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To Cheer Or Boo Favre

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For many former worshippers, the inability for No. 4 to make up his mind — his well-documented flaw — is the reason why he'll venture into Lambeau Field today wearing the enemy horns of the detested Minnesota Vikings with the hopes of sticking it to the Pack once more.

His narcissistic attitude, they say, created this mess.

But for many current worshipers, Favre's hemming and hawing should have been met with a shrug and unwavering patience from Packers general manager Ted Thompson, who instead punted the quarterback out of Titletown and is now a prime candidate for the witness protection program.

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