I asked the same question once. Why arn't people cheering for Darren Sharper and Ryan Longwell, or other ex-Packers? They were Packers once. No one answered my question though.
I don't act as if Favre never existed. I still have his picture (actually, SEVERAL pictures) on my walls. I still care about the guy as a person, and as "our" QB for all those years. What i don't care about is how he does on other teams. I am ONLY a Packer fan. I didn't watch and cheer on Reggie White when he unretired and played for the Panthers. I didn't watch even one of their games. Does that mean i didn't like him, or he never existed? Heck no! But i wasn't a Panther fan. I only cared about what he did when he was one of "us". That doesn't mean i wished him, or Favre anything bad. I just don't care how other teams do with our ex-players is all.
If someone feels differently, thats fine with me. The only thing i don't like is when they use the Favre thing to dig at the Packers or their MGMT.
"Cheesey" wrote:
Apparently, there are three types of fans:
1) follows team,
2) follows players,
3) combo of both
I happen to be #3. Packers will always be my favorite team, but when James Lofton went to the Raiders, I watched every Raiders game I could. Then he went to the Bills and lo and behold, he was in the Super Bowl. That was awesome.
Sharper I wasn't that attached to and same with Longwell. But James Lofton was my favorite player ever until probably the mid-90s Favre took that over.
Cheesey - I don't like using Favre to dig at Management either, but it has gone both ways. There are a lot of people on this board who have been downright nasty to Favre as well.
And the other thing I don't understand is why can't people like BOTH Favre and Rodgers. I happen to like them both. Rodgers has been nothing but impressive all year and it's not his fault the D sucks.
My man Donald Driver
(thanks to Pack93z for the pic)
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