Better addition to the 2008 Packers

[RashanGary]

Boring off season.

[mission]

i voted reg

[falco]

i vote 25 year old tramon williams

where theres a t-will theres a way

[BF4MVP]

I'll take the 27 year old quarterback who threw 39 touchdown passes and only 13 INTs and won his second of three MVP awards...

Reg was as good a defensive player as there ever was, but I'll take the best QB in the league over the best DE in the league..Although the fact that I think so highly of Rodgers makes it a tough decision..

27-year-old Favre: 59.9%, 3,899 yards, 39 TD, 13 INT (Won Super Bowl)

27-year-old Montana: 64.5%, 3,910 yards, 26 TD, 12 INT

27-year-old Reggie: 133 tackles, 18 sacks (He's got the most impressive stats, but I'll take the quarterback.)

[Scott Campbell]

I took Reg too.

[falco]

i think it all depends - this team could desperately use a Reggie White on the d-line - but if Rodgers bombs, I'd much rather have a franchise QB

[Iron Mike]

I never saw Brett pick up Amp Lee and throw him. :P

[HarveyWallbangers]

Brett Favre at 27-years-old was playing some of the best QB that's ever been played. You always take a Hall of Fame QB in his prime over anybody else. Favre was putting up those numbers with young, unproven receivers , solid but not elite RBs, and just decent OL. (He did have some great TEs though.) It wasn't like he had Marshall Faulk, Torry Holt, and Isaac Bruce in their primes. Or Jerry Rice, John Taylor, Dwight Clark, Roger Craig, etc.

[Bretsky]

Brett Favre at 27-years-old was playing some of the best QB that's ever been played. You always take a Hall of Fame QB in his prime over anybody else. Favre was putting up those numbers with young, unproven receivers , solid but not elite RBs, and just decent OL. (He did have some great TEs though.) It wasn't like he had Marshall Faulk, Torry Holt, and Isaac Bruce in their primes. Or Jerry Rice, John Taylor, Dwight Clark, Roger Craig, etc.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Just think about how good Favre did last year. He was even better in those years, and I'd guess the talent around him was comparable. We had the #1 offense in the league in 1996, and the offense wasn't loaded with All-Pro talent. How easily some people forget just how awesome Brett was back then. Some might be too young to fully remember.

[Bretsky]

Just think about how good Favre did last year. He was even better in those years, and I'd guess the talent around him was comparable. We had the #1 offense in the league in 1996, and the offense wasn't loaded with All-Pro talent. How easily some people forget just how awesome Brett was back then. Some might be too young to fully remember.

Yup, and some choose to have selective memory

I hope AROD tears the NFL apart; but if he turns out to be soft and injury prone I bet he'll develop some pretty funny nicknames in here after all the AROD wagoning and anti-Favre stuff


Cheers,
B

[the_idle_threat]

I voted for Reggie. Put perhaps the most dominant DE to play the game---in his prime, no less---on the Packers' already strong defense, and Rex Grossman could quarterback this team to a Super Bowl win.

It would not matter that Al Harris might be getting old and the safeties are deficient in pass pro if the d-line gets the kind of pressure that Reggie, Kampy and Cullen Jenkins (rushing from the three technique) would get.

And I think Arod will be better than average---far better than Grossman---as long as he stays healthy. In fact, I think he might be a lot better than average. It's true that he hasn't faced live fire in the NFL, but he's been around long enough to know the offense very well and to have rapport with the receiving corps. Those factors will help him immensely, methinks.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I voted for Reggie. Put perhaps the most dominant DE to play the game---in his prime, no less---on the Packers' already strong defense, and Rex Grossman could quarterback this team to a Super Bowl win.

Are you sure? Reggie White in his prime played for some damn good defenses (and great defensive lines) and had a solid QB in Randall Cunningham, and they didn't win the Super Bowl. It's a hell of a lot easier to game plan for a Hall of Fame DE than game plan for a Hall of Fame QB. Some of the best DEs in the game didn't win many Super Bowls (White won one, Bruce Smith won zero, Deacon Jones won zero). Most of the best QBs did--Dan Marino being the notable exception.

[the_idle_threat]

I voted for Reggie. Put perhaps the most dominant DE to play the game---in his prime, no less---on the Packers' already strong defense, and Rex Grossman could quarterback this team to a Super Bowl win.

Are you sure? Reggie White in his prime played for some damn good defenses (and great defensive lines) and had a solid QB in Randall Cunningham, and they didn't win the Super Bowl. It's a hell of a lot easier to game plan for a Hall of Fame DE than game plan for a Hall of Fame QB. Some of the best DEs in the game didn't win many Super Bowls (White won one, Bruce Smith won zero, Deacon Jones won zero). Most of the best QBs did--Dan Marino being the notable exception.

Yes I'm sure ... because we have absolutely no way of knowing.
I'm talking about putting Reggie on this team, not on the Phillies circa the late 80s.

Brett Favre was on this team last year and he didn't get it done. I don't believe he was so much better back then as opposed to last season---what he lost physically over the ten year span is offset at least in part by what he gained in knowledge and experience.

I think it will be a smaller step down than many people think from Favre to Rogers---again, if Rodgers stays healthy. Meanwhile (and I like Cullen Jenkins a lot), put Reggie in there instead of Cullen Jenkins, and the defense takes a huge step up.

[Pacopete4]

I think its pretty much a toss up. Can't compare offense to defense really but you need a very good QB on offense to succeed and you need a very good DE on defense if you want a good defense... so really, u gotta have both to win it in my opinion