Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Say it Ain’t So, Brett
Packers fans are in mourning today--and some are probably still in denial. Brett Favre, one of the game’s best quarterbacks and most interesting personalities, is calling it a day.
After flirting with retirement for years, Brett Favre means it this time. The Green Bay Packers quarterback quit after a 17-season career in which he dazzled fans with his grit, heart and rocket of an arm.
“I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired,” Favre told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen in a voice mail message.
Tuesday’s surprise move comes after the 38-year-old three-time MVP set several league records, including most career touchdown passes, in one of his most successful seasons.
After his amazing performance last year--critics (like me) who said he was well past his prime were proven incredibly wrong--I had thought that he would take one more stab at Super Bowl glory. I’m sad to see him go.
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I stopped hating Favre when all the fair-weather Packer fans became fair-weather Patriots fans.
Brett Favre’s legacy should unquestionably be the passion with which he played football. There is certainly some argument to be had on his gunslinging mentality and the way in which he held the Packer’s franchise hostage the last few years. But in the end, few can argue the tenacity he brought to the field.