Twilight of the Favre Legacy
It is not so much that I am rooting against Brett Favre when his Minnesota Vikings take on the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game this weekend. It’s more like I am rooting for the maintenance of his legacy as a Green Bay Packer. That’s why I will be hoping that his team [...]
Rodgers Gets a Harsh Critique
In his film study review of the Packers playoff loss to Arizona, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Bob McGinn was less than charitable in his assessment of the play of Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers: The stark difference between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals in the NFC wild-card playoffs Sunday was the play of [...]
Best Ever? Random Thoughts from Super Sunday
Heard a lot of talk today about yesterday’s game being the best Super Bowl ever. I’m not sure how one quantifies this sort of thing as those kinds of judgments tend to be very subjective. It also seems that we often overvalue recent events at the expense of those in the distant past. But given [...]
Sign of the Apocalypse?
The Arizona Cardinals earning a spot in Super Bowl XLIII may not be the equivalent of the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series but, if not, it’s just this side of it. Considering the shaky status of this year’s NFC Conference, one suspected that one of these teams would be exposed today (with the winner [...]
Anyone Else Dismiss the Cardinals?
Wow, didn’t see that coming. As I watched the games yesterday I really didn’t have any vested interest, although I suppose I was rooting for the Ravens due to the “Leonard Factor”.
