With the announcement that Brett Favre had the surgery on his ailing throwing arm it's all but a forgone conclusion that if Brett’s arm heals satisfactory enough for him to play, he will and he will be a Minnesota Viking. There’s going to be a lot of speculation in the coming weeks (approximately 4 to 8 weeks of recovery), as Brett rehabs the arm, but make no mistake about it, Brett would NOT have had the surgical procedure performed if he wasn’t serious about his return to the NFL and going after the Green Bay Packers.

There, that’s the update portion of this article. Now for the emotional reality; I don’t often use listener emails as the basis for my argument unless there’s a really good point to it. In this case, I have to break my own unwritten rule. We adults argue back and forth as to what this or that means to us, the game, the franchise, on and on. But, sometimes, through the eyes of babes, we can see the world a little differently. This email from Carrie, gave me a little different perspective.

Unit,

I thought you'd get a kick out of this story - it was funny, sad, illuminating etc, to me.  My 12 year old son was at his first boy-girl birthday party on Saturday night (but that's a story for another time).  The theme was "Hollywood" - come dressed as your favorite star, dead or alive.  Being the son of 40 something TV rerun junkies, my son went as Fonzie.  One of the last kids to come down the red carpet was young man dressed as Brett Favre.  With no hesitation or prompting, about 30 12 year olds roundly booed this poor kid.  Everybody likes him so it wasn't about that.
For what it's worth, there is the statement from tomorrow's paying public.  Lots of name calling, lots of "get outta here, go to Minnesota".
I know all these kids and their parents and a huge majority of them are big time Packer fans - I just found it one of those "out of the mouths of babes" moments.

Have a good one,

Carrie

PS - at least I know that I can trust the word of most of these kids when they tell me something - more than I can say for Brett, unfortunately.


Thanks Carrie!