The man who caught Brett Favre’s record setting touchdown pass number 421 has a healthy attitude regarding the potential return of his former quarterback to the NFC North.
“I don’t care,” Greg Jennings said after a workout earlier this week.
While that may be a tough outlook for the rest of Wisconsin to adopt, it’s worth questioning whether Jennings even truly feels that way. He sounds rather happy the annual Favre drama is behind him.
“Last year we had a lot of ‘What ifs?’ That if was kind of floating around above everybody’s head. But this year there is no doubt about who’s the guy.
“We’re coming in solid, everybody knows what to expect from everyone else and there’s no excuse. I’ve said that all of minicamps, the OTAs and everything. There is no excuse this year. . . . It’s all on us.”
Jennings appears to realize that Favre’s likely decision to play for the Vikings will not determine Green Bay’s fate. The Packers have enough young talent hitting their prime to win the division.
And no matter annoying Favre’s summer waffling has become, how can football fans not be intrigued by the compelling storylines his return would create?
“I’m like, ‘Let him go.’ To each his own,” Jennings said to Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “We’re focused on what we’re doing in Green Bay and if he shows up in that purple jersey then he’s the enemy now.”