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How Important is Beating Brett?

By Dan O'Donnell

From my weekly column at SportsBubbler.com:

 

Brett Bowl II.  The Return to the Tundra.  Favreaggeddon 2009.  No matter the name it's given, the hype surrounding Sunday's game is almost unparalleled. 

 

Vikings quarterback Brett Favre heads to Lambeau Field in a visitor's uniform for the first time in his legendary career, and the buildup is unlike anything Packers fans have seen since...well, the last time Green Bay played Favre in Minnesota.

 

That meltdown at the Metrodome was the most-watched program in cable television history and the rematch promises to be even more intensely scrutinized.

 

Yet the Packers themselves deny any extra motivation to win on Sunday because of a certain quarterback.

 

"It's not a personal thing with anyone," said wide receiver Donald Driver.  "We're out there to beat the Minnesota Vikings, not anyone on the Vikings."

 

"We feel like we're building each week, getting better, growing," head coach Mike McCarthy added. "Guys are stepping up with their opportunities.  We feel very, very good about ourselves as a football team."

 

If in fact the Packers are, as Coach McCarthy suggests, a good football team, do they really need to beat Brett to prove it?

 

Click Here to Read the Full Column at SportsBubbler.com

Wednesday, Oct 28 at 9:56 PM Kevin wrote ...

We need to beat the VIKINGS..NOT FAVRE. Let Favre throw 3 td's and throw for 300 for the fans...but just as long as we score more than they do!! We can't let Harvin or Peterson run wild on us. We need this game...we have some cupcakes coming up again so we better beat playoff caliber teams so we can be an elite team AND make the playoffs! GO PACK

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Wednesday, Oct 28 at 3:13 PM Matt wrote ...

HECK YEAH, THEY NEED TO BEAT BRETT!!! He is the quaterback for the MINNESOTA VIKINGS...And the VIKINGS are the best team in the NFC north to this point and our arch rivals. Give Farve his KUDOS when he retires, he does deserve it. Until then, drop him like a bad habit....7,8, or 9 times would be nice. GO PACK!!!!!

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