What can you say about the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre? For the past few years almost everyone was wanting to run him out of town and force his retirement but Favre hung in there. The Packer hung in their and began rebuilding the team after the failures of Mike Sherman the former head and General Manager. A position that was given to him by Ron Wolfe with his retirement. The last Packers head coach and General Manager was Vince Lombardi and Mike Sherman is no Vince Lombardi. But then again who is?

Not long ago many wanted the head of the Packers Ted Thompson for his obvious poor draft selections that they proclaimed was going to ruin the Packers. Some become downright vocally hostile because he would not draft Brady Quinn out of Notre Dame. The same Brady Quinn that has more TV time with endorsements that playing.

Now the Packers are 14-3 with an impressive dismantling of Mike Holmgren’s Seattle Seahawks even after Green Bays Grant coughed up the ball twice to hand the Seahawks a 14-0 lead. The Packers did not panic while many of the Packer faithful just watched in disbelief at what was unfolding before their own very eyes.

Lets face it the Packers are a very young team but they are also extremely talented and athletic. More so than even the Super Bowl teams in 96 and 97.  You could call this the no name Packers because frankly the only player that is recognizable is Favre. Favre is a true player and student of the game like Montana, Unitas, and a host of others before him. He not only shows his determination to win but he has also been ignited by the youth movement on this Packers team that has made him appear to be youthful. Reality is it is still the same Brett Favre that many have always seen just with a much better supporting cast that wants to prove to Favre that they are worthy to be wearing the Packer green and gold. For many it’s just not a uniform it is a symbolic meaning of the history of the NFL.

This game did not rest on Favre arm or his ability to make the come back it was simply Favre is now part of a team a team that wants to win. A team that has the pieces of the puzzle to win and a coach that has proven he can overcome some of the frantic fans that when things go not as planned suddenly are bouncing off the walls demanding change.

The Packers this year have been a team that has been resilient and at times showing they are capable of showing their youth as they did in the last Bears games. A team that did not want to play in the game because of the cold and felt they had nothing to lose at that juncture anyway since they had the #2 seed safely secured.

For the Packers the media spot light with grow brighter if they win next week against the surging Giants and put Favre front and center and the old field general that has lead his team by just being himself.