Time for an Enema

Time to clean the Fudge Pack

As we watched the Pack once again squander a lead and the best years of Aaron Rodgers career, it is obvious the organization needs a crisp cold enema and dusting and cleaning.  Not that I would know anything about that service since I eat a high fiber and high beer diet.  They have gotten away with marginal talent surrounding legendary QBs for nearly 20 years now, but it has reached the point where they may be in peril of becoming the Cleveland Browns for many years to come if they do not act quickly.  They have accumulated a large blockage with little talent hidden by great QB play for two decades, but it might be time for a good cleansing.

Over the years a handful of organizations have been fortunate enough to transition from one hall of fame QB to another.  Peyton Manning gave way to Andrew Luck, Montana turned the keys over to Steve Young, Brett Favre to Rodgers and of course Mark “Dirty” Sanchez to the great Geno Smith…ok, that last one was wishful thinking, but you get the point.   The Pack have squandered top 5 QB play at that position for 20 years now and have 2 super bowls to show for it.    Unfortunately, this GM and head coach is only concerned with winning 9-10 games and winning one home field playoff game year after year.  They literally build “The Packer Way”, which is cheese head language for only draft picks.  They draft a bunch of players from Notre Dame, Michigan and Wisconsin and hope they work out.  This was a very successful strategy for a long time, but in recent years it’s become a debacle. The starting running back up until last week was a converted wide receiver named Ty Montgomery.   Seriously, how do you as a franchise look at that situation with a straight face and say “Yup, we are set at RB, maybe we can see if our backup center can play slot receiver as well”.  It is an embarrassment to the organization and disrespectful to Aaron Rodgers.  I personally believe Rodgers is the best QB I have ever watched suit up and he makes something out of nothing on a regular basis with his awkward throws, timely running and pin point accuracy.  Despite this, I would challenge any non-Pack fan to name his receiving group.

In addition to giving Rodgers no talent, they saddle him with Mike “Big Mac” McCarthy who I personally nicknamed “Big Mac” because he is fat, greasy and like most food at McDonalds, is unhealthy for you!   This guy routinely destroys his team’s chances of winning and as we chronicled in September, the best way to beat the Pack is to let THEM get a big lead so Big Mac can squander it with prevent defense and soft conservative play calling.  As we witnessed last night in Seattle, he didn’t disappoint and did what he does best: Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!  Mind you, Big Mac was the genius in San Fran 10 years ago who though Alex Smith was a better QB than Rodgers and pushed them to pass on Rodgers and take Smith.  That worked out so well, a guy with an afro the size of a satellite dish (Colin Kap) was able to beat him out for the starting job and a Super Bowl berth.

The LeVeon Bell fiasco was a perfect example of this Fudge Pack philosophy.  How in the world could they have not gone full blown in to get a disgruntled RB who also is the best RB at catching out of the backfield?  You want to scare a defense?  Have a play action pass with Rodgers dropping back, Bell chip blocking and then hanging around as an exit route.  Instead the Fudge Pack keeps bringing in backs and receivers by committee and asking Rodgers to somehow make them a star and to score enough points so when Big Mac plays prevent defense in the 4^th the score might hold up.  The scary thing for the Fudge Pack right now is that Rodgers will be turning 35 shortly, has been injury prone and is frustrated.  He is throwing pass after pass away rather than dropping it like a rain drop into the receivers’ arms because he has no receivers he trusts.  Barring a miracle draft and another franchise QB being groomed, what free agents in this day and age want to go to Wisconsin to play football?   Let’s cut to the chase, what reasonable adult would want to go Wisconsin period?  I get it; you have cheddar cheese, Bratwurst and beer, but don’t be too proud of yourself.  You live in a state that gets 2 months of good weather and you are inside for 7 months out of the year.  The least you can do is to make some good cheddar and beer brats!  If the Sportsbozos gave me the choice of relocating to Wisconsin or Afghanistan I would be hard pressed in that decision.  At least they grow poppy seed there, so I could just get lit up wasted every day until I die or I’m beheaded by the Taliban!

Rodgers and Favre carried enough star power clout to attract free agents, but in this new millennial world, players are more inclined to hang out with their buddies in warm weather, international cities and once Rodgers is done, the Pack will literally not attract anyone.  The pack is running out of time and by the looks on his face, I can see a similar situation playing out next year like the Steelers went through.  What if Rodgers decides to hold out, contract be damned?  What if he just pulls a Carson Palmer and retires like Palmer did to the Bengals?  Time is running out and it’s time they flushed out this Pack before it’s too late.

-BSB