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With defensive free agent signings burning up the sports pages from DC to AZ, one wonders, what about the Packers?Last week many defended the decision to hook up the Kevorkian machine to the offensive line because it would enable the Pack to go after defensive free agents.
This was offered up as "insight" on many local sports talk shows despite the fact that the Packers apparently aren't going after anyone good and the new GM has stated repeatedly that he prefers draft picks to free agents.
Well, today we finally got wind of these great free agents that will transform the worst defense in the history of professional, amateur, and improvised sport.
You'll notice that the headline and biggest name mentioned in the article is an offensive player, professional malcontent and turnstile, Freddie Jones.
To be fair, the Packers are looking at some defensive free agents:
There's the middle linebacker who was let go by the Browns. If you're not good enough to make a 4-12 team as a backup, rest assured that you will be allowed to compete for a starting job here in Green Bay.
There's the undrafted safety from powerhouse Wyoming that was out of football all last year. Might he be the answer? Might he be the missing piece to lead us back to the Super Bowl? When your AGENT has this to say about you "Basically, he?s a backup safety and nickel-type guy", odds are against it.
Then there's, ...oh, that's it.
Splendid.
It's clear what's going on here.
1. Harlan bought a GM on the sole opinion of a former employee who is now retired and admits to being out of the loop on personnel. He did not interview anyone else. He may have made a BIG mistake in scooping up Boy Thompson.
2. Thompson is re-building. Period. End. Of. Story. Re-building teams look to the future, not to today or tomorrow. Re-building teams do not compete for division championships, do not make the playoffs, and have no Super Bowl aspirations. Re-building teams do not convince great, veteran QBs to stretch out their career for a few more frustrating years hoping against hope to play .500 ball.
3. This season, she is going to suck.
Why would Favre want to come back to this? Sure, Elvis went to Vegas, Montana went to KC, and Teddy Roosevelt started a new political party, but I just don't think Favre will want to put up with it. The team is in shambles. Tattered, eroded, shambles.
Favre is the last load-bearing wall in the once great franchise. When he casts off, nothing will be left but a pile of bodies in the backfield.
And I now think he will retire.
The fact that he's waited this long suggests he might not retire, but he's always said he's only interested in playing if the team will be able to compete for the Super Bowl. He has no interest, apparently, in taking more lumps for a sinking ship.
Part of me wants to see him play again, just to give him a proper farewell. Another part of me wants him to go now, rather than be sullied and harassed on a floundering team.
What I'm sure of is this. I don't think he can help this team anymore.
We're tearing it down and building a new team with college players.
So, get used to it Packer fans. You have your Sundays back, ...not that you wanted them.
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