Posted on 06/06/2005 9:05:16 AM PDT by Asphalt
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- This is my AFC prediction column, and you're probably wondering: What is that weird dateline doing on the AFC prediction column? Well, I came to Wisconsin over the weekend to take the temperature of Brett Favre and gauge his readiness for a 14th season in Green Bay, so it just happens to be where I am right now.
Favre interlude: The Packers QB holds an annual benefit softball game in this little suburb of Appleton, Wis., a 30-minute drive from Lambeau Field. He does it here because this is where the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Midwest League Class A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, play in a nice little venue called Fox Cities Stadium.
Favre looked good. Said he weighs 224 pounds and just finished a five-week, five-day-a-week workout regimen with former Notre Dame strength and conditioning man Ken Kroener down in Mississippi. The Packers paid for the training because they think Favre needs to be in better condition to withstand the rigors of an NFL season than he was last year. Which Favre, basically, confirmed. "People made a big deal of this," he told me, sitting at a locker in the Timber Rattlers' spartan clubhouse, "but I do feel better. This time last year, I hadn't really done anything."
Favre's conditioning program included stretching, body-weight lunges. . .
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Martin was also one of the QBs drafted ahead of Tom Terrific.
What ever happened to Martin?
Then what about the Buccaneers? HMM? Raiders won AFC Championship...they lost.
LOL
I predict a 5 and 11 finish for our Browns...
And then they can trade up and take AJ Hawk.
Video game simulations does not a good player make. :P
You don't win 14+ games without being able to play on the road.
Those games are fun to watch but those are usually teams that don't get to the big game.
It is remarkable how beat up they've been over the past two seasons and yet they've only lost four games over that period. Pioli and Belichick have put together a deep roster.
Even the most die hard Steeler fan doesn't think they'll go 15-1 again but I think they'll get a first round bye.
Well thought out theory.
1990 and 1992 were pretty damn miserable. It's because of those years we appreciate the current Patriots so much.
Favre won't get back to a SB unless the Packers defense gets better quickly.
Keep the faith.
I'd have hated to have been a Viking fan watching that live.
Absolutely.
yep
yep
nope
Are they going to get some of Winslow's signing bonus money back?
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