Out in the open, finally, for everyone to see. The rancor, the anger, the frustration, the defiance. It's no secret anymore, if it ever was one. Antonio Freeman, the most important Green Bay Packer on offense not named Brett Favre, has taken the battle public. The conciliatory tone of training camp and the regular season is gone.
Freeman is ready to rumble.
Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not next month. But Freeman will get what he wants because that's the way it works these days in the NFL and because the Packers can't imagine the idea of Bill Schroeder being their go-to guy. He was, without argument, the most reliable offense the Packers had last season. Naturally, the Packers played it cautious last year, needing proof that he was the receiver he told everyone he was.