Pack4ever's Blog

As I search the web for NY media coverage of Brett, it strikes me that while this is big news in football circles, the top daily sports stories in NY are about the Yankees and Mets and the Olympics. In Wisconsin we have the Pack and then some colleges but New Yawkers have two major teams in every major sport. The Jets and the Giants, Yankees & Mets, Rangers and islanders (and even a 3rd team in Buffalo),plus basketballs Knicks and Nets(NJ). Then there are second tier sports that attract millions of fans annually such as Horse Racing, Indoor Soccer, Arena Football all before you get to the college level sports. Sports reporters don't tend to worship any player and delight in knocking them all down a peg or two.

What this all means is that in NY, there are teams with stand-out players, but in Wiscosnin it was Brett and the Packers. The player and then the team. I wonder how he'll handle going from "God" status to "Another Great Player" status.. It is interesting to see the mentions of punishment laps he's had to run for fumbling a snap or throwing a pick. He never had to do that in Green Bay. I also chuckled when at the lunch break of his first practice in NY he told a reporter he was a bit tired, and in Green Bay he'd have just gone home, but as a Jet he is expected at all practices.

I have no doubt he'll learn the plays, learn the players names and have some really great games. What I don't know is how he'll personally handle the small fish in a big pond atmosphere.

I wish he had just gone out on top and stayed retired. My guess is by next year, he'll have wished the same thing.

Brett, you can always come home to Green Bay, we'll leave the lights on for ya!