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The Pack misses Favre

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The numbers say that both teams would be better with their new QBs, but Greg Couch of the Chicago Sun Times says the Packers are worse off without Brett Favre.  His argument…
Guess what: Pennington, now in Miami, has the fourth-highest passer rating (95.1) in the NFL. Rodgers is ninth (91.8). And Favre? He’s [...]

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On Favre helping the Lions

You are probably familiar with the rumors that Brett Favre helped the Lions prepare to play the Packers recently.  (Given how horrible the Lions are, the possibility of 0-16 looming, the Lions need all the help they can get.)
Perhaps if Favre had not thrown his general manager under the bus on national television, if had [...]

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If the playoffs started today, October 8, 2008

And of course they don’t, so this is a wee bit useless.

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Proof that Aaron Rodgers is being accepted in Green Bay

His jerseys are selling quite well.
“For the first month after the trade … really five or six weeks … it was really going well with the Favre sales,” Walters said. “Right now, Rodgers is selling the best.”
At the Packers Pro Shop in the Lambeau Field Atrium, Rodgers jerseys have been on the shelf since he [...]

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Packers in good shape to extend the contract of Aaron Rodgers

From the Green Bay Post-Gazette….
If General Manager Ted Thompson likes what he sees in Aaron Rodgers over the coming weeks, he’s in excellent salary-cap shape to sign the quarterback to a long-term contract without hurting the Green Bay Packers’ future caps.
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The Packers, according to a source with access to NFL Players Association salary figures, are [...]

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