Confused Packer Fan

​I will raise my hand and complete my oath, I guess I am one of those quote unquote "Packer fans" who is now a "trader." If by disliking Ted Thompson and his inability run an organization properly means being a "trader," then I am a trader. If by knowing the Vikings have assembled a better, more talented team than Green Bay, but picked the Packers anyway out of blind, dim faith, and went with the smarter points, then I am a "trader." If by going 13-3 in 2007 and coming in second in MVP balloting is a "good thing," but watched management "take the team in another direction" and was frustrated by that idiotic decision, then I am a "trader."

Ted Thompson soiled the GB organization in the 2007 off season. I truly believe a more qualified, communicative GM would've handled that situation differently. Far differently. Now the stain has gotten bigger and everyone knows it. (even the fat die-hards who will swallow anything) Thompson refuses to build a veteran team, drafts like a dodger, has a doughy ball-boy for a head coach, can't explain himself at press conferences and believes by NOT spending money, he proves something to the great accounting God's of the NFL.

It's a strange place to be, now far, far away from my Wisconsin hometown. But I don't believe its geographic location that has remeasured my feelings. I truly believe there is a greater distance between the people that run the Packers and the fans that supposedly "own" the team. I can live with being a "trader" in this particular situation. I've made peace with that limited dagger a long time ago, with a clear mind and a rested conscience. Brett Favre is the John Wayne of the NFL. His on-field accomplishments and gritty history will be remembered far into the future. The guy just wanted to keep playing, GB didn't want him and he was given another opportunity. Who are we to disagree with another man's life?

Brett still has the passion and I dig that energy. Let that right arm fly!