Armageddon, doomsday, judgment day.  However you want to explain it, the world has ended.  At least for the Packers.  Well, maybe not the Packers organization.  This is the team that once survived Vince Lombardi leaving for Washington.  It only took 29 years to recover from.  It is the end of the world for Ted Thompson if Brett Favre gets his wish and calls out hike in a different uniform.

What a mess we make of things when we rush ourselves.  Favre and Thompson have created a huge mess in this Texas Hold Em' game they are playing with the future of the franchise.  Favre has now gone all in.  I bet Thompson is kicking himself for trying to get Favre to bet big before the flop.

Really, this is all about one interception.  Well, actually, many interceptions in some big games.  Whether you think Thompson is making the right call or not (which about 99.9% of the Packer nation, and the nation for that matter, will say Thompson is an idiot), he has pretty much destroyed his career or at least put a Jerry Krause time limit on it.  Krause was the guy who chased off Michael Jordan and he ended up a complete failure who had to jump to a whole 'nother sport just to get a job.  Ted Thompson should have learned from history and pretty much know that the guy that forces out a legend usually ends up with a ruined career.  At least getting booed everytime he shows his face (which most GM's will say comes with the job).

The head scratcher is one of the rumored reasons Thompson wanted Favre out the door was because he felt Favre could no longer win the big one.  While recent history supports that theory, I have to ask what makes anyone on God's green earth think Aaron Rodgers can win the big one?  Seriously, it wasn't like Rodgers won a championship in college.  Rodgers fell a touchdown short of rallying the Packers past the Cowboys last season.  That was probably the biggest game of the regular season!  So while Favre has been known to throw six interceptions in a playoff game, he has been known to get you to playoff games.  A lot of them for that matter.  Something we know nothing about when it comes to Rodgers. 

That is where Thompson's thought process is faulty.  If the Packers were coming off consecutive 4-12 seasons or a couple 8-8 years, then Thompson would be justified in telling Brett that the team needs to go in a different direction.  In fact, I think Brett would say the same thing.  This is a team coming off a Brett Favre not going with the right reciever from the Super Bowl.  When got a team that looks poised to make another run, you got to go with the scenarios that you know.  You know Brett can get you back to the playoffs.  All you know with Aaron Rodgers is he is confident that he can do a good job and that he can actually run an offense.  You know with Brett that you are 99% sure he will suit up for Sunday.  You do not know if Aaron Rodgers will suit up for Week 3. 

What is worse is Thompson has not only made his life a living heck (which most GM's will say it comes with the job) but he has made Aaron Rodgers life a living heck.  The only way Thompson comes up 21 on his perceived preference with Rodgers is if Rodgers wins it all this year.  Rodgers was already going to be compared with Favre.  He was probably going to get some breathing room for the first couple interceptions he threw or the first game he lost.  Now, the masses will be on Rodgers and Thompson for every incomplete pass.  Especially if Brett goes to say Baltimore with a Super Bowl capable winning defense, and wins it all.  As it was once said in the movie L.A. Confidential, I wouldn't trade places with Ted Thompson for all the whiskey in Ireland.