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06-20-2003, 08:00 AM
Backup battle is taking shape
By RICK BRAUN
rbraun@journalsentinel.com
Last Updated: June 19, 2003
Green Bay - Each and every season for a decade now, the Green Bay Packers have entered training camp knowing full well who their starting quarterback was going to be.
Packers/NFL
Photo/Tom Lynn
Brett Favre, who had his share of aches and pains last season, says he's healthy going into training camp.
Training camp 2003 will be no different.
When talking about the Packer quarterback position, the conversation begins and ends with Brett Favre.
Sure, there have been questions about the backups. Who will be No. 2? Who will be No. 3?
But ever since training camp of 1993, Favre, who took over for injured Don Majkowski in Game 3 of the 1992 season, turned Majkowski into football's Wally Pipp. Favre has answered the bell in every single Packer game since.
Packer fans collectively held their breath last October when Favre suffered a scary looking knee injury against the Washington Redskins.
But the injury did not turn out to be as serious as feared, and with a bye week following that game, Favre continued his streak of consecutive starts that has now gone longer than 10 years.
And nothing in the current off-season brings cause for concern.
more (http://www.jsonline.com/packer/news/jun03/148995.asp)
By RICK BRAUN
rbraun@journalsentinel.com
Last Updated: June 19, 2003
Green Bay - Each and every season for a decade now, the Green Bay Packers have entered training camp knowing full well who their starting quarterback was going to be.
Packers/NFL
Photo/Tom Lynn
Brett Favre, who had his share of aches and pains last season, says he's healthy going into training camp.
Training camp 2003 will be no different.
When talking about the Packer quarterback position, the conversation begins and ends with Brett Favre.
Sure, there have been questions about the backups. Who will be No. 2? Who will be No. 3?
But ever since training camp of 1993, Favre, who took over for injured Don Majkowski in Game 3 of the 1992 season, turned Majkowski into football's Wally Pipp. Favre has answered the bell in every single Packer game since.
Packer fans collectively held their breath last October when Favre suffered a scary looking knee injury against the Washington Redskins.
But the injury did not turn out to be as serious as feared, and with a bye week following that game, Favre continued his streak of consecutive starts that has now gone longer than 10 years.
And nothing in the current off-season brings cause for concern.
more (http://www.jsonline.com/packer/news/jun03/148995.asp)