PackerGrL's Blog

Derrick Frost is the new punter for the Green Bay Packers. From what I've read and heard so far he should be a great addition to the team.

Although, sometimes I wonder if the Packers promotions/marketing department has a say in some of the players that are signed onto this team. You have to admit some of the Packer's last names like: Frost, Hawk, Hunter, White, Driver, Woodson...etc would seem to fit with the Wisconsin lifestyle or could produce interesting sayings, right?  

Okay at this point here's my Favre solution...
I'm getting tired of unhappy people on either side of this issue so let's just vote!

If Packer fans are truly the owners of the Green Bay Packers' team let's just go to our respective poll locations in Brown County and vote Favre, Rodgers or a write in quarterback. Then depending on who gets the majority that is who will be the starter and the other will be the backup.

There! Simple enough right? No hurt feelings. The fans have spoken! If certain fans don't care then they don't vote.

Honestly I'm sick of the finger pointing here. Yes, I think the situation could have been handled better from both sides but come on now I hope you fans are this passionate and rally behind more important national or world causes too.

I enjoyed watching Brett Favre play and I think he's a great player (if not the best) BUT eventually we have to move on. Favre isn't going to be playing forever. It's not like he's going to be playing when he's 50!

 

 

 

From ESPN.com...

"I do care deeply about the fans and I think anybody who has been to training camp and sees I'm a lot of times the last one out signing autographs sees I care about the fans, I care about their opinions," Rodgers told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "Everybody wants the fans to care for them and to pull for them and I am no different."

 "The biggest disappointment in this whole thing is if anybody is offended by the stuff I say, because I think that my track record pretty much speaks for itself in the way I feel about the fans. I don't want the wrong message to come out of this."

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I can understand why many fans are outraged by his comments (I was a little surprised myself) but he did clarify/apologize for his comment about fans "keeping their mouths shut."

I honestly think his "keep their mouths shut" comment wasn't meant to be as harsh as it sounded. I think what he meant was that if Packer fans are going to continue to dwell on the past (ie. Favre) and not support or accept him as the quarterback of the Packers then he doesn't want to hear about it anymore. He IS the Packer's quarterback now and he just wants to start being treated that way.

I had the opportunity to talk to Aaron Rodgers this past December after the Cowboy game and I did get the feeling that he may be a little frustrated about fans not supporting him the way he would want. It's hard being in someone's shadow for so long especially a player like Brett Favre. Brett Favre will never be forgotten but I feel like Rodgers probably just wants the opportunity to be taken seriously as a quarterback and not have to discuss the past anymore. I'm sure he wants to move on and focus on the future now with his team.

After listening to Rodgers, while in the audience of a taping of Locker Room Live, I feel more confident that he is knowlegable and will be a great NFL quarterback when finally given his chance. Some question his durability but I am not worried. The Packers see something in Aaron and, as hard as it may be for some of us, we need to look to the future and support him now, like we did Favre, through the good times and the bad times.

Reflecting on Brett Favre's retirement for a few days and finally viewing his Retirement P.C, I initially felt I should blog about how he's been the QB ever since I moved to GB, about how I remembered my Grandma's excitement watching #4 play...etc. I could go on with details like that (especially about my Grandma) but, I decided, as I was watching his P.C, of some jobs he could do after being a Green Bay Packer for so long.
I definitely agree that taking a year or so off would be a nice change but after that, here are some ideas I thought of when he's tired of doing "nothing." I know some jobs I listed are more realistic than others but you never know... ;-)

#1 Husband/Father/Son...
Brett Favre Fourward Foundation creator/fundraiser
Restaurant chain owner
Special Ed teacher
High school Assistant football coach
Author
Inspirational Speaker
Voiceover actor :-)
Salesman
Print Ad model (department store, sports, ???)
How to Hunt/Golf video host
"Dancing with the Stars" contestant :-D


Add your own ideas if you'd like...

Here's a fact I found that I'm not sure if anyone knew...
The Giant's kicker who prevented the Packers from going to the Super Bowl was Lawrence Tynes and Deanna Favre's maiden name was Tynes. I found that interesting.

Did you know the Wisconsin Wolves lost to the Houston Energy 35-23 at the National Conference Championship game on November 17? No? Well, that's okay  I didn't know either so don't feel bad. It's hard to keep up with a team that you hear nothing about right?

Who are the Wisconsin Wolves you may ask? They are a National Conference team in the Women's Professional Football League (WPFL). WPFL? Yes, WPFL! There are women that have been playing professional football in the WPFL since 1999 nationwide but of course women have played football way before then here's a timeline.

Why is it that the NFL gets all the media attention even their own network but the WPFL is rarely heard about in the media? Who knows maybe I'm just missing that information on the ESPN news ticker or after the news about the Packers and Badgers but I doubt it. Maybe it is a blessing because if there was more coverage it could become like the Divas of the WWE...a joke! Yes, fine, I admit those women can wrestle and are athletic BUT do they have to wear such revealing clothes to do so? Sometimes it's hard to take them seriously 'cause they seem to be more like eye candy for WWE viewers than taken seriously as wrestlers. (The WWE is fake anyway so maybe that's a bad example.) So maybe having the WPFL being so hush hush is a good thing because those that do care about them will respectfully support them and attend their games.

I'm a woman who enjoys football and even thought about trying out for the WPFL at one point. It saddens me that society still has their ideas about what men can do and what women can do. So, fine I admit I haven't attended one of their games and only view the WPFL website when I think about it so who am I to talk right? I believe if there was more talk about the Wisconsin Wolves maybe I would travel to their games or follow them more. Maybe next season... the countdown begins...