Entries from November 2007 ↓

We’re not even through the 2007 season and we’re already beginning to discuss his plans for 2008. At least one AP reporter isn’t afraid to speculate about what’s going on in Favre’s head:

Favre at least hinted that the Packers’ successful season makes him more likely to return next year.

“If last season gave me hope, if I felt optimistic after our Chicago game last year at 8-8 and not making the playoffs, sure, I obviously have to feel a little bit better — especially individually,” Favre said.

Vince Young has been nursing a sore quad for some time now, since mid-October, in fact. And during last night’s game against the Denver Broncos, he apparently bruised that same quad on a play that technically didn’t happen.

In a game in which Jay Cutler played near-perfect, Denver rediscovered its offense. All the team’s scores were from 40+ yards out, two of which were passes where the receiver shed his tackler and picked up the final 20 with his feet.

And it came at a crucial time in the season. If Denver would have lost last night, they would have fallen to 4-6 and playoff hopes would have begun to slip even further away, perhaps from sight.

Instead the team is now 5-5 and tied with San Diego at the top of the AFC West, which is important because it looks very doubtful we’ll see a Wild Card team emerge from the division weakened by injuries and questionable coaching.

In a bit of an odd investigation, the NFL is set to prove that Green Bay’s defensive backs offered their linemen teammates $500 each if they could hold Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson under 100 yard and another $500 if they could hold Carolina’s team total to under 60 yards on the ground.

Personally, I think it’s funny that Green Bay’s players recognized the vast difference in talent between Carolina’s ball carriers and Adrian Peterson.

It’s a rule I wasn’t aware of, though I can’t say for certain Green Bay’s defensive backs can say the same thing. But who knew teammates couldn’t offer bonuses to each other for good play? It doesn’t seem much different from buying a round of beers after a team victory, though according to NFL rules it is punishable. This, from ESPN.com, spews out the league lingo:

At this point in the New England-Buffalo game, you’ve probably already changed the channel if you’re a Bills’ fan. Or you’ve clubbed your television set with a baseball bat. Both are very therapeutic.

But on a more serious note — and one that goes beyond the realm of football — there was some fantastic news coming from Kevin Everett himself. Everett, in a statement broadcast on the Jumbotron in Buffalo just before kickoff, thanked the fans and his teammates for the support he has received and noted that his condition is improving.

Everitt suffered a life-threatening spinal cord injury in the first game of the season. But while the injury will keep Everett from every stepping foot on a playing field again, it won’t keep him from doing most anything else: he’s expected to make a full recovery.