Did Brett Favre Really Stick It To the Green Bay Packers This Season?

Remember at the start of the regular season, the circulating story that Brett Favre really wanted to stick it to the Green Bay Packers? 

If you don't, here is a little reminder.

Months before the regular season started, Brett Favre was set to play for the Vikings.  The contracts were signed, the deals were made, and the playbook had been exchanged into Favre's hands. 

Packer fans booed, Viking fans cheered, and the rest of the NFL said, "Who really cares?"

That was about the extent of it.  Except for one minor fact.  Brett Favre remained spiteful about the way things were handled in his departure from Green Bay.  Stories were made, articles were written, and Brett Favre had apparently said that he would "love to stick it to the Packer nation."

After a while this story died down, and the season began.  Week Four was the first scheduled meeting of the Packers and Vikings, and all fans knew it would be a heated one.  The Packers barely showed up and got beaten 23-30. 

A month later the teams went head-to-head again, and Green Bay fell in a close but "too little too late"-style loss 38-26 at Lambeau Field.

With all this behind us now, and knowing that Minnesota and Green Bay are in firm control of their destiny in the playoffs, did Brett Favre really stick it to the Packer nation?

Well, in a way he did.  His team that was arguably run by him beat Green Bay twice in the season and did it in emphatic fashion.  As impressive as that sounds, Green Bay wasn't exactly sound offensively or defensively, as they were going through offensive line changes that seeked much-needed attention.

Still, it is no excuse.  The Vikings beat the Packers fair and square, and Favre of course came out of the Metrodome and Lambeau Field looking the better man.

What about stats though?

This is where the real story is told.

Overall defensive team rushing, Green Bay is ranked No. 1, followed by none other than Minnesota.  Green Bay is of course ranked a high No. 2 in team defense, while Minnesota's defense that was considered the best in the league for a period of time, has slipped off the rankings totally.

So far Favre's promise hasn't really lived up to expectations.  If anything, Ted Thompson and the Packers staff has stuck it to him.  Letting Favre go marked a day where Green Bay changed their organization for the future.  That future basically turned into Aaron Rodgers, who has made a name for himself in the league within only two seasons of play.

The Packers and the Vikings could still meet up again this postseason.  Will Favre live up to his statement and "stick it" to us?  I guess he could. 

If that matchup does become a reality, Favre will have to rethink his game plan though. Green Bay isn't the walkover team that they once were at the start of the season.