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It would be the equivalent of Walter Payton that real Bear fans would understand his desire to play for the Packers.  The animosity that was directed at Bear fans from Packer fans, is now somewhat diverted.  The Packer/Viking rivalry has always been there, emphasized by Randy Moss' playful fake mooning of the Packer fans at Lambeau.  Packer and Bear fans can now unite in their unbridled disdain for Mr. Favre and the freak show that has played out over the last few years.

Packer fans totally understand Ted Thompson's stance of not running Aaron Rodgers through ringer.  In all honestly, Rodgers was drafted to be Favre's replacement and has done a very nice job.  Tavaris Jackson, Sage Rosenfels, and Kellen Clemens now all know how Aaron Rodgers felt, they just weren't as fortunate to have a GM that was going to say enough is enough. 

Sage Rosenfels was brought in to compete for the starting job with often terrible Tavaris Jackson, and now all the weeks of competition and the hard work that both guys put in trying to win the job is meaningless, all because the wonderful Brett Favre changed his mind.  It has to leave those two feeling pretty lousy.

Packer fans understand that they had Brett Favre when he was good, it's the same as the Orioles getting Sammy Sosa.  Sure you got Brett but he's not good anymore, good luck with that.  It's Brett's arrogance, by suggesting that real Packer fans understand, that made them upset.  He played games with Packers with his "will I, won't I" games, giving Rodgers an opportunity to get comfortable with his receivers, and hoping to skip mini-camp and pull the plug on all the progress Rodgers made in camp.

People of Green Bay can at the very least share our sentiment, it doesn't matter if it's not for the same reason.  Packer fans are generally pretty reasonable, from what I've heard about Lambeau and what I've seen for myself.  They've been double-crossed and they have every right to be upset.  I'm not suggesting that we should be asking Packer fans to share an apartment with us, but let's face it we had 2 reasons to hate the Packers.  The face of their franchise for the better part of 2 decades is gone, now we just have the historical rivalry.