The Student of the GameGoing Beyond the Stats

Dubbed as the oldest rivalry in the National Football League, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears facing off on Monday Night should have been a game I was stoked about as an all-around NFL fan; not to mention a Student of the Game. Two undefeated teams in a divisional rivalry – what’s not to like? In this case, I’m afraid it’s this season’s edition of the Bears completely disproving the saying, “You are what your record says you are” reaching 2-0 on the strength of a bad call that ripped the spine out of the NFL rulebook and a team that was struggling until this week.

The week of the NFL Homecomings is upon us. Favre to Lanbeau and Weasel returning to the show so he and the SoTG can bring you more action!

While it will not necessarily apply to all those who gaze upon this particular article, the public will be fed and mezmorized by the elements of the story pertaining to former Packer QB Brett Favre playing against his former team at the Metrodome in a Minnestoa Viking uniform for the first time in his last NFL game before he turns 40 years old and think that he was the hero of the game in the Vikings 30-23 division victory putting them at 4-0. But Favre himself was forced to show appreciation to the man who was the real factor, “[DE]Jared Allen is a beast . . . I’m glad we have ‘em”.