Well we are just days away from a new era in Green bay Packer football...one that many people dreaded, feared and hope against for many a moon. No I am not talking about Aaron Rodgers as QB for our beloved Packers, but a season with out #4 at the helm.
Let me say...as a Packer fan for over 30 years (I remember watching Lynn Dickey and David Whitehurst when I was 7 years old)...I have enjoyed the last 16 years...but it's time to move on.
It's not easy when a future Hall of Famer, arguably the greatest quarterback of our generation leaves...but it's not the first time to happen in the NFL or in Green Bay.
I think back to the great QBs of the 1980's....Joe Montana, John Elway, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly...and going further back...Bart Starr. Yes there were bumps in the road for each team (OK Miami has stunk to high heaven..and San Fran had Steve Young waiting in the wings), but you know what folks...life will go on.
Many of you live your lives, hanging on the hopes and dreams of another Super Bowl run, kinda like Jimmy Fallon in "Fever Pitch", when he got together with his buddies around the freshly printed Red Sox season tickets and proclaimed "It's a new season, this is the year"
Yes I want to see the Packers succeed...and of course a Super Bowl run would be great, but if they stumble, my whole life will not be shattered. There is more to life than just football.
Maybe I am getting old(er) and looking at life a little differently with a new baby at home, but I get amazed when I listen to sports radio, watch the TV and read the sports blogs how up in arms people get when a QB throws an interception, the running back fumbles at a crucial time, or a team loses two in a row to a division rival.
How about we all show that same passion about gas prices, poverty, the lack of educational support in MPS, the Presidential election (which will shape the future of our country, though the President does not have the ultimate power) and CHURCH!!
This is where the African American community, primarily in baptist churches get it right...talk about passion, excitement and out and out exuberance.
Yes I will be watching Aaron Rodgers first start at QB Monday night when the Pack plays the Vikings...yes I will be upset if he makes a mistake or they lose, but I will go to bed knowing...hey it's just a game
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