The Pack didn’t lose simply by those two moving on. In 2004, 57% of the payroll went to the O, and the “paper” (the contracts) Thompson inherited had the Packers paying 64% of the payroll to the offense in 2005. Paying to keep Wahle and Rivera would have upped the O % from there. The Packers were so far out of whack because of Sherman as GM, something had to be done.

In two short years after that skewed season of 2005, 51% of the payroll went toward the D, and only 48% toward the O even with Favre’s bloated 13% of the entire salary base (without Favre, the D/O split was 58%/41% and the Pack was back in the NFC championship game after finally securing a playoff bye and some homefield. Defense wins championships, something Favre apparently never learned.

Unfortunately it pissed of Her Highness that she couldn’t run the team, so she “retired”.

By the way, this past SB season the D/O split was 59% defense, 40% offense, and without Rodger’s salary, the split was 62%/37%! Too bad Thompson didn’t do the “right” thing and fill the team (and coaching staff) with Favre buddies and spend 80% of the payroll on the offense.

Incidentally, the remaining 1% is special teams.

Really? lol

2. Getting destroyed at home in the 2004 playoffs by 8-8 Minnesota.

3. Chasing off Brett Favre and then finishing 6-10 without him one season after finishing 13-3 with him.

4. Favre coming back to Lambeau to destroy the Pack in a Viking uniform.

5. Favre destroying the Pack at Metrodome in his first game against them.

6. Bitterness of hating Favre after loving him for so long.

7. Having to legally change my son’s name from Brett to Aaron. He was really mad about that.

That game was the end of an era. Holmgren left, Reggie left, and there was no one to reign Favre in.

The Falcons loss made it a reality. I went from poppin’ the cork in the first quarter because I knew no one could beat us at home in the playoffs to having doubts before every game. Paint it however you want, we never got solid quarterback play in the playoffs from 99 on.

Even the 4th and 26 game. We ran for 212 yards. We sacked McNabb 8 times. You can point to 4th and 26…but ultimately an OT interception sealed our fate. The next year, another 4 pick playoff game, at home, against an 8-8 Vikings team. 6 picks against the Rams. And we don’t need to talk about the Giants game.

1) Beebe was touched DOWN
2) Young was Injured
3) Rice and Hearst were Injured
4) Ricky Watters was an IDIOT and Adam Walker SUCKED

1. 4th and 26/Favre’s chuck-and-duck to Walker.
2. The Infante era.
3. Freddie Joe Nunn effectively ending Majik’s career – which may have indirectly led to the Favre era, however.
4. Vick at Lambeau.
5. Ahmad Carroll.

2. 4th and 26

3. Losing to Minnesota in Playoffs

4. Brett Favre ordeal…truly awful…2008 summer of hell…the trade…the signing with Minnesota…beating us twice in 2009…see his idiot wife posing next to some Viking chaunce fan with a #4 “ThanksTed” custom jersey on…everything sucked….

5. Falcons Wild Card game 2003

6. Mike Sherman era

…all of these painful memories washed away with the 2010 season, and return of the Lombardi Trophy to Green Bay…thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Games:
1. 4th and 26
2. Losing to Falcons in 2001 to end undefeated winning streak at Lambeau Field during playoffs
3. 1998 Playoff game vs. 49ers due to the b.s. of a Jerry Rice fumble AND LeRoy Butler int not being correctly called due to lack of replay challenge

Operational:
1. The whole Brett Favre ordeal
2. Mike Holmgren leaving
3. Drafting Tony Mandarich

Brett Favre drama of retirement and unretirement

Brett Favre in purple

A lineman attempts to call a time out, but the ball is snapped anyway and Rubley flings an interception while running for his life.

Shortly thereafter, the Vikings kick the winning field goal.

Awesome on me.

The worst moment in Packers history is probably the Jon Hadl trade. Two first round picks, a second round pick, and two 3rd round picks for a 34 year old QB that gave them 9 touchdowns and 29 interceptions over 2 seasons.

Beyond the crappy quarterback play the picks lost probably set the team back a decade.

The 1989 Packers, led by Majkowski and Sharpe, had won 5 of 6 — including a win at the eventual Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers — and were 8-5 heading into a home game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Barry Word and Christian Okoye barreled over the Pack 21-3, and despite finishing 10-6, the Packers just missed the playoffs. Losing that game — especially since they only won 10 games during the next two seasons — felt like a huge opportunity wasted for the most exciting Packers team between 1972 and 1992.

First off, moron, on the last pass by Favre to Chmura, it was 4th and six, NOT 4th and one.

Second, the ball did NOT bounce a foot in front of Chewie show. It was low, plus Chmura tripped over his feet reaching down for it, but Mobley broke up the pass anyway, so, nice “memory” there chickenman ! Good grief. Watch the replay on the NFL Network if your memory is THAT fuzzy.

Third, even using your “Favre had 5 yards to run in front of him on the play” analogy, that wouldn’t have gotten us the first down anyway with it being 4th and six. Not to mention there was only 32 seconds left at the beginning of that 4th down play, and the Packers had no time outs left (due to the injury to Brooks with less than 2 minutes to play), so, even with Favre dropping back to pass on that play, then scrambling, and even if he had scrambled and gotten the first down, by the time the players had all unpiled, and then all gotten back into formation and set, and Favre spiked the ball, there likely would have only been 6-7 seconds left to play. Time for one desperation pass into the end zone.

The reason Favre “was never called out on this one” is because you are the only one that doesn’t remember it as being 4th and six. Again, go watch a replay. Can you imagine if he had (by your reasoning) only gotten 5 yards on that play, with it being 4th and six ???? Clowns like you would be ripping him for that too.

You forget the dropped interception by Sharper. The fumbled kickoff return by Freeman. Holmgren forgetting what down it was, etc. All in the second half alone. Plenty of blame to go around in that game.

As for the 6 int’s vs. the Rams, FOUR of them bounced off of recievers hands and on another Billy Schroeder ran the wrong route. So, again, go look at a replay of the game.

I realize you don’t like Favre, and that’s your right, but don’t make up crap.

The highest… Probably the last Super Bowl. It reaffirmed we did things the right way and that teams win, not individuals.

RICE FUMBLED!

4th and 26 as well as Favre’s pass to the Giants in OT prevented us both times from going to the Super Bowl.

… and all those picks in that playoff game against the Rams.

I like taking shots at Favre as much as the next guy, but it was 4th and 6 and Favre had no where to run as the Broncos blitz was coming. As far as the QB goes, this was nowhere near the Favre failure of the 07 NFC Championship. I’ve heard Chmura say in interviews that the problem was the playcall since Holmgren called something that hadn’t been used in a game all season and hadn’t been practiced since the preseason.