1-5, not alive

For those of you wondering that grey pall hanging over America's Dairyland today is reality. A pernicious reality that like a fog snuck in from the lake, and blanketed every farmhouse, schoolhouse, and tavern in the state. A fog that ironically allowed people to see what was real all along...not only are the Packers not going to make the playoffs this year, but the team is so broken that it will take a top to bottom, multi-year overhaul for them to be competitive again.

For many years now there has been this illusion that somehow Brett Favre alone could lead the Pack back to the promised land. But Moses has been wandering the desert for many years because it seems that the Israelites can't play defense. Not only is a super bowl not in the offing for this year, but the Pack's chances for one anytime this decade seem as distant and cold as any woman I've ever dated. It is Ironic that the symbolic end of the Favre era came to be one of his best games in years, which is why I have a radical idea...trade Brett.

Assuming that he does not want to retire, and still wants another shot at a ring, a the end of the season trade him to some up-and-coming team looking for veteran leadership and take unproven talent in return. Keep him this season so he can continue to tutor Aaron Rodgers, then let Aaron take most of the snaps. It is time to face the fact that if the Packers are going to be competive anytime in the near future it will be with Rodgers at the helm not Favre. Move up in the draft and start thinking defense. And finally, fire Sherman. The man has taken this team as far as he can (nowhere) and he needs to go.

Then and only then can this statewide instution have a shot at reliving its glory days. As for myself, my precious Falcons don't play until tonight when once again the entire season will rest on Michael Vick's knee.