12/20/2007
Barnett 'disappointed' with Pro Bowl snub
If the folks in Chevrolet's advertising department are looking for a way to reach the elusive touchy-feely NFL fan demographic, they might consider reenacting what happened when two of the Green Bay Packers' resident tough guys — Brett Favre and Nick Barnett — rode back from practice Wednesday afternoon. Inside the cab of Favre's pickup truck, the nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback did his best to make the Pro Bowl-snubbed linebacker feel better about being left off the NFC squad. "I told him, 'You deserve it. Let it be a motivational tool to you, but don't let it take away from your play,' " Favre recounted, shortly after parking his truck in the Lambeau Field loading dock area. "I think a guy like Nick will have his share of Pro Bowls, and (in) the remarks I made to him, I said, 'If you're able to play as long as I have, when you look back, you'll appreciate things that maybe in his stage of his career you don't appreciate as much, and that's (your) teammates, (or) where we are right now." [More]
Smoked screens
The mere mention of the Green Bay Packers' recent struggles with screen passes brought varying reactions Wednesday. Backup halfback Vernand Morency was offended. Given the Packers' 12-2 record and a chance at homefield advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, he felt a more positive topic of conversation was in order. Center Scott Wells was taken aback at first — "Man, you come out with some weird questions," he replied — before realizing it was worthy discussing. Coach Mike McCarthy maintained that there was nothing to worry about. Only quarterback Brett Favre, who remembers how good things used to be, was in complete agreement that, for a team that had for the longest time made a living with the screen pass, the Packers have struggled with it of late. "I agree with you," Favre said when a reporter raised the issue during his weekly news conference. "I don't know if we've struggled or (simply) have not executed the screen." [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 4:49 AM.
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