Uhhh.... what is a beard? What are pants? What is a road trip? All very becoming when it comes to Toastie. 

Do Me a Favre

Okay fellas, this is a little off-topic, but it's bugging me and I feel like I have to get it off my chest. Jitter, as a retired athlete you may disagree with me here.

Am I the only person on the world who thinks that the Packers are actually vindicated by not renegotiating Javon Walker's contract? I am hearing so much crap about "Brett Favre owes Javon Walker $7 million" or "See why people should hold out?"



This is all foolishness for the following reasons:

1. Javon Walker is still getting the money he originally signed for. It's not as if he's losing the money he would have already had if he hadn't signed. Unless the Packers cut him (which they won't), he will still receive his paycheck, since his inability to play was due to an on-field injury.
   
   
2. Walker is not quite a top-flight receiver. He is very good, and perhaps on the cusp of being a great player, but he's not there yet. Just because Drew Rosenhaus is your agent, don't start drinking the Kool-Aid that you are elite. I hardly think Walker, while a very steady stat-based receiver, is top ten.
   
   
3. The team's number one focus should be on improving the team, not giving a player a huge contract. No player "deserves" a huge contract, period. If a player can get a team to pay a huge amount for his services, more power to him. But it is not the team's responsibility to make sure a player can live in a rich neighborhood.
   
   
4. It ended up being a very smart business move on the Packers' part. Imagine if the Pack had resigned Walker and he was going to make $7 or so. This would have been a complete disaster. Walker would have a huge chunk of the Packers' salary cap, yet would be unavailable to play. Do you think Walker would have given that money back? Hmm, doubt it. Yet Green Bay is somehow looking like the bad guy in the sports media.
   

I find it amusing that Brett Favre, usually a media darling for being a "regular guy" is getting such a bad rap for telling his receiver to get into camp. How is this inconsistent? Favre has always been loyal to the Packers and to Packer fans. He has always shown up to play. He has worked and earned his way into the NFL from dubious beginnings. It's hilarious that suddenly the sports media is bad-mouthing him for telling his receiver to get into camp. Where was the similar backlash against Donovan McNabb telling T.O. to get to camp? T.O. is a bastard, by the way, and he's taken some shots, but why is Donovan -- though he is one of my favorites -- immune from criticism by this example?

The upside of all this is watching Michael Irvin practically have a stroke on NFL Countdown when talking about it. He is so filled with rage that I think he may actually take up cocaine again.

"O is for the oven with the burnin' heat"

Awesome is the only word that comes to mind.

"Don't Bring Anybody's Mother to this, she ain't here..."

Mugs

Which is the mugshot? Better yet, which one is the bigger dirtbag?
Tough call.

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