My Team Sucks

As the NFL's Free Agent season heats up, I find that my beloved Pack are conspicuous in their absence. How absent have the Packers been? Absent enough to lose their entire starting backfield (Ahman Green to the Texans; William Henderson cut on Wednesday) without making any waves of their own in Free Agency.

Ahman Green enjoys Free Agency

and a Houston Rockets game.

If this had been a picture of him in Green Bay,

these women would be holding beers

and wearing camo.

Granted, historically the Packers have been built through the draft and trades... but I thought this would have been a good year to pull in free agents (saying "Favre's last year... we're pulling out all the stops to win it all"). Unfortunately, today's NFL player doesn't really want to be in Green Bay (not a lot to do there)... so the area doesn't get a lot of pull in the free agent market. I thought, naively, that the players could get pulled in by the thought of playing one final season with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. I certainly thought Favre would be the reason we'd get a little interest from some Wide Receivers and Running Backs (if not other positions)... but I've heard nothing. And as each day passes, more and more FAs go to other teams (how much money does Denver have available?!) and the Pack are still doing nothing.

So thank you, Green Bay, for not adding any undue or crazy excitement or hopes to the 2007-08 season. I look forward to another mediocre campaign... not good enough for the play-offs, and not bad enough for a good draft position. Great work, team!