Cheesehead reality bites
Cold, Hard Football Facts for August 5, 2008
Cheeseheads are like the kid you run into 10 years after high school, only to discover that he still wears his varsity wrestling jacket, still works at the Pump ‘n Save and still wants to talk only about the “glory days” of a decade ago.
They’re both stuck in 1996 and have never moved past it.
The truth is that Brett Favre, who returns to the Packers this week five months after "retiring," has never been the same quarterback he was in his “glory days” of 1995-97. Back then, he became the first player in history to win three straight NFL MVP awards. (Though, interestingly, he's never once led the league in passer rating.)
But the track record since then is not so hot. In fact, like the kid still working at the Pump 'n Save, life has kicked the Cheeseheads in the gonads a few times. So instead of dealing with the painful memories, your old buddy still clings to his wrestling jacket and the days when he ruled the school, just like Favre fans cling to the No. 4 jerseys and the single lonely Super Bowl championship he brought to "title" town more than a decade ago.
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