how far the mighty have fallen

After returning the Green Bay Packers to glory in the 90s and riding his gunslinger style and youthful exuberance to almost Olympian status, it appears Brett Favre has hit bottom, his cock and his Crocs aside. And he has brought the Minnesota Vikings head coach, and possibly the entire franchise, along for the fall.

I didn't get to watch (or even listen to) the Packers' dismantling of the Vikings yesterday, but by all accounts Favre and company hardly bothered to play the game. In post-game comments, Visanthe Shiancoe, Jared Allen, and Adrian Peterson couldn't definitively state otherwise. Tight end Shiancoe* was the most emphatic. When asked if he felt like his team is putting forth the necessary effort, he replied pointedly, "Nope. Nope. Nope." No players were named, but one can't help but assume that Favre, who famously skipped yet another training camp this season, was at least one target of those comments.

With the firing of head coach Brad Childress by the Vikings today, Favre's status as the starter is in question, and one wonders if he would continue with the team if benched, or if he would slink off to Hattiesburg in ignominy. My guess is ignominy. And for a man who could have been the hero of the greatest football story ever told, that's sad.

*With the spate of injuries to Packers tight ends this season, I would be thrilled to see Shiancoe in the Green and Gold. At least when his junk gets in the media, it's an hilarious accident, not a creepy incident.