Week 3 Rants

Hi kids!  Granny has had a tough couple of weeks but I'm baaack!  So lets get started, shall we?


I HATE BRETT FAVRE, A LOT!!!

Now that I've got that off my chest (no I didn't, I still feel sick to my stomach!) was the Niners-Vikes game just about the worst-officiated game ever?  There were stupid bs flags on both sides.  Really interrupted the flow of the game.  I mean, these are grown men and I am sure that Shaun Hill won't break in half if someone accidently touches his helmet.  And if the momentum of a play carries a back into Brett and he gets knocked down (yes, I know he's old and can break easy!) is it a penalty or the laws of physics?  I'm just sayin'...

I think Joe Flacco is just awesome.  Just a kid but so talented!  I'm putting him on my scout list for next year for sure!

Did Al seem a little fussy with Chris on Sunday night?  Or was it just me? 

It seems to be the season of the stud Tight Ends.  Clark, Davis, Witten, Miller, Gates and on and on.  I know these guys are big backs with hands who can run, but it seems that they are making more big plays so far this season. 

I hope my waivers go through because I tell ya, without some changes on my lineups, I am screwed!

Finally, Football!

Ok, lots has happened since I last posted. Lots on the family side (son and daughter-in-law got married 8 years and 2 kids later, princess turned a year old, RA is finally managed, yes!!!), lots on the work side (won $5 million in contracts, yes!!!) and, finally, FOOTBALL!!!

It's been a long, dry six months but so much has happened so fast. Since I last posted (I know it's been a month and a half, trust me) Michael Vick was reinstated and got picked up by the Eagles (imagine that locker room drama!), Plaxico is going to jail for being stupid and, wait for it, BRETT FAVRE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT!!! I know!!! Who in the heck could have predicted such a thing???? And signed with the Vikes!!! I can just hear the Cheeseheads bleeding internally behind this one.

I mean, c'mon Brett. Yeah, you felt screwed over by the Green Bay front office. You weren't getting paid to mentor Aaron Rodgers. You didn't want to give up the glory yet. We get that. So you hold a press conference and have every football fan sobbing along with you.

But you have "more to give to the game". So you go to the Jets while stepping all over your legacy in the process because you exhibited NO class. And suck. BAD. And retire yet again (not so many tears this time, though). And then spend the entire spring, OTA's and early camp in the "will he won't he" mode. Playing with the emotions of the die hards who aren't thoroughly disgusted (yet) with your behavior.

But the VIKES?? Dude, that doesn't stick it to the front office, that cuts the hearts out of the FANS. The people who paid a lot of hard earned money to sit in the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau, cheering you on. Believing in you. Mourning your father and praying for you and your family. Cheering you on during the Monday Night game immediately following his funeral (and not just the Packers fans, Brett. ALL of us) and crying right along with you. THESE are the people that you've taken a giant dump on by signing with a hated division rival.

Yeah yeah yeah. They offered x and you promised y. It's just business. We get it. But I don't think YOU get it. In the span of 3 years you've gone from revered football god to a total a-hole out for the bucks. Our bucks.

And, here's the bottom line, Brett. You aren't (a) as good and (b) as marketable as you were even last season. So enjoy your season, or as much of it as you can manage to play. Instead of Brett Favre, Football Legend, you are now 'that a-hole, has-been Favre'. Don't underestimate the ire of the fans, dude.

Wow, this post turned into a rant, huh? I guess that's why I have this blog!!! Check back and see what I rant about next time. And I promise it won't be six weeks!