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It hasn't been a great week for the Robinson family.

First off, receiver Koren Robinson was cut by the Packers, ending his tumultuous career in Green Bay. Robinson was suspended for a year after alcohol problems but seemed to have turned his life around. Last year, he was a serviceable part of the Packers' receiving and return corps and putting behind his history of alcohol abuse.

Next comes Tariq Robinson ... Koren's brother ... who was arrested for trafficking ecstasy in Cary, NC -- just outside of Raleigh.

Koren (who starred at NC State) owns the house that Tariq lives in. The good news is that there seems to be no other link between Koren and these charges. According to WRAL, the brothers have been estranged for over a year.

While this could cause teams to pause from signing Koren ... it really shouldn't keep him from finding another gig somewhere fairly soon. Buzz is that there are teams interested and if Koren really has his ish together, he'll be fine.

There have been some chatter about Brett Favre maybe going to the Miami Dolphins (not happening) that got me thinking. What if Favre decided he really did want to play ... but Green Bay didn't want him back? Would he actually put on the jersey of another team?

I hope not, so he can avoid staying off a list of other athletes who stayed on too long in a jersey that wasn't for him:

• New York Mets' Willie Mays
• Los Angeles Rams' Joe Namath
• Boston Braves' Babe Ruth
• San Diego Chargers' Johnny Unitas
• Seattle Seahawks' Jerry Rice
• Toronto Raptors' Hakeem Olajawon
• Montreal Expos' Pete Rose
• Seattle Seahawks' Franco Harris
• Charlotte Hornets' Robert Parrish
• Arizona Cardinals' Emmitt Smith
• Orlando Magic's Patrick Ewing
• San Francisco 49ers' O.J. Simpson
• Los Angeles Lakers' Karl Malone

Before he was a Hall of Famer, Brett Favre was a second string QB for the Green Bay Packers. Here is a rare video of Favre discussing his young NFL career on a local Wisconsin TV station.

When this interview took place, Favre had just replaced an ineffective Don Majkowski in the second half of a Week 2 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Green Bay lost that game, 31-3). His first pass in that game was deflected by the Bucs' Ray Seals into his own hands.

Oh. By the way, the next week Favre replaced an injured Majkowski and led the Packers to an unprobable comeback win over the Cincinnati Bengals. He hasn't backed up anyone since.

This is video of September 20th, 1992. Green Bay was hosting the Cincinnati Bengals when Packers QB Don Majkowski was injured in the first quarter. In comes Brett Favre, who joined Green Bay in the offseason when he was traded from Atlanta for a first round pick.

The dramatics came when Favre led the Packers on a 92-yard drive on just five plays ... the final one being a 35-yd TD pass to Kitrick Taylor to give Green Bay a 24-23 lead -- and win.

The win was also Mike Holmgren's first as an NFL head coach. Holmgren was hired that season after the team fired Lindy Infante.

After the game, you can see Bob Costas, O.J. Simpson and Buddy Ryan chat it up with the young Favre on NBC's NFL Live.

Sunday afternoon, four teens and a 21-year-old had been arrested on charges related to the slaying of Richard Oaks, the owner of the Par 33 Lounge on Lakeland Hills Boulevard.

The 17-year-old daughter of the man who was struck in the head with the beer bottle was among those arrested and the other four are her friends, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

The man who was hit in the head wasn't part of the attack on Oaks and won't be charged, sheriff's officials said.

Deputies charged Charles Bonfiglio, 21, of Lakeland, his 17-year-old brother, Cody Scarpa of Lithia, and Brock Winkler, 17, of Lakeland, with first-degree murder and burglary.

Alexia Pierce and Tiffanie Hemness, 19, both of Lakeland, who sheriff's officials said drove with the men to the home, were charged with being accessories to a burglary.

One of the great things about clinching your playoff position is that you can rest your guys. Those that are nicked up and get some rest while the guys you cannot afford to lose will just take a seat.

Will Brett Favre be one of those guys?

With the Green Bay Packers' blowout loss to the Bears today, the Dallas Cowboys have clinched the #1 seed in the NFC and the Packers will be #2. Green Bay will have a first round bye and host someone in the divisional round. It's all locked in. So why play Favre against the Lions next week?

Why play the 38-yr old future Hall of Famer? Why not rest him? Oh yeah, that 251 consecutive start streak. If I was head coach Mike McCarthy, I'd have a serious sitdown with Favre and ask him what's more important: the streak or another shot at the Super Bowl.

Honestly, I'd expect him to say both. If McCarthy does anything more than throw Favre out there for the first play and hand the ball off ... then walk off the field and have Aaron Rodgers finish it off I'd be disappointed. Anything can happen in that game ... especially in a meaningless game. Especially in a meaningless game against a division rival. Favre has already hinted he is coming back in 2008 so this won't be his home finale. Even if he was retiring ... the divisional playoff game in three weeks would be that swan song.

Look, aside from the streak (he holds the record for QBs and is 18 games back of Jim Marshall for the all time record), he has no reason to step on that field. None. Get him his one snap and then take him out.

As fellow Fanhouser Michael David Smith already pointed out, the Packers have been hurt by some questionable calls. There was the play where Al Harris stripped the ball from Terrell Owens, yet the officials ruled Owens' forward progress was halted. How could that be when he never had the ball?

There was also the huge 42 yard pass interference call on Tramon Williams. Williams and Miles Austin had their feet tangled and Austin fell down. The officials deemed that interference instead of incidental contact and gave Dallas the ball at the Packers' 5-yard line.

Finally, when it seemed that Ryan Grant picked up a late first down ... the officials gave him a bad spot that was short of the first down. Since the Packers used up both of their challenges (one on the Harris/Owens strip and the other to overturn an Owens completion) they couldn't do anything about the spot. Down 10 points, the Packers went ahead and kicked the field goal instead of still driving for a TD opportunity.

Not to mention that T.O. wasn't penalized for using popcorn as a prop during a TD celebration.

Green Bay has been penalized for 142 yards in this game with most of that coming on two big interference calls.