Jul 14th 2008 3:13PM by Mark Hasty (author feed)
Filed under: Packers
When somebody’s grandmother starts talking smack about you in church on a Sunday morning, it’s time to check your head. I overheard a lot of grandmothers talking about one Brett Favre yesterday morning, and what they were saying wasn’t flattering.
Here in Wisconsin, anything that happens with the Packers is always the top story. Always. It will lead the news on every channel. I don’t know if any other NFL team enjoys such wall-to-wall coverage. Keep that in mind when you wonder why the Packers haven’t exactly tossed the keys back to Favre.
I’ve lived in this state for six years now, and the annual endless off-season speculation about Favre’s future grew tiresome about four years ago. When Favre announced his retirement back in March, there were even a lot of Packer fans who were glad to see the rumor mill shut down.
I guess we should be glad we got as much as four months off.
Ever since it became clear that Favre really did want to explore coming back, the state has been somewhat paralyzed. There are all kinds of other things to talk about, even in sports, but we’re still back to all Favre, all the time.
Brett, we’re tired. Not of you, but of this.Continue Reading
