That's one of my favorite lines, among many favorite lines, in the film "As Good As It Gets". Amazingly, Greg Kinnear managed to deliver a few gems in that film alongside the master, Jack Nicholson. Nicholson quickly sets Kinnear straight on his denial though, and I'd like to set Donald driver (and a legion of cheeseheads) straight on the Brett Favre no-show.

Favre has turned the entire Packer organization into a Miss Clairol commercial. Do you remember the "does she or doesn't she?" campaign?. In Favre's commercial, the question is will he or won't he? My guess is that he didn't show up and didn't bother to call because the Packers dared to put Aaron Rodgers #1 on the depth chart, because they intended to rest Favre.

But according to Donald Driver, that's not it at all, really. Brett just had things to do. Things that prevented him from respecting the team and organization and making a phone call. It's pretty nauseating to hear that Driver has fallen into the trap out of which the Packers FO can't dig itself. Meanwhile, John Madden's illegitimate son continues to lay waste to the team with his pre-adolescent antics. The Packers, of course have no one to blame but themselves. They could have stopped this silliness long ago.

As much as I despised the way Chuck Noll handled Terry Bradshaw in 1983, essentially telling an injured Bradshaw that "he should consider getting on with his life's work". I always liked the message that Noll sent to the team in general. Glen Edwards made the game ending pick in SB X and then held out the next season. Noll cut him. Bill Walsh made a difficult decision with Joe Montana. Jimmy Johnson traded Herschel Walker. That's the message great coaches send, no one player is more important than the team.

Favre disgusts me. He's living in a fantasy world where Mike Holmgren is still jammed up his ####, stopping him from those comical 6 interception playoff games or the underhanded, over the line of scrimmage game breakers. Favre is coming into his tenth season since Green Bay beat a hopeless NE squad in SB XXXI. In the meantime, Brett has delivered the worst playoff performance by a QB, ever, the first and second home playoff losses in Packer History, and gave away an NFC Divisional Game to the Eagles in 2004 with one of his bonehead specials to Al Harris, just to name a few lowlights.

 

So now, the Packer "legend" has decided that the best way to deflect the criticism he so greatly deserves is to question the Packers commitment to winning and personnel decisions. I couldn't agree more. The Packers have made the same mistake year in and year out with one player. If the Packers were serious about winning, they'd find a GM who hit his head on a rock this morning and trade the crybaby for a few players, or maybe a used tire or two. Favre is useless to GB, the team is not good enough to overcome the fact that he's regressed into the same guy who sat the bench in Atlanta. That's the problem with a little success, it makes stupid QB's think they have all the answers. The fact is, without Holmgren babysitting, Favre is a disaster waiting to happen. He proves it, year in and year out. Realistically though, Favre isn't the answer for any team though. He'll kill a good team in the playoffs or a bad team in the regular season. A few free agents in GB or elsewhere won't change that.

I guess the fans, press and FO in GB are still grateful for the one year "return to greatness" ten seasons ago. Favre should be glad he didn't play in Pittsburgh. Bradshaw won 4 SB's (that 4 times the number Favre won) for the Steelers. He got booed off the field two years later for a game ending pick against SD in the playoffs, and Chuck Noll questioned his desire to play the game even though he seriously injured his abdomen and elbow and played hurt for all of 1982. 

I'm not saying that GB has to publicly attack or discredit Favre, like Noll and the Steelers did to Bradshaw, but it would make sense if they laid down the gauntlet. Favre's annual "Miss Clairol" act hurts the team he pretends to care so much about and stops them dead cold from moving on, which they must do anyway. The sickening irony is that Favre has no intention of making good on his threats, because he knows, deep down, that what the team really needs is to start over. But that wouldn't fill Brett's ego. In the meantime, a sorry bunch of players, executives and fans will continue to buy the BS that Favre is indispensable and gives the team the best chance to win. Not it at all, really.