2008 AFC North Preview

Filed under: Podcasts, 2008 Pre-Season — sotg at 6:11 pm on Friday, August 29, 2008

Download Show 77
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Length:17:11

The ’smash mouth’ division of the NFL isn’t safe from the keen and critical eye of Weasel and the SoTG.

Background music courtesy of WIRED Magazine and the Creative Commons:

  • Thievery Corporation - Dc 3000
  • DJ Dolores - Oslodum 2004
  • Dan The Automator - Relaxation Spa Treatment

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Did I really slack off — or was I just waiting for Favre’s next press release?

Filed under: Articles, 2008 Pre-Season — sotg at 9:45 pm on Sunday, August 3, 2008

I’ve heard it from a few loyal subscribers . . . ‘Why haven’t you written a retirement article for Brett Favre yet?’. Because I could have reasonably predicted Favre’s retirement in the post-season of the past 3 years and I would have been wrong each time.

But this past March was a different story. He actually had a press conference — and he actually cried. Hell, ESPN threw so much coverage on him the week of this press conference, you’d think he died in a plane crash or something. Having viewed all of these bits of evidence, I was inspired to do research on the good and bad of Brett Favre by finding numbers and facts to prove that while he is a Hall of Famer, he’s not in the top 10 all time QBs. (And possibly even evidence that he’s not even the best QB to play for Green Bay compared to Hall of Famer Bart Starr).
(Read on …)