Awesomely Ridiculous

Amidst all of the spectulation surrounding Brett Favre's initial interest in returning to the NFL, sports fans everywhere have taken to calling sports talk shows to propose their ideal return scenario for the future hall-of-famer. My sports talk show of choice these days is the Jim Rome show. Frankly, I think the guy is funny, although I don't think it's very substantive. Rome will literally make a statement and repeat the same statement five different ways to drive the point home. But for some reason I don't care. Anyway, today he had a guest host when a caller proposed that Favre, should he return, go to the Chicago Bears.

It is at that point when the guest host lost his mind and exclaimed that Favre going to 'Da Bears wouldn't work. His rationale, though completely absurd, was probably the funniest thing I've heard in at least two months.

He "argues": Lovie Smith (coach of the Bears) hates quarterbacks. In fact, if Smith could play the game without a quarterback, all would be right in the world for him. Smith would love to petition the league to allow the Bears to only play defense. How would this work, you ask? Smith would draft 52 defensive guys and then Devin Hester (to complete the 53-man roster). The Bears would only play defense against other teams. If the Bears stopped the opposing team, Devin Hester, the SOLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER ON THE TEAM, would return the punt. If he doesn't score, the other team gets the ball back automatically. Totally absurd idea, but funny as hell.

I bet the Bears would still make the playoffs under this system :-)