Brett Favre Stabs Jesus in the Back

It is not news that in Green Bay, football is religion. And many Packers fans still think that Brett Favre is god. But a few of them just think that the indecisive quarterback stabbed god in the back.

And they are expressing themselves the way angry people used to before they dealt with their aggression through belligerent tweets and blustery message board commentary: t-shirts.

In the last three weeks, the people who put together www.judasfavre.com have sold about 500 t-shirts with the quarterback’s number “4″ underneath the name “Judas.” You can even buy a bumper sticker to put next to the “WWJD?” number that has been protecting you from being flipped off, lo these many years, as you change lanes without signaling in rush hour traffic.

Joel Fleischman is one of the entrepreneurs behind www.judasfavre.com. And he hopes that people understand that he is just an angry fan. Not an agent of the Apocalypse.

“We were hoping for this kind of response. But we didn’t expect it,” Fleischman said. Sales doubled overnight after www.judasfavre.com was featured on a local FOX News affiliate.

But Fleischman is forced to take the bad with the good. His inbox is being blown up by people who can’t believe how he is profaning their lord and savior. And not all of them mean Brett Favre.

“I’ve gotten so many emails from people who don’t get it,” he said. “It’s like, ‘Come on, buddy, really?’”

When pressed, Fleischman said that if Brett Favre is Judas, then his replacement, Aaron Rogers, must be Moses. If you aren’t really good at metaphors, he means he thinks Rogers has what it takes to lead the Pack back to the Promised Land. But upon further reflection, he went with John the Baptist.

“(Aaron Rogers) is John the Baptist.,” he said. “Because all of the pieces were in place when he arrived.”

And although he thinks the Pack has a solid enough “D” to make a Super Bowl run with John the Baptist calling the plays on offense, he wouldn’t mind doing a little bit more biblical recruiting. He thinks the team is missing one piece.

“Satan,” he said. “He would make a great middle linebacker. He’s got an evil mentality. No fear.”

“Like Ray Lewis,” he added.

He also said that former Packers nose tackle Gilbert Brown would probably enjoy the last supper more than any other player in NFL history as long as they served it up all-you-can-eat buffet-style. In case you still don’t get it, this is a guy with a sense of humor.

And if he bumped into Favre face to face, would Fleischman tell him he was a Judas, or would he ask for an autograph?”

“I would do both,” he said. “I would say, ‘I don’t like what you did, but can I get a picture with you?’”

And why shouldn’t Favre oblige? Who cares if someone tells you to go take a long walk off a short pier if you think you can walk on water?

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Heidely-ho Satan photo by Frenkie B