Thinkcage

ESPN is beating to death the idea that the Packers should bench Brett Favre and look toward the future. I’m pretty sure they just copy and paste this line into each week’s Power Rankings and Morning After columns:

Regardless of whether Brett Favre comes back next year, it’s time for Aaron Rodgers to get some playing time, sort of like what the Browns are doing with Charlie Frye, giving him a series here and there. If he’s the future, Green Bay has to start preparing for it. With a loss at Philly on Sunday, the Packers (2-9) are assured their first losing season of the Favre era.

Are you kidding me? The Packers aren’t losing this year because of Favre. They’ve been competitive in every game this year – losing all but two by less than a touchdown. Favre has been his usual self playing with a ragtag group of second-tier talent. Much respect for Donald Driver getting it done every week despite being the only legitimate threat in the passing game. And the Gado is doing well despite being the fifth starting running back this season. The talent just isn’t there to push the Pack over the top in these close games. That said, benching Favre and getting Rogers some playing time is a worthless idea. What is the point of throwing Rogers out there surrounded by talent so deficient that even one of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL history can’t win with?

Is that really the kind of experience we want him to get? Not to mention the idea that benching Favre however inconsequential to the season’s outcome would most assuredly hasten his retirement. This is the NFL, with a little luck on the injury front and maybe a couple of fresh faces and the Packers could be right in the thick of it again.

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