GOAT Packer QB

[texaspackerbacker]

I have a hunch that the youngest posters (people in their 60s) voted for Arod, the middled aged (70s) went for Favre, and the old folks home went for Starr. Just like with music, people stick with the heros of when they were yutes.

ok, you got me. I'm actually 21, not 71. That's the only reason I voted for Rodgers hahahahahaha.

[Harlan Huckleby]

From what I’ve read, Starr was a game manager in an era when game managers were still cool. He also played with a bunch of hofmers. A winner, sure, but not the GOAT.

That was an era when QBs got creamed. I was pretty young, but I remember Starr being a real accurate and steady passer through thick and thin. I'm not sure either Favre or Arod could have been so accurate and steady. (Well, I suppose they would be superstars because athletes generally get physically superior over 50 years, so hard to compare.)

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Reverand White was definitely a savior. (I looked it up - he was a Baptist minister.)

My favorite off-field memory of Reggie was his speech to the state legislature where he talked about the gifts of different ethnic groups. Whites have the gift of being good with money. Hispanics have the gift of being able to live together in crowded conditions. The asians are clever and could miniaturize watches and such. I wish I coulda been there to watch the squirming in seats.

What!?! No wonder Tony O’Day doesn’t diss Reggie.

[texaspackerbacker]

Reverand White was definitely a savior. (I looked it up - he was a Baptist minister.)

My favorite off-field memory of Reggie was his speech to the state legislature where he talked about the gifts of different ethnic groups. Whites have the gift of being good with money. Hispanics have the gift of being able to live together in crowded conditions. The asians are clever and could miniaturize watches and such. I wish I coulda been there to watch the squirming in seats.

Do you recall what he said about black people?

[mraynrand]

That was an era when QBs got creamed.

No doubt. The stuff Deacon Jones got away with...

[HarveyWallbangers]

Reverand White was definitely a savior. (I looked it up - he was a Baptist minister.)

My favorite off-field memory of Reggie was his speech to the state legislature where he talked about the gifts of different ethnic groups. Whites have the gift of being good with money. Hispanics have the gift of being able to live together in crowded conditions. The asians are clever and could miniaturize watches and such. I wish I coulda been there to watch the squirming in seats.

His heart was in the right place though.

[Harlan Huckleby]

His heart was in the right place though.

Sure. He thought he was saying everyone is beautiful in their own way. I didn't think he was a bad guy or anything, just dopey.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Do you recall what he said about black people?

Once black never back.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I see the CheeseheadTV GOAT poll is:
Starr 36%
Favre 35%
Rodgers 26%

I imagine they have a large sample of Packer fans. What does this tell us about packerrats? Bunch of wankers still pissed off at Favre?

[mraynrand]

Championships > Personalities > Stats

[Pugger]

I see the CheeseheadTV GOAT poll is:
Starr 36%
Favre 35%
Rodgers 26%

I imagine they have a large sample of Packer fans. What does this tell us about packerrats? Bunch of wankers still pissed off at Favre?

My issue with Favre and why I don't think he is our GOAT is because of his tendency to throw picks. And some of these were self-inflicted and not because of pressure or getting hit.

[Zool]

I see the CheeseheadTV GOAT poll is:
Starr 36%
Favre 35%
Rodgers 26%

I imagine they have a large sample of Packer fans. What does this tell us about packerrats? Bunch of wankers still pissed off at Favre?

Maybe people with an ounce of common sense? In what universe is Favre better than Rodgers? Concussions gained? Concussions played with? Wrangler commercials? Cheating on his wife in a hot tub with high school girls?

[mraynrand]

Maybe people with an ounce of common sense? In what universe is Favre better than Rodgers? Concussions gained? Concussions played with? Wrangler commercials? Cheating on his wife in a hot tub with high school girls?

People either don't know/believe/care about those things. They just like the Favre mystique. Rodgers ain't got it. But he's a tremendous player. Even though it's a poll of 'who's better' you can't control for the pure popularity aspect of it, nor the power the historical myths and success of the Lombardi era. It would be interesting to see how the poll changed if everyone could watch every game that each player played, in it's entirety. I'm not sure, but I suspect it would come out Rodgers>Favre>Starr.

[Joemailman]

Hard to compare these guys. I went with Favre because of the way he helped turn this franchise around when it was a butt of jokes. I think it's easy to forget how freaking awesome Favre was in 1995-96 with a pretty ordinary group of WR's.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Maybe people with an ounce of common sense? In what universe is Favre better than Rodgers?

In the universe of Packer fan opinion Favre is the top dog. Common sense must say that this is right view: it's most common.

I agree with your opinion, though. I was just a little puzzled why Packerrats is so much more pro-Arod than rest of greater Wisconsin. Maybe we have uncommon good sense. Or we're a bunch of Favre grudge holding wankers.