PA's big list of revenge

I thought of this post just before the Super Bowl but dared not write it until now lest I jinx the good vibrations going the Packers' way.  But now that Vince is coming home it's time to reflect on the accomplishments of this past season.  I could talk about the supreme accomplishment of winning the Super Bowl, the many individual accomplishments of players such as Rodgers and Matthews, or even the noble struggle of overcoming a plethora of injuries.  But at my core I am a small, bitter, and petty person, so I decided to break out my big list of revenge and see how many scores the Packers settled this year.

There really are many crossed off my list after 2010, so join me as I reflect upon the demons we Packer fans can finally put to rest.

Let's start small....

1. Brett Favre.  He ripped out our hearts a few times...but none more than beating the Packers twice in 09.  Well in 2010 we beat him twice.  The rest I'll forgive since he's a legend and all that nonsense....so Brett we're square.

2.  Ben Roethlesburger and the Steelers.  I was in a sports bar on a couple double date to watch the Packer Steeler game last year.  We were the only Packers in the place and must of been loud because eventually some douche bag Viking fans started routing against the Packers.  My heart fell when Big Ben threw that last second TD.  That got him on the list.  Beating him in the SB makes us even though.  

3.  Sean Payton.  Last year I cheered for the Saints, but also felt a bit embarrassed when we heard over and over that he really wanted to coach in Green Bay and got passed over so the Packers could hire MM.  I didn't want to hear all the boo bird who wanted MM fired say "If only we hired Payton!"  Now MM has won a SB within a year of Payton.  One more off the list.

Some bigger ones.....

4.  The Minnesota Vikings.  You know there is just something about this franchise that's weird to me.  It seems that ever since Wilf hired Childress there has been this odd Packer fetish that has infected the franchise.  They had to hire Childress right then to try and snag him from Green Bay (we'll keep MM thank you).  They signed Sharper and Longwell as fast as they could.  They signed Robert Ferguson, Michael Montgomery, and countless other rejects.  They tampered with Favre(I know unproven but I will believe it till the day I die) and signed him.  Well not only did we beat them twice this year, but the second time we beat the team so badly that Brad Childress had to be fired.  That makes us even for the odd fetish of these past few years, but the Vikings still are on the list because it feels so right to hate them so much....

5.  Mike Vick.  Did you know that for a long time Lambeau Field was the place where other teams' playoff hopes came to die?  That was until Vick came in and owned the place...well that and the Packers played like ass all day.  I've never forgiven Vick for that and had an unnatural amount of hate directed his way.  This year the Packers beat him in his house in the playoffs.  What really makes us even though was listening to him at the Pro Bowl talk about how this season was the first that he thought ended too soon and he couldn't get over it.  Let's be honest, there's nothing that will totally make up for giving the Packers their first playoff loss in Lambeau, but that level of disappointment is close enough for me to call us even.

6.  The Philadelphia Eagles.  4th and 26.  Need I say more?  Man, that play still burns deep.  In a year where it looks like we could make a deep run in the playoffs the Eagles make the impossible play and knock us out.  Building on that is the other fact that we hadn't won in Philadelphia since Lombardi was coach.  Yup, it was that long.  Well the Packers not only won once there, but twice...including a big win in the playoffs.  That win takes the Eagles off the list.

7.  The Atlanta Falcons.  You know as well as I do which team Mike Vick was on when he beat the Packers....it was the Falcons.  That win was so bad that both the Falcons and Vick needed comeuppance for it.  Well thankfully the Packers were able to put a beat down so bad on the Falcons and their Super Bowl dreams that the owner was still bitter about it during the Super Bowl.  That makes us even.

7.  The Chicago Bears.  Let me be clear...the Bears will never be off the list.  The Packers could go 14-2 and win the Super Bowl, but if those two loses are to the Bears then something is wrong.  Now that said we were able to settle a very old score with the Bears this year.  It's been many generations that Bear fans, at least those who are savvy enough to know their history ridiculously well, to rub it in that they beat us in our only playoff meeting.  Well, now we were able to not only settle that score, but also win the Halas trophy on Papa Bear's home turf, drink that champane and do the celebrations in his bear cave, and send his Bears into hibernation.  That may not make things even with the Bears, but it does feel damn good.

9.  Favreapologists and haters in general.  You know earlier this year I said the best revenge is living well.  I don't know about you, but these last few days I've been living very well....that is all.

Other notables still on the list....

John Elway and the Denver Broncos.  

Ryan Longwell.

The Arizona Cardinals.

All Division Rivals. (normally I wouldn't include the Lions, but after giving Rodgers a concussion they can be on the list as much as the Bears and Vikings)

Ray Rice.  (for insulting Green Bay when we kicked his ass last year)

The New York Giants.  (sure we had a hand in knocking them out of the playoffs, but that doesn't quite make up for an NFC Championship loss in Lambeau)

The St. Louis Rams.  (need at least one playoff victory to make me forget the beat down they gave us when Brett thre 6 picks)

Did I miss anything else?