All About Favre

Can you stand one more article on Brett Favre? I can't. And that's saying quite a lot since I'm a big Packer fan, and have worshipped at the Brett Favre shrine every Sunday for 16 years. But the whole media circus surrounding his comeback, retirement, comeback, etc., has nauseated me to the point where I don't care if I ever see him again- at least until Week 1.

Like many of you, I had a sneaking suspicion that his comeback was almost predetermined at his retirement press conference this past Spring. Favre's an emotional guy and it was obvious to me that he made his retirement decision prematurely. Let's face it, if you had 300+ lb. guys beating up on you for 6 months of the year, you might consider retirement too! I just wished he'd waited a few months before making that decision so he could heal up and recharge his competitive battery. Kinda makes you wonder what kind of advice he's getting.

When they say, "It's all about the money" in this case, it hasn't been. He could've made $20 million staying at home in Mississippi hunting alligators (or snipe, or whatever they hunt for down there.) Favre just wants to play football. It's sad that he won't end his historic career as a Packer. He's just following in the footsteps of the other immortalized Titans of the NFL:
Johnny Unitas- Baltimore Colt turned San Diego Charger
Joe Willie Namath- NY Jet turned LA Ram
Joe Montana- SF 49er turned KC Chief

None of those Hall of Fame quarterbacks lived up to their legend after leaving their glory years and teams behind them and my bet is that Favre won't either. The Jets were 4-10 last year. I think the addition of Favre maybe gets them 2 or 3 more wins, but it's not like they're winning the Super Bowl. Let's hope after this season, Favre retires and stays retired so we don't have to suffer through this again. July is about as bleak a month there is in the sports world, we don't need 30 more days of Favre in July next year.