Greg Jennings Just Keeps on Yapping

Apparently Minnesota Vikings' wide receiver Greg Jennings can't hear. However, his mouth works just fine. The newly acquired receiver from Green Bay must not have heard his head coach's request to stop making comments about his former team because he was at it again today. Today Jennings claimed that the Packers "brainwashed" him into thinking that the Green Bay franchise is "tiers better than anyone else in the division."

The most bitter man in the world must be Jennings because why else would he embark on this relentless attack on his old team? It started with Jennings comments that Aaron Rodgers had created the spotlight for himself and wasn't about the team anymore and then, as apologies go in the sports world, Jennings only made it worse. He later said he was just joking and everyone should have known that. Whatever Greg.

Here's the point: Greg Jennings is going to miss Aaron Rodgers regardless of anything he says. He can say whatever he wants, but the fact of the matter is that he has Christian Ponder throwing him the ball this season rather than arguably the NFL's best quarterback. So keep it up Greg because reality is going to hit one of these fall Sundays.

Today's comments are bizarre from multiple angles. For one, aren't teams supposed to have confidence and hold themselves up -- especially a team with as rich of a history as Green Bay? Also, what's the problem with that mindset if it's true? The numbers don't lie and the numbers say that the Packers have owned the NFC North since Jennings entered the league in 2006.

Since that point the Pack has won three division titles while Minnesota and Chicago have two. In 2010, a year the Packers were the Wild Card, they won the Super Bowl which is the only time a NFC North team has won since '06. Green Bay also leads in wins (74) and playoff appearances (5) in that time span as well, so yes, they are better than everyone else in the division and that's just the facts.

What we have here is a player who is bitter that he is no longer a member of the team. Jennings spent seven seasons in Green Bay and won a title with them. Now, he's no longer a member of that team and instead is trying to play it off that the grass is greener across the state line. No doubt, the Vikings will be good this season and they may even win the division, but Jennings can't change the past and, rather than enjoying the time he spent there, he is sullying his relationship with his former employer.

But when all is said and done, his comments truly mean nothing. What does mean something is October 27th. That's the night Greg Jennings will come face-to-face with Green Bay on Sunday Night Football and then, we will see if all the talk is backed up. Something tells me he will be a marked man.