Remember when you were young?...And don't feel sorry, The way it's gone, And don't you worry, 'Bout what you've done.

In memory of his death 25 years ago today, the title/lyric comes from a John Lennon song called Remember off his first solo album. Click the title to visit his official website.

Here is a list of the Greenbay Packers Injured Team members:

Green Bay Packers
Injuries

B. Franks TE Doubtful Neck/Back
N. Diggs LB Questionable Knees
R. Thomas LB Questionable Quadricep
C. Williams DT Questionable Calf
B. Favre QB Probable Right Hand/Right Forearm
G. Jackson DT Probable Hip
M. Tauscher T Probable Foot

Here is a list of the Packers who are out for the season. Notice the bulk of offensive weapons (starters and backups) and secondary on the list.

T. Franz S IR Shoulder Starter
J. Harris RB IR Right knee #3 Running Back
J. Walker WR IR Ankle #1 Reciever
T. Murphy WR IR Neck #3 Reciever
N. Davenport RB IR Broken right ankle #2 Running Back
A. Green RB IR Knee #1 Running Back
E. Little S IR Hamstring Starter
W. Williams RB IR Hamstring #4 Running Back
J. Horton CB IR Sprained shoulder Starter
J. Thornburg S IR Separated shoulder Starter
R. Lee RB IR Ribs (Never heard of him, but he's a running back)

The Packers have scored 239 points this season.
The Packers opponents have scored 242 points this season.
The Pack has lost by 3 points or less 5 times this season and by 7 or less 7 times. They have had a chance to win every game except two, opening weekend to Detroit and against Pittsburgh.
They have a legitimate shot to win by a touchdown or more the next two weeks (Detroit and Baltimore) and probably won't get beat by much the last two weeks as Chicago doesn't have an offense and Seattle will be resting theirs. Its probable then that they will finish the season having outscored their opponents.

They will have done this largely as a team made up of no-names, practice squad call-ups, and second, third, and fourth stringers. The only pillar to their once palpable offense remains Brett Favre at QB, he has one real reciever and a running back who couldn't make any NFL team the last three years who is simply playing with heart and guts.

I get sick of people trashing Favre, saying he should retire. Did he throw two bad interceptions last week against Chicago? Yes!!! And they cost us the game, but why do you think we were even in it? While CBS showed the Colts game and Peyton Manning(a Superbowl virgin with a history of choking, a propensity to whine, and the greatest collection of offensive talent ever assembled around him) Fox was carrying the Bears-Packers game. It was an ugly game, mostly an excersise in the Bears defense's ability to stop the Packers, and their offense's ability to not screw up and kick a couple field goals. There was a play that reminded me why I became a Packer fan in the first place. (I am a recovering Cowboys bandwagon rider from the early nineties. It's been twelve years since my last cheer.) With a 2-9 record, behind against the division leader, with nothing to gain in the big picture, down by 3 in the game, the Pack called a double handoff that put Brett Favre (3-time MVP, Superbowl champ, NFL record setter in multiple categories, none more impressive than his streak of 217 consecutive starts) out in front of their eighth string running back as the primary blocker. That's right, Brett Favre was the primary blocker, and not only did he hit someone, but his block got the Pack a first down.

I live in the midst of hysteria currently, because the Colts truly are an amazing football team, and I have friends and relatives who will be pumped if they go to a Superbowl. But for me, there simply isn't any wonder about the Colts being undefeated. They ought to be. But this Sunday I watched my team, a Pack of serious underdogs with nothing left to play for and they never quit. I watched their only marquee player, at least the only one left, put his ass on the line to get a first down. That's freaking football! That's the kind of team I can be proud to root for even in a loss. Sunday Brett favre punched himself out. It'll happen again, maybe this season, hopefully for a couple more. But I'd rather have someone to cheer for willing to put it all on the line, throw into three recievers with a prayer, and get beat up and stand back up than ever cheer a team on that didn't have any heart.

I can't stand John Elway, and once, he beat the Packers in a Superbowl with sheer guts and determination. I still can't stand John Elway, but he's a champion. That can't be taken away from him and shouldn't be. Brett Favre is a champion and that shouldn't be forgotten either. He's playing with a JV team and hanging tough when a lot of other guys would have sat down already. Maybe this season Peyton Manning and the unstoppable Colts will truly be unstoppable, they'll hoist the Lombardi trophy and be called champions for the rest of their careers. But until they do...

My dad, when he was a basketball coach used to have a saying:
"To be the best you have to outwork the rest."
You also have to beat the best. The Packers, not the best. The Colts, let's see.
And let the champions be champions forever.