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In a hilariously spot-on item appearing on FOXSports.com, Jason Whitlock pens an open letter to Packers G.M. Ted Thompson with advice on how to handle the Great and Powerful Favre, a/k/a “The Mississippi Hickey.”
The whole thing is right here.
We recommend reading the whole thing. Twice.
July 18th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Whitlock wrote:
“This thing with Favre is bigger than football. He’s a modern-day Babe Ruth…”
Bull. Favre won one ring. One. How many titles did Ruth win?
When you stack Favre up against Hall of Fame QB’s, he might make the top ten. Seriously. Go list all the great QB’s, even ones who didn’t win (Marino, Fouts) and compare. Not just stats, but impact on the game. I’d take a one time ring winning Namath over Favre. Staubach, Montana, Bradshaw, Unitas, Young, …. who else? Favre is very good, and a deserving HoF jacket wearing QB, but putting him with Babe Ruth? Not a chance.
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July 18th, 2008 at 7:52 am
OK, show of hands….who thinks Whitlock is funny? Both of you?
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July 18th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I find that people are generally too stupid to understand Whitlock. I am glad to see him getting some love here.
Yes he might say negative things about your team, yes he likes to wrtie about race. There things do not make him stupid.
He is one of the best sports writers in the country.
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July 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
“Get over it. The great ones are always a pain in the ass”.
Truer words were never spoken.
Mike Florio and Jason Whitlock say what most of us would
want to say if we ever had the chance to speak freely.
This article should be a must read for every Packer fan. Hell,
for every sports fan. Great article. Thanks for sharing.
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July 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I agree with Shamrock, you can not utter the words Babe and Favre in the same sentence, not even close! Ruth changed the game, he had more HR’s that 6 different teams in his first season in NY. The equivalent of that MIGHT be Brady’s season last year because he had more passing TD’s than 3 or 4 different teams combined. Brady could go down as the greatest QB to walk the earth just as Ruth is the greatest baseball player ever, by a mile, when you consider he was a 20 game winner (a few times I believe) as a starting pitcher before he decided to assault every hitting record known to man.
Favre is/was not bigger than the game, Ruth was, no question about it. Sure he’s a first ballot HOF but he’s no better than Aikman, Young or anyone else from the 80’s, 90’s or today. Of course you admire his iron man streak, but that doesn’t elevate him above any of the other HOF QB’s. I also can’t recall any other HOF QB’s giving a conference title game away by throwing such a horrid pass like he did last year.
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:24 am
A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. Obviously, a lot of you shouldn’t be holding your breath waiting for the Mensa invitation.
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I read this thing like the second it popped up on fox sports, at my office. It’s pretty funny. His, “I predicted when…” sarcastic anecdotes of pomp remind me a lot of some McSweeneys writers. The whole thing is very dry, but after I read it, the comments started flowing and they really made me second guess humanity.
About a third of the people thought that Whitlock was really playing the race card and were getting pretty millitant about it. retaaads.
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:39 am
brian1483, I thought I’m the only person who has brian as a prefix. Don’t be takin away my glory.
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