Driver disses old pal Favre? Really?

In a recent interview, Green Bay Packer WR Donald Driver extolled the virtues of working with QB Aaron Rodgers - while slighting former GB QB Brett Favre.

I've played with two quarterbacks. One just went out there and did what he did, and he wasn't patient at all. But Aaron takes what the defense gives him, and that's the type of guy you want. - Donald Driver.

Driver is correct in stating that Favre wasn't as patient at Rodgers, let's say. You know, the gunslinger type. But why is a reporter pimping Driver by asking him this question now? Favre's long gone as a Packer. Talk about beating a dead horse. And Packer fans want me to "let it go"? Wonder why no journalists asked Driver this question when the Packers went 6-10 the season immediately after Favre's departure from Green Bay?

Funny...Driver never complained about Favre's style those 9 years when Brett was tossing DD the ball, mounting up all those TD's and catches, was he? Check here for Driver's stats. All 3 years Driver was selected to the Pro Bowl while playing with Favre, he never complained once about Favre's style back then. No siree.

Hmmmm...must be that Super Bowl ring. Sure it is...

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Driver says "legacy tarnished" for Favre is bull.

"My own opinion is that his legacy is not going to be tarnished by anything," Driver told Sirius XM radio. "He’s going to be able to still retire as a Green Bay Packer. I don’t think anyone will ever wear the No. 4 jersey in Green Bay ever again. It would not hurt him. I think when you love the game as much as he loves it, (if) you’re going to go somewhere else and play, then you’re going to go somewhere else and play. And that’s one thing we don’t have control over. We don’t have control over our careers. Sometimes you play with a team for a certain amount of years and they let you go and you still feel like you can play, you’re going to go out and play and that doesn’t matter where it’s at."

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"Get yer Brett Favre Action Figure! Hoohaaa!"

McFarlane Toys announced its plans on last Monday for a Brett Favre New York Jets action figure to be released late this year. Favre will be part of the SportsPicks NFL 2008 Wave 3 where he will appear in both white and green jersey figures - the white available at all stores but the green only at Toys 'R' Us.

Wave 3 is scheduled to arrive in late December and includes Clinton Portis, Marion Barber, Donald Driver and Jay Cutler figures. Plans were in the works for an Aaron Rogers action figure but the shoulder on the mock-up toy broke so those plans are now in limbo.

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How to get Lei'd at the Pro Bowl

Get a ticket and go. Good as chance as any.

Aaron Kampman, Donald Driver, Chad Clifton and Al Harris will be representing the Green Bay Packers at the Pro Bowl - to be played today at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii - as will the Packer coaching staff, who will coach the NFC. Favre was the top vote-getter in the entire Pro Bowl selection process, but he opted to drop out a month ago. Sour grapes after losing to the Giants in the NFC Championship? I don't think so - Brett hasn't played in the previous four Pro Bowls he was selected to (I think, 9 in total) and his dropping out was well in advance so that his replacements had enough notice. Unlike Tom Brady and Randy Moss from the Patriots, who dropped out of the Pro Bowl a week ago - the day after they were upset by the Giants in Super Bowl 42.

I won't watch this. Never liked the Pro Bowl - it's a meaningless game and for guys to risk getting injured for a meaningless game doesn't make sense to me.

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Early Analysis of Green Bay's Playoff Chances

The Packers and the Seahawks are pretty evenly matched statistic-wise headed into this Saturday's NFC Divisional playoff game - seeded #2 and 3# respectively. At least the QBs are. If Ryan Grant can run the ball effectively and Brett connects with his receivers (who led the league most of the season on yards after the catch) who Coach McCarthy often deploys in a 4 and 5 wide spread, GB can dominate this game. Brett also needs to keep his cool and we can't get behind - or he'll start tossing balls up for INTs. And the offensive line needs to protect Brett and the defense needs to put pressure and HasselHACK and get him out of the pocket.

Can't this analysis be said of every team? Yep - I just wanted to post these pictures, that's all.

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