Brett Favre. I know you all were waiting for it.

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Well it could have been brought to you by something else, but I didn't want to get too harsh on one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, as well as the absolute greatest quarterback in Packers' history.

But this is clearly bothering me. I kinda knew it was eventually going to happen ever since the fateful offseason before the 2008 season. I just didn't expect him to just say "Oh, OK, I'm not gonna come back, guys. Sorry." and then a few weeks later, express interest. At that point, I should have known that he was just trying to get out of going through training camp and other offseason workouts with the team and all that. All I can say about that is...well, that's his loss.

But here's the thing that scares me. Last year, the Vikings were pretty good at just about every position: running back, receiver, a nice run-blocking offensive line, an excellent run-stopping front 7 which includes two All-Pro defensive tackles, a defensive end who can get to the quarterback with the best of them and some decent defensive backs. Their only problem? Quarterback. And with that, the Vikings are definitely a NFC contender. If Favre just wanted to go into the division, to any old random team just to jam the Packers, I would have just laughed at the whole thing, seeing that it was going to blow up in his face when the Packers did beat them this year.

But this year's Vikings are anything but that. There's no doubt in my mind that Favre chose to go to the Vikings for revenge against the Packers for what happened an offseason ago, because if it wasn't, why wouldn't he have gone somewhere else? We all knew that this was his main intention, and once October 5 and November 1 come around, I'm gonna root hard as hell for the Packers to win both contests.

For those Packers fans Brett Favre dick suckers who are going to root for Favre to do well this season, give me a break. Barring an unlikely early-season collapse which would take the Vikings well out of playoff contention early, there's no way you can support Brett Favre, a member of the sworn rivals, and root for the Packers to do well in the same time. Even if the Packers and Vikings aren't playing each other. It just doesn't work that way, seeing that any time that a contending team like the Vikings wins, it hurts the Packers' chances at the division/playoffs/home playoff game that much more. I don't see how it can get any simpler than that. (Another exception would be that if a Vikings win against someone helps the Packers into the playoffs, in which case my point will be void.)

However, this stance does not mean that I will forever hate Brett Favre until the day I die. I understand what he (and everyone else back in the early '90s) has done for the franchise, seeing that between Lombardi and Favre, the team was pretty horrible. In fact, I think it would be very classy act for the Packers fans at Lambeau to give Favre a standing ovation on November 1, even as he runs on the field in the hated white and purple. However, once kickoff comes, all bets are off. It's go-time.

And another thing: if Favre actually does well with the Vikings, and does come back to win a Super Bowl with them, at that point, there's no way I can like him. Ever. That is the only thing that can have me hate him for the rest of my life.

And for the record, the Packers won their Super Bowl one year before I even cared about the NFL, so if Favre wins one with Minnesota, it doesn't suddenly even things up. At least with me.

But good luck to the Packers this season. I hope it's a good one.

~KG~