag attention to feed their impoverished ego needs.

Packerrats had several of these poor souls. Gradually we've seen them wither and just die away. Somewhere out there they remain hating an outstanding Packer HOFer and soon to be a first ballot new member of the NFL HOF.

That a tribute to his overall body of work as an NFL QB who won wherever he played and played as tough a style and was as dedicated to his will to compete as any Pro athlete I've seen in over 5.5 decades of being an eclectic sports fan.

Brett Favre gave me so very much.

GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO !!

I hate you, Woody.

I'm typing this wearing nothing but a diaper in my parent's basement.

J/K

[Patler]

http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/favre-haters-its-time-to-get-over-it\

There's one thing I've learned in my longer than most here time and experience:

Haters will remain haters. That's just what their low self esteem makes them do. Hater sweep common sense out the door. Hating is the best juice that they have. I always wonder whenever I encounter a hater:

Was that person left alone on a table at diaper changing time and somehow land on the floor on their noggin? Haters are often in such emotional need that this approach to HATE is just one way they need to drag attention to feed their impoverished ego needs.

Packerrats had several of these poor souls. Gradually we've seen them wither and just die away. Somewhere out there they remain hating an outstanding Packer HOFer and soon to be a first ballot new member of the NFL HOF.

That a tribute to his overall body of work as an NFL QB who won wherever he played and played as tough a style and was as dedicated to his will to compete as any Pro athlete I've seen in over 5.5 decades of being an eclectic sports fan.

Brett Favre gave me so very much.

GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO !!

It isn't always about hate, Woodbuck. If that were the case, everyone from professional comedians to family smart alecs would be a hater; and they aren't.

I respect what Favre did as a pro athlete, but even while he played for the Packers, for me he never ascended to the deity level that some put him on. That was just my opinion, as a fan. When he left GB, I think he showed a side of his personality that for some fans is more significant than it is for other fans. It has nothing to do with hating. Different people attach different levels of significance to different traits.

Some will excuse almost anything from those who entertain us, whether it be athletes, actors or other performers. Others want to hold those same people to almost unhumanly standards of conduct. Still others fall somewhere on the scale between the two extremes.

[mraynrand]

I hate you, Woody.

I'm typing this wearing nothing but a diaper in my parent's basement.

J/K

I sincerely doubt you are kidding. At least about the diapers.

[George Cumby]

I knew you wouldn't let me down, Rand.

[George Cumby]

It isn't always about hate, Woodbuck. If that were the case, everyone from professional comedians to family smart alecs would be a hater; and they aren't.

I respect what Favre did as a pro athlete, but even while he played for the Packers, for me he never ascended to the deity level that some put him on. That was just my opinion, as a fan. When he left GB, I think he showed a side of his personality that for some fans is more significant than it is for other fans. It has nothing to do with hating. Different people attach different levels of significance to different traits.

Some will excuse almost anything from those who entertain us, whether it be athletes, actors or other performers. Others want to hold those same people to almost unhumanly standards of conduct. Still others fall somewhere on the scale between the two extremes.

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!

[mraynrand]

I knew you wouldn't let me down, Rand.

I'm very Dependsable.

[George Cumby]

You really do Pamper those around you, don't you?

[Cheesehead Craig]

Come on everyone, group Huggies!

[mraynrand]

Did the Packers leak their game plan?

[woodbuck27]

I hate you, Woody.

I'm typing this wearing nothing but a diaper in my parent's basement.

J/K

That's OK.

I might have hated as well when I was in diapers.

[woodbuck27]

I plan on wearing my Favre Jet Jersey to the game....what color Crocs was he wearing?

Damn....I've been wondering about the correct response since I read your post.

It's something like that song that gets in your head and rolls over and over for a day.

Good thing I ignore RAP.

[woodbuck27]

Still calling #4 "Brent" is a pussy move. Don't forget his name is spelled right in Lambeau's ring.

Hey Red Bar Man....How's life?

Great I hope.

[woodbuck27]

I love Bert, but I love my T-shirt:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YxAE_Xup_OY/hqdefault.jpg

I might wear it to the HOF induction ceremony next year. Gotta have a sense of humor about this stuff, otherwise you are just a pathetic, obsequious jock sniffer. No false idols!

Just maybe.....Brett Favre might invite you to a quiet Park just past evening and try your silly boney ass out as a lawn mower.

Ohh let's be fair. Brett's mother might do that?

[woodbuck27]

It isn't always about hate, Woodbuck. If that were the case, everyone from professional comedians to family smart alecs would be a hater; and they aren't.

I respect what Favre did as a pro athlete, but even while he played for the Packers, for me he never ascended to the deity level that some put him on. That was just my opinion, as a fan. When he left GB, I think he showed a side of his personality that for some fans is more significant than it is for other fans. It has nothing to do with hating. Different people attach different levels of significance to different traits.

Some will excuse almost anything from those who entertain us, whether it be athletes, actors or other performers. Others want to hold those same people to almost unhumanly standards of conduct. Still others fall somewhere on the scale between the two extremes.

I hope this is a correct statement:

Brett Favre is easily the BEST THING that happened in Green Bay Packer history between 1970 and 2010. That's a long four decade's of history.

If I give what Favre gave as a player and you as the manager lie and deceive me and not come right out afterwards and admit that was the case. I'm referring to the info. that it was agreed a trade would be made. Favre to Tampa Bay and that with a hand shake. Then upon landing home and just off the plane your agent informs you that your going to be living in New York that season. How fricken happy would you be Patler?

This is a small (heck village) Brett Favre...not your average Joe Namath persona.

I've written it too many times here. . . . . and as a hockey guy you Paler sure can understand it.

If you trade me to another team in the same league. If I get a chance for revenge to prove you wrong in terms of my sense of value. I'm going to give everything I have to score goals every time my new team plays your (my former team).

Is that just the Canadian mentality Vs the American? Is a variance based in culture in black and white terms?

That is just the way it is in PRO SPORTS but not if your a Green bay Packer fan....with a Green Bay fans adopted sensitivity?

Is that it...a rather unique condition ...unique to Packer fans residing in close proximity to Green Bay, Wisconsin?

Is it an Wisconsin Cultural thing?

I'm really at and have been at a loss here Patler. May I ask an intelligent man as you are for some enlightenment. I've never got it...always been at a loss on this anti Favre attitude. That some clowns will actually maintain in all seriousness until their no longer able to even chirp.

GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO !!

[woodbuck27]

Come on everyone, group Huggies!

Yes ! Yes !! Yes !!

I'm totally on for decent Packer fan karma.

I can attest to this as an Irish Canadian. 'Only that ' is the 'ALL IN' attitude that works best.

GO PACK GO !

[George Cumby]

Did the Packers leak their game plan?

Dunno' but McCarthy always seemed like a Soggy Bottom Boy to me.

[mraynrand]

I hope this is a correct statement:

Brett Favre is easily the BEST THING that happened in Green Bay Packer history between 1970 and 2010. That's a long four decade's of history.

If I give what Favre gave as a player and you as the manager lie and deceive me and not come right out afterwards and admit that was the case. I'm referring to the info. that it was agreed a trade would be made. Favre to Tampa Bay and that with a hand shake. Then upon landing home and just off the plane your agent informs you that your going to be living in New York that season. How fricken happy would you be Patler?

This is a small (heck village) Brett Favre...not your average Joe Namath persona.

I've written it too many times here. . . . . and as a hockey guy you Paler sure can understand it.

If you trade me to another team in the same league. If I get a chance for revenge to prove you wrong in terms of my sense of value. I'm going to give everything I have to score goals every time my new team plays your (my former team).

Is that just the Canadian mentality Vs the American? Is a variance based in culture in black and white terms?

That is just the way it is in PRO SPORTS but not if your a Green bay Packer fan....with a Green Bay fans adopted sensitivity?

Is that it...a rather unique condition ...unique to Packer fans residing in close proximity to Green Bay, Wisconsin?

Is it an Wisconsin Cultural thing?

I'm really at and have been at a loss here Patler. May I ask an intelligent man as you are for some enlightenment. I've never got it...always been at a loss on this anti Favre attitude. That some clowns will actually maintain in all seriousness until their no longer able to even chirp.

GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO !!

jock sniffer.

I say Bob Harlan was the best thing to Happen to the Packers since the Lombardi Era, noting the '72 playoffs, '82 playoffs and the '89 season (and beating the eventual SB winner on their field).

Bob Harlan hired Ron Wolf and Ted Thompson, leading to (so far) 23 years of consistent competitiveness.

[Infamous]

Is he 1st ballot..?

[Infamous]

Well, then, let's say Bob Harlan's mother. She said "yes" to Bob's dad one fine day or night, and had she had a headache that time, we'd still be mired in the mess from the 70's and 80's.

Thanks, Bob's mom!

hehe

[Infamous]

BFFF!!!!

what does that mean sir?

[Fritz]

"Well, okay honey, go ahead. Do whatever you want."

Bob Harlan's mother's acceptance speech.

[ThunderDan]

what does that mean sir?

Brett Favre Fan First

[woodbuck27]

It's now Sat. 06 Feb. 2016 9:25 PM EST and the Official Class of 2016 HOF Inductees will be announced officially.

We're very close to learning officially that Brett Favre is a first ballot HOFer. Personally I've waited patiently for five years and this enormous day for the most dedicated and appreciative Brett Favre fans.

For all those Packerrats that never faltered in their firm support for this GREAT Green Bay Packer and a special dedication to the member who originated this Epic Plus Plus Thread MOBB DEEP I want to offer my sincerest:

CONGRATULATIONS !

WE pulled for one awesome football player. Dion Sanders informs us why Atlanta let :pack:the Green Bay Packers :pack: have Favre. How it all began . All those enormous exciting memories. The Great, the Good and the Bad and the Ugly all chucked together under the Brett Favre led Packers.

How many sports fans can say legitimately they pulled for 'a Legend'?

We can do so proudly.

It all began when Ron Wolfe saw the future and Brett Favre as a Packer. Finally after so so long or two and a half decades hoping for the Green Bay Packers to get back to a Super Bowl game. We began to see that real possibility.

There's some humor here. Enjoy...and enjoy Brett Favre's acceptance speech into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap2000000134743/Best-of-Favre-on-set


GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO !!

[woodbuck27]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000633489/article/brett-favre-highlights-hall-of-fame-class-of-2016

Brett Favre highlights Hall of Fame Class of 2016

By Gregg Rosenthal Around The NFL Editor

Published:Feb. 6, 2016 at 09:09 p.m. Updated: Feb. 6, 2016 at 09:22 p.m.


" Brett Favre stood apart throughout his NFL career. It only makes sense that he didn't have to wait long to join other legends in Canton, Ohio.

Tony Dungy, Kevin Greene, Marvin Harrison, Orlando Pace, Eddie DeBartolo Jr., Ken Stabler and Dick Stanfel will join Favre in the 2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame class, announced Saturday night at NFL Honors. Stabler and Stanfel were nominated by the Seniors Committee. DeBartolo, the former 49ers owner, was enshrined as a nominee of the new Contributor Committee."


GO PACK GO !

[woodbuck27]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2607204-pro-football-hall-of-fame-2016-complete-list-of-nfl-inductees-to-canton/page/2


Pro Football Hall of Fame 2016: Complete List of NFL Inductees to Canton

By Adam Wells , Featured Columnist

Feb 6, 2016

Pro Football Hall of Fame 2016: Complete List of NFL Inductees to Canton

Brett Favre, Quarterback

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/004/102/647/41faed032c16a1bc355ef0aeb9cba5b7_crop_north.jpg?w= 512&h=412&q=75

" It seems fitting this would be the year Brett Favre, who was on the ballot for the first time, would go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Whatever bad blood may have existed in the past between Favre and the Green Bay Packers was finally put to rest Nov. 26 when the Packers retired his No. 4. He's capping things off with a trip to Canton in the summer to take his place among football's immortals.

And there aren't many quarterbacks in history more deserving of the spot.

Just take it from NFL Network's Steve Wyche, who reported it took "nine seconds" to induct Favre, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. "

[Pugger]

Somebody has to tell Brett he looks like an old man with that beard! :-P

[Rutnstrut]

Somebody has to tell Brett he looks like an old man with that beard! :-P

He looks in pretty damn good shape, old man beard or not.

[mraynrand]

He looks in pretty damn good shape, old man beard or not.

That tends to happen when you train for a triathlon.

[pbmax]

Holy cow does Jim Brown look old. He might only be able to play a half these days.

[woodbuck27]

https://www.facebook.com/Brett4Favre/posts/974425565983291

Click LINK above if you would enjoy reading some of the 200 of the 276 comments (so far Sun. 07 Feb. 2016 @ 9:40 PM EST).

Brett Favre fans are some pumped he was a first ballot NFL HOFer. Brett Favre was one heck of a football player. He left us with so many outstanding memories.

Brett Favre was and still is loved !

Here he is the morning after he learned that he's going into the PRO FOOTBALL HOF:

Favre on players before SB: 'Finally, it's here'

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14732098

[woodbuck27]

https://www.facebook.com/Brett4Favre/posts/974402779318903

Great Pic of Brett Favre with Terry Bradshaw.....post being whisked into the NFL HOF after 'only 9 seconds' of deliberation on his first year of eligibility

Brett Favre is soon going to I expect give an emotional speech.

[woodbuck27]

https://ca-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=4625ebt51ecv1

http://image.emailpackers.com/lib/fef01d767c6304/m/11/160206+Favre+PFHOF_01_new.jpg

[mraynrand]

Mrs. and Mr. Mraynrand have blocked out space for the HOF induction. Rumor has it that the Packers might be in the HOF game. Plan is to have a massive tailgate. We expect at least 50-100 friends and family to show (probably more will show up for this than my funeral, but I suspect I'll never know, or at least won't win a bet on it).

[Patler]

Mrs. and Mr. Mraynrand have blocked out space for the HOF induction. We expect at least 50-100 friends and family to show

Mrs. must have a lot of friends.

[mraynrand]

Mrs. must have a lot of friends.

LOL

[Deputy Nutz]

Gonna try make it to Canton

[woodbuck27]

My Facebook tribute to Brett Favre and in something more than in a flash (it took Favre and his body of work ...9 seconds to be voted in) as a first ballot NFL HOFer:

I'm so pleased for Brett Favre and his Family and closest friends and for all Packer fans that remained dedicated to Brett Favre 'the most outstanding of Football players'. Favre was the Gunslinger and the toughest man in Pro Sports. A QB who simply wanted to contribute to his teams ultimate goal. To know he was appreciated as the man behind Center that would make the difference in terms of his teams Ultimate goal and winning a Super Bowl. Brett Favre was the leader who wore his heart on his sleeve and took too much blame on himself after a Green Bay Packer defeat. Bret Favre was `Mr. Excitement and showed us many spectacular plays and comebacks. Brett Favre was unselfish and too often when his team was in the Red Zone didn`t hog the glory but handed off to the Packer RB to rush for `Six. I`m impressed that Favre's getting tremendous fan support and most so EXCITED that he was swept into the NFL HOF when his name was called in `ONLY 9 seconds`. A real tribute for the unique QB that we saw play and enjoy each and every game. There never has been and never will be again; a Pro athlete play a position that demands absolute toughness and meet the call of the bell as many times as Brett Favre did. Mr Brett Favre ....there are not enough superlatives to describe how he represented who he was playing a demanding position as an NFL Starting QB. Brett Favre...we loved him because Brett Favre was something better than we`ve ever enjoyed as Sports fans. I often said. ```I`m Brett Favre`s BEST most dedicated, most appreciative and loyal fan `` NO ! LOL I may only declare a tie as his most dedicated or BEST fan. Brett Favre has a Legion ...1000`s of great and supportive fans. Now this is personal LOL ...I LOVE YOU Brett Favre. I`d love too meet you. Go hunting with you. I`m just so very pleased for you Sir. Brett, njoy your induction into the NFL HOF with everything you`ve got and Mr. Favre you always had so much to give...give...and give some more* I salute you Mr. Brett Favre and THANKS for all the thrills...all the awesome memories. Just one more thing.....GO PACKERS ! GO PACK GO ! Brett go to Packerrats.com a Packer fan forum and see the thread started by Packerrat member, Moob Deep RE: YOU. I dare say (claim) it`s in the running for or already is ...the biggest Forum Thread on the Internet. I`m woodbuck27 on Packerrats. I`m your dedicated fan and you didn`t know this...I`m your FRIEND. I`m also very pleased for your lovely wife Deanna and your daughters. Your immediate Family....and I know their so proud....They certainly deserve to be. THANKS Again Brett Favre, With Maximum Respect, my name and ............ woodbuck27

[woodbuck27]

https://www.facebook.com/Brett4Favre/posts/974425565983291

Click LINK above if you would enjoy reading some of the 200 of the 276 comments (so far Sun. 07 Feb. 2016 @ 9:40 PM EST).

Brett Favre fans are some pumped he was a first ballot NFL HOFer. Brett Favre was one heck of a football player. He left us with so many outstanding memories.

Brett Favre was and still is loved !

Here he is the morning after he learned that he's going into the PRO FOOTBALL HOF:

Favre on players before SB: 'Finally, it's here'

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14732098

https://www.facebook.com/Brett4Favre/posts/974425565983291

Click LINK above if you would enjoy reading some of the 200 of the 276 comments (so far Sun. 07 Feb. 2016 @ 9:40 PM EST).

NOTE: Presently .....

12,551 members of Facebook like this.

Brett Favre is popular.

[woodbuck27]

http://www.freegreatpicture.com/files/190/203-colorful-fireworks.jpghttp://d0inw0rk.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/brett-favre-gunslinger.jpg?w=490http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W-iBDZb907c/UAcrASMN82I/AAAAAAAAAEg/spyP_42VIAI/s1600/fireworks-1.jpg

I just checked this out:

Congratulations Iron Mike for the 10 K post of this gargantuan Brett Favre thread on 05-25-2013, 04:55 PM

[pbmax]

A lot of history in this clip. From announcers to receivers to location.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIGewRyTnoA

[mraynrand]

^^^^ I was there!

[Deputy Nutz]

Another fantastic Favre moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0EuTLP-090

[mraynrand]

^^^ LOL! LOL! He's probably thinking what so many around our age were thinking: When I was a kid I wanted to be Bruce Jenner. What the hell did those Cardassians do to him?

[woodbuck27]

Another fantastic Favre moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0EuTLP-090

So many are looking:

http://www.knowitalljoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/South-Park-Caitlin-Jenner.jpg

Sure the small town (village) Country boy...'Lil Abner' Type is interested:

http://www.pcgalaxy.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/South-Park-Where-My-Country-Gone-645x366.jpg

[woodbuck27]

** Joe Rogan on Caitlyn Jenner **.

He has some interesting views on this person. You'll find them via Google (Google this **) and YouTube.

[mraynrand]

The absolute response to your query MJ is this based on my perception and true feelings about such a matter;

I really don't give a damn. It's the people like you and Patler and Scot Campbell and his admirers that get all bent out of shape about 'anything Brett Favre'. It's not even funnt to me anymore. It's really pathetic.

It's way too obvious to me that's certainly the TRUTH. I find that amazing in my personality and style of living life. I"m just somehow way different in how I view life and situations. Maybe it's a cultural thing? I have never really understood the mentality of some here at PackerRats. I've tried and tried to getr there but reqalize that's over the top masochistic.

You go on imagining and decipering and analyzing and judging and picking and criticizing as that fill your boots MJ.

I don't give a damn. That is where I'm trying to get the hoard of you fellas at PackerRats. Those of you...your Big Gang of supporters. The hoard here that don't have better things to do but jump all over a former Packer that brought us such glory. A former Packer that today with anyone worth their salt as an NFL fan has to admit he's the finest QB we have ever had the good fortune to watch playb and dedicate himself to for so long.
Your the disloyal. Your the perverts in your hypocrisy. None of you have never errored in life. If that's the case your all liers as well.

Your all pathetic no hopelessly so, and that's too sad for me. None of your group has ever let go of Brett Favre. You want to hang him. Revive and hang him over and over and over again. Smarten up. The bunch of you need some common decency and proper moral training.

Your none of you any better than I am and might learn a lot from my manners and style.

GO Packers!

...

[woodbuck27]

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/2/6/10929646/brett-favre-hall-of-fame-case-fast



Brett Favre's Hall of Fame case didn't even last 10 seconds

By Jon Benne  @LordBenne on Feb 6, 2016, 11:44 PM



Rick Gosselin
✔ ‎@RickGosselinDMN

The longest discussion of the HOF meeting was Eddie DeBartolo Jr. at 50 minutes, 33 seconds. The shortest? Brett Favre at six seconds.

6:38 PM - 6 Feb 2016

woodbuck27:

That was fast.

That response to Favre was tyotally desering of Favre and his splendid career deserved just that response.

The Gunslinger was 'over the top' the best 'football' player I've had the pleasure to see and support. 

[mraynrand]

That response to Favre was tyotally desering of Favre and his splendid career deserved just that response.

The Gunslinger was 'over the top' the best 'football' player I've had the pleasure to see and support. 

why 'football?'

[woodbuck27]

why 'football?'

:?: > > > :huh:

[Infamous]

+1


http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2016/2/6/10929646/brett-favre-hall-of-fame-case-fast



Brett Favre's Hall of Fame case didn't even last 10 seconds

By Jon Benne  @LordBenne on Feb 6, 2016, 11:44 PM



Rick Gosselin
✔ ‎@RickGosselinDMN

The longest discussion of the HOF meeting was Eddie DeBartolo Jr. at 50 minutes, 33 seconds. The shortest? Brett Favre at six seconds.

6:38 PM - 6 Feb 2016

woodbuck27:

That was fast.

That response to Favre was tyotally desering of Favre and his splendid career deserved just that response.

The Gunslinger was 'over the top' the best 'football' player I've had the pleasure to see and support. 

[woodbuck27]

+1

Right on Packer Fan...He was truly SPECIAL and we'll not very likely see another like him in the NFL. Here some more:

Brett Favre Inducted into Hall of Fame after 6 seconds of debating

2016-02-08 at 2.10.27 PM (NFL.com)

There was no debate over Brett Favre’s Pro Football Hall of Fame candidacy.


" When it came time for the HOF committee to discuss The Gunslinger’s worthiness during Saturday’s marathon meeting, the debate lasted nine seconds, per NFL Media’s Steve Wyche. Charean Williams, a voter from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, noted it was actually six seconds.

Regardless of what the debate stopwatch read, the point is that there was no need to discuss Favre’s entrance into Canton.

“As a kid all I ever dreamed of was to play pro football, to be Archie Manning or Roger Staubach, that’s all I ever dreamed of,” Favre said after being introduced with the other seven members of the 2016 class at NFL Honors. “I hated Terry Bradshaw, which I told him that. He’s OK now. But that’s all I ever dreamed of. I never dreamed of all the other stuff. It’s been way more than I ever could imagine, so I’m extremely thankful for that.”

Before this weekend started, I almost posted about how it would be a disgrace if Brett Favre wasn’t a unanimous decision for the Hall of Fame. Then I realized that no Packers fan would ever disagree with that statement, and waited to see if someone would vote against him. But a result this quick was completely unexpected. Brett Favre’s name was called, and his candidacy was unquestionable. No one even thought to mention his INT record, or his sexting scandal. It was automatic. When Favre said he never expected anything like this, you have to believe him. We knew he was going to get a great turnout at Lambeau for his jersey retirement, but to see him unanimously and unquestionably voted into the Hall of Fame is amazing. It proves that the respect people had for him stretched all across the nation both in his playing days and today. The man is a living legend, and his greatness is respected more than I could have ever imagined.

When you grew up idolizing Favre in Wisconsin, you never realized that people from thousands of miles away were doing the exact same thing. You assume that no one pays attention to Wisconsin or the Packers, when in reality, people were paying close attention, and making us a model organization for the entire NFL. His induction being this quick makes me realize how much he really did for the organization. Because of him, thousands of people outside of Wisconsin are now Packers fan. He made the Packers relevant again, and laid the foundation for the winning tradition that we like to take for granted today – we can’t thank him enough. Favre thought he was never going to get the story book ending when he retired, but I doubt he’s upset with how it all played out."


GO PACK GO !

[mraynrand]

The final verdict is in. After 15 months of heated deliberation, a Lambeau stadium crowd of 70,000 mostly loyal Packer fans have found Brett Favre guilty of high treason. He has forever been branded a traitor.

forever isn't as long as it used to be

[woodbuck27]

Originally Posted by Scott Campbell

"The final verdict is in. After 15 months of heated deliberation, a Lambeau stadium crowd of 70,000 mostly loyal Packer fans have found Brett Favre guilty of high treason. He has forever been branded a traitor." Scott Campbell

http://crazyladder.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Jim-Carrey-Laughing-Madly-e1411243851209.jpg

[woodbuck27]

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/draft.htm

Green Bay Packers History:


Regular Season Record (all-time) : 720-547-37

Playoff Record (all-time) : 32-21 (Last appearance after 2015 season)

Super Bowls Won: 4 out of 5 appearances

Championships Won*: 13

Passing Leader (all-time): Brett Favre - 61,655 yards

Rushing Leader (all-time): Ahman Green - 8,322 yards

Receiving Leader (all-time): Donald Driver - 10,137 yards

Winningest Coach (all-time): Curly Lambeau - 209 wins

Top Player by Approximate Value (all-time): Brett Favre - 222 AV

[woodbuck27]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tArhr0ajOxA

Comment woodbuck27:

Please note when this video was posted.

[mraynrand]

Please note when this video was posted.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

why?

[Pugger]

I'm too lazy to go to the YouTube site (this video is blocked here). What is the date it was originally posted?

Edit: nm

[pbmax]

What is the record for this thread falling down the pecking order? This was the 43rd latest post thread today (Page 3 for me).

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/07/18/packers-announce-plans-to-honor-favres-hof-induction/

Brett is coming back after his HOF introduction to be nailed to the Ring of Honor. Scratch that, added to the Ring of Honor. Scratch that, added to the Lambeau Field stadium façade.

Doesn't that thing have an official branding yet. The Packers Struck & Irwin Fence Elite Façade?

At this rate, the Packer will rival the Bears with celebrations that owe more to the past than the present.

[Smidgeon]

Heck, this thread in itself is a legend. It might have the highest number of pages relative to readers in a forum in internet history!

(Channeling some John Madden there ;))

[MadtownPacker]

It truly is the crown jewel of all that is PackerRats. We laughed, we lied, we fought, and we cried. It has brought posters to this forum and ran others off. My only wonder is if it has outlived actual posters.

You still out there Shadow? MFer is older than dirt.

[pbmax]

Deanna Farve will be presenting her husband for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

https://t.co/azCpz20WUM


Dom Capers is introducing Kevin Green.

[Zool]

Deanna Farve will be presenting her husband for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

https://t.co/azCpz20WUM


Dom Capers is introducing Kevin Green.

I figured it would be Winters or Chmura. WTH Brent?

[ThunderDan]

I figured it would be Winters or Chmura. WTH Brent?

I thought Ron Wolf.

[pbmax]

Mooch and Holmgren are probably consoling each other now.

[Patler]

I figured it would be Winters or Chmura. WTH Brent?


I thought Ron Wolf.


Mooch and Holmgren are probably consoling each other now.


...and that, perhaps, is why he has his wife doing it. Which one would he have chosen over the others?

[MadtownPacker]

I bet Patler has never had to consult a divorce lawyer. :lol:

[Patler]

I bet Patler has never had to consult a divorce lawyer. :lol:

Nope! Mrs. Patler and I have been together almost 50 years, and this was the first marriage for both of us.

[gbgary]

I figured it would be Winters or Chmura. WTH Brent?

i'd have thought he'd have called brad childress.
having his wife do it doesn't surprise me one bit. he likes to keep himself at arms length. i first noticed this when he didn't want to come back to Green Bay for the superbowl parade etc. he's such an odd ball.

[Fritz]

Nope! Mrs. Patler and I have been together almost 50 years, and this was the first marriage for both of us.

Seems unAmerican to me.

[Pugger]

Nope! Mrs. Patler and I have been together almost 50 years, and this was the first marriage for both of us.

You aren't the only one in a happy marriage. This February we will be celebrating our 35th anniv. :-)

[MadtownPacker]

Nope! Mrs. Patler and I have been together almost 50 years, and this was the first marriage for both of us.Had a feeling that was the case. Congrats to you and Pugger! Thank you for reminding me there are still things that are pristine in this messed up world.

[Patler]

You aren't the only one in a happy marriage. This February we will be celebrating our 35th anniv. :-)

Happy? Who the heck said we are happy? ;-) :-)
(If anyone tells Mrs. Patler, I will deny having said this!)

[pbmax]

We'll tell her it was some poster named Shamrock!

[Rutnstrut]

Happy? Who the heck said we are happy? ;-) :-)
(If anyone tells Mrs. Patler, I will deny having said this!)

Ain't that the truth. After almost 20 years I settle for just lesser degrees of misery. Besides, it's cheaper to keep her.

[gbgary]

bf's hof display will include a vikings jersey along with a Packers jersey. lol...perfect! what else would you expect?

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/brett-favre-hall-of-fame-green-bay-packers-minnesota-vikings-display-sneak-peek-first-look-080316

[Harlan Huckleby]

bf's hof display will include a vikings jersey along with a Packers jersey. lol...perfect! what else would you expect?

Ahhh, Favre played well in his vengeance tour with the Queens. It was a notable part of his career, playing that well as a 40-year-old (if memory serves.) I'm OK with acknowledging that reality.

What would be emotionally satisfying for me would be to see Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre shake the hand of future HOF QB Scott Tolzien this Sunday. That would be a moment to treasure.

[GBkrzygrl]

Nope! Mrs. Patler and I have been together almost 50 years, and this was the first marriage for both of us.

:bclap:

[Zool]

bf's hof display will include a vikings jersey along with a Packers jersey. lol...perfect! what else would you expect?

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/brett-favre-hall-of-fame-green-bay-packers-minnesota-vikings-display-sneak-peek-first-look-080316

(shaking head) Guy is still 100% narcissist.

[MadtownPacker]

(shaking head) Guy is still 100% narcissist.Did your donkey-honkey ass read where it said the NFL made the call on what went in there?

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17209721/brett-favre-hall-fame-display-minnesota-vikings-green-bay-packers-jerseys

"The Hall's curatorial staff selects the artifacts for exhibit," Pete Fierle, vice president of communications for the Hall of Fame, told ESPN.com.
According to the Hall of Fame, the Packers jersey is the one Favre wore when he broke the NFL career touchdown pass record. The Vikings jersey is the one he wore when he broke Jim Marshall's NFL record for consecutive starts."

[Zool]

Did your donkey-honkey ass read where it said the NFL made the call on what went in there?

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17209721/brett-favre-hall-fame-display-minnesota-vikings-green-bay-packers-jerseys

"The Hall's curatorial staff selects the artifacts for exhibit," Pete Fierle, vice president of communications for the Hall of Fame, told ESPN.com.
According to the Hall of Fame, the Packers jersey is the one Favre wore when he broke the NFL career touchdown pass record. The Vikings jersey is the one he wore when he broke Jim Marshall's NFL record for consecutive starts."

I highly doubt he could have anything to do with the decision. Now where's that eye roll emoji......

Did they bring out the yardage record jersey? The INT record jersey?

[Patler]

Did your donkey-honkey ass read where it said the NFL made the call on what went in there?

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17209721/brett-favre-hall-fame-display-minnesota-vikings-green-bay-packers-jerseys

"The Hall's curatorial staff selects the artifacts for exhibit," Pete Fierle, vice president of communications for the Hall of Fame, told ESPN.com.
According to the Hall of Fame, the Packers jersey is the one Favre wore when he broke the NFL career touchdown pass record. The Vikings jersey is the one he wore when he broke Jim Marshall's NFL record for consecutive starts."

Didn't he set the record for total consecutive starts, regular season and playoffs with the Jets? Regular consecutive season starts with the Vikings. They should throw a Jets uniform in there too.

[Teamcheez1]

Excluding playoffs:

Packers 255 games or 84.4%
Vikings 29 games or 9.6%
Jets 16 games or 5.3%
Falcons 2 games or 0.7%

[Upnorth]

Nope! Mrs. Patler and I have been together almost 50 years, and this was the first marriage for both of us.

Now that is something I approve of. Well done!

[pbmax]

http://www.moxiejersey.com/v/vspfiles/photos/4_Pack_Football_Jersey-2.jpg

[Bretsky]

I'm disappointed I was not chosen to present........lol

[pbmax]

One of these things is not like the other.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpGZDCRXEAAsvp7.jpg:large

[pbmax]

Bob McGinn's signature/indelible Favre game? His playoff game with Vikes in New Orleans in 2009.

https://t.co/wctRGxSGAR

[pbmax]

Hall of Fame locker, items selected by curator of HoF.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co-VrzvWAAAxSh4.jpg

[Patler]

Bob McGinn's signature/indelible Favre game? His playoff game with Vikes in New Orleans in 2009.

https://t.co/wctRGxSGAR

Signature game in many ways, including the interception even McGinn called "boneheaded" that was crucial in the outcome.

[Patler]

Random thoughts about the HOF display:

Do they maintain a locker for all HOF members, or is it a temporary display for the new members?
If it is temporary and will be gone in a few years, I really don't much care what is in it.

If it is "permanent", I think the content matters, because it educates and conveys impressions for years to people who have very little knowledge of his career.

How many others have multiple teams represented in their displays, when only very small parts of their careers were with another team?

If it is intended to highlight the consecutive games record, shouldn't the Jets be represented for being part of the streak? It would better represent the progression of the streak and his longevity.

The display does seem to imply a somewhat equal footing for the Packers and Vikings, although it appears only a Packer helmet is displayed. It seems to me a more appropriate display might have been an all Packer locker, with Jets and Vikings jerseys layered behind the Packer jersey such that each is only half exposed.

I am willing to ignore the Falcons in his display.

[gbgary]

Hall of Fame locker, items selected by curator of HoF.


i don't believe for one second that bf wasn't consulted. :-)

[Patler]

Hall of Fame locker, items selected by curator of HoF.i don't believe for one second that bf wasn't consulted. :-)


Has anyone checked the curator's background? Closet Viking fan, perhaps? :-)

[ThunderDan]

Hall of Fame locker, items selected by curator of HoF.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co-VrzvWAAAxSh4.jpg

Don't they have a records section in the HOF? They easily could have had the locker with BF's GB uniform and then a display about his ironman status elsewhere in the museum with all the jerseys he wore during the streak.

[Pugger]

I noticed Brett is the only one wearing shorts in that photo with the other HOFers in attendance. :lol:

[pbmax]

^ Pugger got it!

I think the lockers are just for the inductees. But I don't remember the details.

[VegasPackFan]

Seriously a DISGRACE!

[pbmax]

OK, this is the last straw.

Tom Silverstein ‏@TomSilverstein 2h2 hours ago
Favre says he's been on a gluten-free diet after struggling with allergies for years. Said he eats only non-processed foods. Weighs 219.

[Harlan Huckleby]

One of these things is not like the other.


The guy sitting next to Tony Dungy was always picked last for sports games when he was a kid.

At first glance I thought you photoshopped Madtown in there. But I think the camera angle just exaggerated the size of Eddie D's head.

[red]

that display is complete bull shit

talk about pissing in the face of packer fans who just started to get over the whole mess to begin with

[VegasPackFan]

Guess Bert doesn't feel those last few years was an aberration. Well done Bert, we will never forget you BERT.

[VegasPackFan]

Joe Montana only has a SF jersey in his even though he finished in KC.

I seriously can't take it any more. FUCK this. Might not even watch it now.

[red]

Joe Montana only has a SF jersey in his even though he finished in KC.

I seriously can't take it any more. FUCK this. Might not even watch it now.

yeah, it really ruins the whole thing imo

[George Cumby]

Who?

[Harlan Huckleby]

I wouldn't have any trouble with Favre thanking the Vikings by displaying a jersey if he felt that loyalty. The HOF honor is about him, not us. If he feels loyalty to both teams, BFD. BTW, those are just people like us over der in Minnesota, they aren't really slime. Sports rivalries are a fun fantasy.

It sounds like Favre had nothing to do with the display:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2016/08/05/favre-said-he-didnt-know-about-dual-jersey-display/88299064/


If Favre chose to hang a noosed effigy doll of TT in the locker, I'd say that would be getting close to bad taste.

[pbmax]

I no longer remember where I read it, but I don't think this is a permanent display. I don't think every HoFamer has a locker in Canton.

And I get the Vikings mention. He broke Jim Marshall's record.