The bar is set pretty high in Green Bay

Boy, expectations are not exactly "sky's the limit" in Green Bay, if this snippet from SI.com's Don Banks is any indication:

"If [Coach Mike] McCarthy can coax anything approaching respectability from these Packers, he might get a coach of the year vote or two."

Approach respectability, earn Coach of the Year consideration. Sad, but true. I pull for the Pack week in, week out, and even in times like these, it hurts when they lose, but I'm not stupid. The people who drink the green and gold Kool-Aid remind me of the guy in "Full Metal Jacket" who talks about how "these are great days we're living, bros!" while sitting in a demolished building with his arm around a dead Viet Cong soldier. I hope I'm as wrong about the Pack as I was about my fantasy baseball season this year, let's leave it at that.

And speaking of low expectations, some dude who goes by "nordberg" on a Washington Post blog had this comment about fantasy footballers:

"You geeks who engage in 'fantasy' football are on the same level as Dungeons & Dragons Guy. Even Renaissance Festival Guy thinks you all need to get lives--and girlfriends."

First off, I knew some D&D guys when I was in high school and they ALL got pussy. (Outside of the game, just to be clear.) Second, the five guys who have won championships in The Keeper either have wives or girlfriends. Third, what sort of knob names himself after O.J.'s "Naked Gun" character? Fourth and final thought: tread lightly with Renaissance Festival Guy.