Packers Need a Lift After Brett Favre?s Retirement
Packers Need a Lift After Brett Favre?s Retirement
One thing is for sure after today: the Green Bay Packers are going to need a new identity. After being with the Packers for 16 years, future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre retired Monday. The move was confirmed by Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, Tuesday morning. Every year, Favre has been the highlight of many discussions in [...]
One thing is for sure after today: the Green Bay Packers are going to need a new identity.
After being with the Packers for 16 years, future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre retired Monday. The move was confirmed by Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, Tuesday morning.
Every year, Favre has been the highlight of many discussions in the NFL — from his consecutive starts streak, his playoff-leading seasons, to his unrealistic performances under adversity. Favre’s four-touchdown performance against the Oakland Raiders nearly right after his father passed away will go down as one of the greatest moments in league history.
Now, the Packers’ organization will be forced to move on with a new face: Aaron Rodgers. Although it’s a shame for many Packers fans to see Favre retire, if there were ever a time for him to do it, this was it. The Packers are coming off of a tremendous season in which their defense reached new heights. They also established Greg Jennings as a top-caliber receiver, and saw Ryan Grant emerge from the back of the line. Instead of leaving the Packers for dead when they were down and beat, he has left them when they still have an opportunity to succeed next season under Rodgers.
One note that will surely be asked of Favre is whether or not he would have indeed returned for another season or two if the Packers had signed wide receiver Randy Moss to a deal. ESPN.com reported last week that Favre and Moss had spoken, and that Favre told Moss that he’d return if Moss signed with the Packers. Reports indicate that Green Bay showed no interest in Moss, and Favre’s retirement came shortly after it was announced that Moss re-signed with the Patriots.
There will be a lot of different opinions about Favre. Packers fans will adore everything he has done (beyond Packer fans though, you have to wonder if John Madden feels the worst of all). Some fans around the league will feel the same. Other fans around the league will be thrilled that he retired — whether it be because they are rivals of the Packers, or that they were sick of Favre delaying his decisions (regarding retirement).
Patriots to be Dealt Aces in Super Bowl XLII
Game: New York Giants (13-6) vs. New England Patriots (18-0) Where: University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ) When: 6:32 PM EST on FOX Announcers: Troy Aikman & Joe Buck Tom Brady scoffed when told Wednesday that New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress guaranteed New York will beat Brady’s undefeated New England team in [...]
Game:? New York Giants (13-6) vs. New England Patriots (18-0)
Where: University of Phoenix Stadium?(Glendale, AZ)
When: 6:32 PM EST on FOX
Announcers: Troy Aikman & Joe Buck
Tom Brady scoffed when told Wednesday that New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress guaranteed New York will beat Brady’s undefeated New England team in Sunday’s Super Bowl.
“We’re only going to score 17 points?” Brady said before chuckling about it. “OK. Is Plax playing defense? I wish he had said 45-42 and gave us a little credit for scoring more points.”
When the playoffs started, I already had the Super Bowl matchup that I wanted to see in the back of my mind. That game featured the Indianapolis Colts defending their title against the Green Bay Packers. It would’ve been a battle of my favorite quarterbacks playing the game today — Peyton Manning versus Brett Favre — in a showdown that I’ve been waiting years to see. Neither of my teams made the postseason. The Colts won’t have the chance to defend their title. Favre may never get the Packers as far as he did this year before he retires. And yet, the Super Bowl we’ve been given may turn out to be the best contest imaginable. (more…)
Suspension for Broncos’ Marshall cut to 1 game
Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall had his suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy reduced from three games to one on Thursday.
Chargers Sign LB Derek Smith
After being released by the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday, Derek Smith has found a new home before the start of free agency. Smith, 33, agreed to a two-year deal with the San Diego Chargers after spending the last seven seasons with the 49ers. Smith’s decision to come to San Diego may have been influenced by [...]
After being released by the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday, Derek Smith has found a new home before the start of free agency. Smith, 33, agreed to a two-year deal with the San Diego Chargers after spending the last seven seasons with the 49ers.
Smith’s decision to come to San Diego may have been influenced by his prior relationship to Chargers head coach Norv Turner. Smith was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the third round back in 1997. At the time, Turner was in charge of the Redskins.
Last season, Smith recorded 78 tackles and one interception in 15 games. He’ll join an already talented cast of linebackers. With Smith off the free agent board, only five middle linebackers remain in our awesome free agent tracker.
Jaguars‘ Harvey ends holdout, signs 5-year deal
Defensive end Derrick Harvey ended a 33-day holdout Wednesday by signing a five-year, $23.8 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
First Round NFL Draft Order Set
The order for the first round of April’s draft was officially set following the conclusion of last week’s Super Bowl. I have color coded the entire draft list to make it easier to visually understand why certain teams are picking ahead of other teams: PFC’s 2008 Draft Page The Cowboys are particularly strong in the first round, having [...]
The order for the first round of April’s draft was officially set following the conclusion of last week’s Super Bowl.
I have color coded the entire draft list to make it easier to visually understand why certain teams are picking ahead of other teams:
- The Cowboys are particularly strong in the first round, having the 22nd and 28th picks courtosy of their trade with the Cleveland Browns last season.
- Last year, a 6-10 record was good enough for the 9th overall pick. This year, there weren’t any 6-10 teams, but if their were, they still would’ve picked 9th.
- The Bills finished 7-9 last year and this year. Last year, they took Marshawn Lynch at No. 12. This year, they get the 11th pick.
- The Patriots forfeited their natural pick due to Spygate. However, they still have the No. 7 pick, which was acquired through the 49ers last year.
I’ll have some special features reviewing the season online soon. Then, to kick off our three-month countdown to April’s draft, I will review the best and worst picks of the 2007 draft in terms of impact this past season.
Packers score on 1st play but fall 23-21
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took the rest of the night off after throwing a touchdown pass on his first snap, and the Tennessee Titans held on to beat Green Bay 23-21 in Thursday night’s preseason finale …
More than 84,000 pack Denver Broncos‘ home stadium to hear Obama’s speech
More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech, city officials say.
Don’t bother looking for an emotional Super Bowl rematch when the New York Giants and New England Patriots meet in their preseason finale at Giants Stadium tonight.
Live NFL Free Agency Tracker
We’ve been going for several days now, but I just wanted to remind everyone to check out our Free Agency Tracker for all of the latest trades, signings, and releases that come about! Already today, we’ve learned about deals involving Green Bay Packers DT Corey Williams being shipped to Cleveland, Carolina Panthers DE Kris Jenkins heading [...]
We’ve been going for several days now, but I just wanted to remind everyone to check out our Free Agency Tracker for all of the latest trades, signings, and releases that come about!
Already today, we’ve learned about deals involving Green Bay Packers DT Corey Williams being shipped to Cleveland, Carolina Panthers DE Kris Jenkins heading elsewhere, WR Troy Williamson going to Jacksonville, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signing center Jeff Faine, and much, much more.
The chart will be updated often throughout the day, so if you’d like to use it as a resource on message boards or in your website discussions, by all means please do.
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