"Are they TRYING to piss Favre off?!?"
Those are the words of a good friend and radio colleague moments after the Green Bay Packers shocked the world by drafting Tennessee defensive lineman Justin Harrell with the 16th overall choice in this weekend's NFL Draft.
Retired QB/current ESPN analyst Steve Young echoed that emotion, figuring that the Packers needed a lot on offense and that he remembered being slighted when his old team, the Niners, went with defense on draft day even amid glowing needs on the other side of the ball.
Young's co-hort Chris Mortensen reminded everyone that there was still a lot of choosin' left to be done, and that we shouldn't forget about Randy Moss possibly getting traded to Green Bay.
Well, the choosin's done and Moss is now a New England Patriot.
How's that draft workin' out for you, Packers fans?
I, for one, won't miss Moss but DO think GM Ted Thompson needed to make some sort of dramatic move--other than trading down in the second round while leaving three pretty viable players on the board who immediately got snarfed up by the teams that followed Green Bay in the pecking order.
Fan patience with the GM was at low ebb at the start of last season, what with the whole will-Farve-retire-and-why-doesn't-Thompson-tell-him-to-come-back scenario still fresh in all of our minds. An 8-8 finish with four straight victories to close out the season made all that go away.
Now this.
Sure, Thompson picked up some bodies at running back, tight end and wideout--guys who may be the next Emmitt Smith, Tony Gonzalez and Marvin Harrison. You never know with draft picks, though. They could just as well end up being the new incarnations of Brent Fullwood, Tyrone Davis and Taco Wallace, too.
Packers fans have to trust that Thompson knows what he's doing--this past weekend's disappointment will be forgotten this summer if Harrell and his fellow greenhorns dazzle in early September. And, no matter what, there's always the Lions to break anyone's fall into the divisional abyss.
But oh, to be a fly on the wall wherever Favre was watching Saturday's proceedings. Or yesterday, as he watched the veteran wideout he supposedly coveted get dealt to another team.
If flies have ears, those suckers had to be burnin'.
Those are the words of a good friend and radio colleague moments after the Green Bay Packers shocked the world by drafting Tennessee defensive lineman Justin Harrell with the 16th overall choice in this weekend's NFL Draft.
Retired QB/current ESPN analyst Steve Young echoed that emotion, figuring that the Packers needed a lot on offense and that he remembered being slighted when his old team, the Niners, went with defense on draft day even amid glowing needs on the other side of the ball.
Young's co-hort Chris Mortensen reminded everyone that there was still a lot of choosin' left to be done, and that we shouldn't forget about Randy Moss possibly getting traded to Green Bay.
Well, the choosin's done and Moss is now a New England Patriot.
How's that draft workin' out for you, Packers fans?
I, for one, won't miss Moss but DO think GM Ted Thompson needed to make some sort of dramatic move--other than trading down in the second round while leaving three pretty viable players on the board who immediately got snarfed up by the teams that followed Green Bay in the pecking order.
Fan patience with the GM was at low ebb at the start of last season, what with the whole will-Farve-retire-and-why-doesn't-Thompson-tell-him-to-come-back scenario still fresh in all of our minds. An 8-8 finish with four straight victories to close out the season made all that go away.
Now this.
Sure, Thompson picked up some bodies at running back, tight end and wideout--guys who may be the next Emmitt Smith, Tony Gonzalez and Marvin Harrison. You never know with draft picks, though. They could just as well end up being the new incarnations of Brent Fullwood, Tyrone Davis and Taco Wallace, too.
Packers fans have to trust that Thompson knows what he's doing--this past weekend's disappointment will be forgotten this summer if Harrell and his fellow greenhorns dazzle in early September. And, no matter what, there's always the Lions to break anyone's fall into the divisional abyss.
But oh, to be a fly on the wall wherever Favre was watching Saturday's proceedings. Or yesterday, as he watched the veteran wideout he supposedly coveted get dealt to another team.
If flies have ears, those suckers had to be burnin'.
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