How good was Majkowski??

[Bossman641]

just want to say thanks to everybody for the history lesson on Majik.

Like I said earlier, I don't remember much of him, but I do remember the excitement he brought and the shift in attitude he seemed to bring.

[Chester Marcol]

Anyone else remember they couldn't play a highlight of Majkowski without hearing "He's a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagic man by Heart?

[chain_gang]

Anyone else remember they couldn't play a highlight of Majkowski without hearing "He's a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagic man by Heart?

Yeah that sure got annoying after a while. Never did like that song.

[KYPack]

One year wonder.

You are right Harve, Don really only had that one year.

But that is OK, it's enuff to get in a team HOF.

The other one year wonder in the pack HOF is KR/RB Travis Williams. He really only had one great year, but it was so brilliant, he made the Pack HOF.

As far as Majik's inclusion in the GB HOF somehow demeaning or weakening the GB HOF, I strongly disagree.

Every team or even sport's HOF's have players whose membership is questionable. People are put in HOF's that don't deserve it for political or popular reasons all the time. It doesn't mean the entire Hall is bogus.

Look up end Wayne Millner's record and tell me:

1. Why is he in the Pro Football HOF?

2. Does his presence in that hall somehow weaken or lessen the PFHOF?

Don Majkowski was put in the Packer HOF because more people named their dogs "Majik" than any other player name in history. Or something like that.

[Tony Oday]

Majik Man and the Wizard hehe

I love Majik he was a guy that should have been much better if not for the fact he got cheap shotted but what the heck it was fun to watch him.

Didnt Fullwood screw us on a contract or something?

[GBRulz]

Majik wasn't anything great, but like a couple said - he marked a turning point for the Packers, which boosts his popularity.

OMG, I don't remember Fumblewood making the Pro Bowl???

[HarveyWallbangers]

If the other 9 were below average, how is it that he is 4th on the Packers all time list for completions (behind only Favre, Starr and Dickey) and 5th in yardage? Give the guy some credit. His Packer career was realtively brief, but effective when he was in the game.

I know you know this, but I'll bite. How about because the Packers have only had three decent QBs since the passing era began in the NFL? The rest of the QBs were suckwads that couldn't last more than a couple of years as starting QB.

[Iron Mike]

I know you know this, but I'll bite. How about because the Packers have only had three decent QBs since the passing era began in the NFL? The rest of the QBs were suckwads that couldn't last more than a couple of years as starting QB.

Anthony Dilweg????

[HarveyWallbangers]

Thus, my true "memories" of the early Pack aren't from the horrid 70s/80s, but from this Majikal period where he reingivorated the Packer Nation with his heroics.

Actually, the 80s weren't that bad compared to the 70s. The Packers actually were over .500 over a 5 year stretch (four 8-8 seasons and a 5-3-1 strike season record). The Majik period mostly sucked also. I don't believe the Packers won more than 6 games in the other 4 years he was with the team before Favre came, and he started 0-2 in 1992 before Brett turned them around with a 9-5 finish.

The Packers were 11-21-1 in the games that Majik started in outside of the 1989 season.

[Patler]

If the other 9 were below average, how is it that he is 4th on the Packers all time list for completions (behind only Favre, Starr and Dickey) and 5th in yardage? Give the guy some credit. His Packer career was realtively brief, but effective when he was in the game.

I know you know this, but I'll bite. How about because the Packers have only had three decent QBs since the passing era began in the NFL? The rest of the QBs were suckwads that couldn't last more than a couple of years as starting QB.

So Bart Starr, Lynn Dickey and Brett Favre were/are "decent" and the other 21 who started games for the Packers since the late 1950s were just "suckwads". I guess that would make Majkowski's seasons in Green Bay better than the "average" wouldn't it?

Being the 4th best QB in Green Bay over the last 50 years is decent in my book, especially when two of the three better are/will be NFL HOFers. 4th out of 25 should merit some respect.

[AtlPackFan]

You are right about that. I also remember the great disappointment when Majkowski's injuries started becoming routine in 2000 and 2001. It felt like the QB to build around was there, but injuries were preventing it from happening.

Shamrock you might want to edit this part. I guess you could be right, but the injuries weren't from playing in the NFL, more like at a country club in Georgia.


Majik was an ok QB, but until 89, he was always in a battle for the starting job with another 2nd rate QB, Blair Kiel, or Anthony Dilweg. He had one good year for the Packers, then he held out and then got injured. He couldn't throw the ball over 50 yards, weak armed QBs that throw picks just don't stick in the NFL.

The holdout is what I remember. I guess I don't remember the details of why he held out but I remember the injury shortly after he came back and he pretty much sucked after that. Wasn't it a shoulder injury? I don't know why but I seem to remember a tackle out of bounds where he landed on his shoulder??? Anyone remember the details.

[red]

majik looked like a god after having to watch randy wright. he did have one monster year, then a bunch of injuries. so we can't really know if it was a one year fluke or not, but you have to have some talent to put up those numbers in 89

these were the infante years where the team turned into something more then just the butt of all football jokes, and majik had a lot to do with it.

and face it. if it wasn't for majik getting hurt, we might not ever have found out what favre could do. it was majikal

[Chester Marcol]

and face it. if it wasn't for majik getting hurt, we might not ever have found out what favre could do. it was majikal

Favre would have seen the field one way or another. It wasn't like Majik was leading us to the promise land. I doubt you invest a first round pick on a back up QB.

[gureski]

The bottom line on Majikowski is that he WAS (pre-injury) one of the best young QB's in the NFL. It's a flat-out true statement to say that Majikowski was one of the top young QB's in the game during his short stint as a starter. After the injury things were never the same but before the injury...he was a budding star and that was recognized througout the NFL.

Before his injury he showed flashes of everything you want in a QB. He was mobile, he could throw, he was a leader and he had a knack for making something out of nothing. He led a team that had little talent and no running game and still managed to help the team compete. I think Harvey is disrespecting Majikowski and the impact he had on the Packers during his heyday. Majikowski was never the same after the shoulder injury. He just couldn't make the throws he used to be able to make. He stuck around as a back up and had a nice long career but his days as a starter went down in flames amidst that injury in 1990 (I think that was the year, may have been 1991). The post-injury Majikowski shouldnt' diminish the ability of the pre-injury Majikowski. The guy was good and created a spark on a team that was considered the Siberia of the NFL because the talent was so lacking.

And one more thing....a Team Hall of Fame should have different standards then the League Hall of Fame. There is nothing at all wrong with having Majikowski in the Packer Hall of Fame. He was a big part of the teams history and he always will be. Though his stay was short, he created alot of Magic (excuse the pun) and the Bears still have an astrick in their yearbooks next to that instant replay game! The 10-6 team that didn't make the playoffs was directly responsible for the League going to a format that allowed an extra team to make the playoffs. None of that happens if not for Majikowski. He was a huge fan favorite and still is. He's exactly the kind of guy you put into a TEAM hall of fame.

[Fosco33]

Majik was a decent QB but he also helped put a face on a seemingly faceless team. Being more of a defense oriented fan, I was big on Brian Noble and Chuck Cecil - plus it was the time when Butler started to shine.