This is what I had to say about Brett Favre the last time I personally thought he was going to retire.
Earlier today Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers called it a career. After 17 seasons of playing football I am of the opinion that it is about time. Say what you want about Brett Favre, he holds the all-time touchdown passing record 442 to be exact, all-time record 61,655 yards passing, and of course the consecutive game streak makes Cal Ripken look like Jan Brady with 255 straight appearances and starts for his career. Let us not dwell on the fact that his last throw at his home field was throwing an interception, or that in both 2005 and 2006 he probably hurt his team more than he helped them. Also let us remember that he was never Tom Brady who is mostly perfect, but Brett Favre was the hardest worker and the last one to leave. He did what football players should do stay out of the way and did his job. Let's remember him for the Super Bowl 31 win as well as his ability to never give up. Even though he somewhat arrogantly held his team hostage every year you cannot diminish his accomplishments. Congratualations to the Greatest Packer of all-time and definately one of the greatest Quarterbacks of all time. On a personal note even though he was 2-9 in the city of Dallas, let's also remember that he did win a SuperBowl unlike Dan Marino and Jim Kelly who were part of the same class of quarterbacks that Favre will undoubtedly be bunched with for this era. Packers general manager Ted Thompson thanked Favre for 16 years of wonderful memories with the team. (Associated Press)
A clip from the 2007 NFC Championship.
Boy was I wrong!
Now all of you are thinking that as it has been reported thus far that Favre is going to "FINALLY" retire. According to him it is because his ankle hasn't gotten better. Is this really going to be it for #4 in your program but #1 in your heart Brett Favre? Well lets hold the phone for one moment. Let's go back in my DeLorean to this time last year shall we.
1. Supposedly retired in March 2008 from the Packers.2. Then after essentially sabotaging the Jets playoff hopes with his usual antics he called it quits again. He also wanted to go to Minnesota and the only way to do that was retire again.
3. Then in July 2009, Favre started texting coaches and players about how he was not going to give it another run and stay retired.
4. Around this time last year Brett Favre was on the practice field. He just didn't want to go to camp.
Does anyone see a trend here?
Clearly the man just wants to not go to camp! Hey I don't blame him. More than a month of eating bad food, not seeing your family, and sleeping in a dorm room when you're a millionaire. For Favre it also meant no shooting, hunting, ranching, fishing, bailing hay, and being a hillbilly for the rest of the summer.
I have of course considered that this retirement is sincere. Since I don't care either way let's just say for a moment this is sincere. Well as you can see below he'll have this to think about along with the video above for the rest of his life if that is the case.
I have also considered after I watched this video that Favre doesn't want to go through this kind of pain again. While it was an ill conceived pass to end regulation I'm sure the play had the best of intentions. I can see why he has to live down in Mississippi where there isn't an NFL team around even so that way he doesn't have to live around people who will see him and their first thought be, "Hey ain't you the one that threw that there ball to the Saints guy."
I was not always a fan of this guy and I'm not really one now. If this is really it for him than the numbers speak for themselves in his career. Pretty much number 1 in every category even the one that I'm sure his fans and him dread.
Career Numbers
Passing yards: 69329
Career Starts: 285 straight
Passing Touchdowns: 497
Completions: 6083
Completion Percentage: 62%
Interceptions: 317
As I said about three years ago the man did his job. Even though he arrogantly held his team hostage each of the last three years he at least improved them. On a personal note, if this is really it for #4, the Cowboys just got a win added to their schedule which by my prediction for them that would make them 12-4. With losses to the Giants, Packers, Colts, and Saints.
*Brett Favre photo (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
3 comments:
Well put. As for the Lions, Farve might be better than Moon or Peete, but was he ever as good as Scotty?
oh man i want him to come back one more time, and get so hurt that he thinks back and says i should have stayed retired for good!!! lets just hope he never wants to coach anywhere!!!
Warren Moon? I think you are thinking of Andre Ware? Although the Lions have had a slew of QB's that haven't worked out. I think even more so than the Bears.
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