For some reason people who don't know me assume I'm not a big sports fan. I can't say that I blame them, I mean if I saw me walking down the street the last thing I would thing of is devoted sports fan. Despite my skinny, nerdy exterior I am a huge sports fan. Obviously, from the title of this entry you can deduce that I am a Green Bay Packers fan. Don't ask me why, I've just had a love affair with this team since I was a little kid. What makes it even more strange is that everyone in my family is a bloody Cowboys fan. I suppose even at a young age I wanted to be different from everyone else. Sometimes I think if I was born in Green Bay I'd probably be a Vikings fan. Maybe.
After the drama that took place over the summer with Brett Favre unfolded, who I remind you has basically been the Green Bay Packers for over a decade and a half, I wasn't sure how I would be able to root for the Packers and not think of Favre in that New York Jet uniform and how I wasn't sure who was to blame for how it all went down. This feeling was heightened after seeing Favre play pretty well yesterday afternoon. Granted, it was the Dolphins' defense he was going against, but he still looked like the Favre of last season. Which by the way was pretty darn good.
So, needless to say, I was pleased with the outcome of the game tonight. I know it's only one game and it's a long season ahead, but judging just from tonight's performance I'd guess the Packers are capable of at least making the playoffs. I mean, you can't realistically expect more, especially at this point in this early season. There were a couple of plays were he looked Favre-like. The two plays that stick out was the 50 yd pass and then that td pass.
We'll see how Rodgers does on the road against Detroit next week. I for one hope he keeps up the solid play he showed tonight.
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