that Brett Favre does. He likes to set up strawmen that he can knock over easily. When he left the Packers, the issue really wasn’t that people thought he couldn’t play anymore but he likes to manufacture motivation wherever he can….so we get stuff like this. So he got hurt last year, and had a good year this year….surprisingly good. Great. Let’s be honest here, the questions are always as much or more about the tendency to manipulate the media/spin as it is about what you can do on the field. The “doubters” doubts are mostly about whether you mean whatever it is you are saying at a particular moment in time, and have little to do with whatever you are doing on the field.

On top of that, this is another example of how much the guy likes to hear himself talk. He’ll give a long circular answer to a question, and at the end of it all he really hasn’t said anything at all. What the hell does this quote mean, exactly? You need a decoder pen for half this stuff.

The only thing more annoying then these circular long winded non-answer “answers” is when he goes into self interview mode. He gets tired of the questions, so he just starts handling it start to finish himself…..“Could I have handled things better? Probably. Could they have? I think so. Can I hold up a season? I think my record speaks for itself. Is this the most talented team? Maybe……” On and on it goes! Nauseating.

We’ve seen it all. We all have our decoder pens. I think we are probably all thinking the same thing. This guy is going to hem and haw for 6-7 months. He doesn’t want to go to camp (with good reason). He’ll miss as much as they will let him, or can get away with. And then he will play.

Several reasons. He is still playing well. They have a good team around him. He cannot stand the thought of just handing the Packers the “honor” of preseason favorite. He can still be a burr in our side, and so it shall be. He can’t give this up, but he can’t give up the 6 month media blitz before it becomes official either.