Bears fans rejoice!
Brett Favre who, for over a decade, has ripped the hearts out of our bodies and stomped on them like cigarette butts finally has called it a career.
As a Bears fan, I celebrate today for many reasons. Many of my associates live in Wisconsin, and today is a day of extraordinary doom for them.
I, being the small-minded person I am, am jumping on them. Does that make me a lunkhead? The type of Bears meathead fan who celebrates a bad season for the Bears because they beat the Packers twice? For one day, you bet your ass!
Taking a quick look at the numbers you say to yourself that this Favre guy broke almost every single passing record in the NFL.
He started every game since people like John Candy, Ronald Reagan, and Abraham Lincoln were alive.
He led quarterbacks in numerous statistics in the late-1990s, including amount of vicodin taken in a given week. He threw 442 touchdowns, ran for 13, and even had a 40-yard rush in 1995. His 39 playoff touchdowns are awfully impressive.
But, amazingly enough, he has something in common with guys like Trent Dilfer, Doug Williams, Phil Simms, Jim McMahon, Eli Manning, and David Woodley. He won but one Super Bowl.
For such a legendary man, he seems surprisingly above average at best. In my mind, the mark of a champion is winning, not once, but multiple times.
When Michael Jordan "retired" from Chicago for the second time, that was a sad day. We celebrated his career because he was a winner. The six titles likely would have been eight had he not "retired" those two years.
Am I blowing off steam? Hell yes I am!
Favre is in all honesty one of the top eight or nine quarterbacks in the history of the league. He seems to be a very nice and down-to-earth person.
To those who live in Wisconsin and all of Packer Nation, I sincerely apologize for your loss. Your team will survive.
Lastly, to all Packer fans, let me be the first to welcome you back to mediocrity. The Bears have been keeping it warm for ya.
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Gavin Brownstein about 1 year ago
The original title of this Pulitzer Prize winning piece of journalism was "No Moss No Mas"
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Emily Hartig about 1 year ago
Haha. Sorry, man...you can change it back...I just didn't get it! What does that mean?? When I looked at it, it said "No Moss Mo Mas"...I just thought you couldn't think of anything so you put random words in haha
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Andrew Kneeland about 1 year ago
I don't really get it either...all I know is that "mas" means "more" in Spanish.
Other than that...I don't have a clue.
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Michael Priebe about 1 year ago
Yes, please explain the title
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Gavin Brownstein about 1 year ago
It means simply that it is my belief that part of the reason Favre chose to retire was because of the Packers ubwillingness to sign let alone pursue Randy Moss. Therefore, No Moss (randy), then No Mas (favre) I think that should clarify it.
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Emily Hartig about 1 year ago
Oooh ok. Well, there was just no mention of Randy Moss anywhere in the story. I think that was the real cause for confusion.
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Gavin Brownstein about 1 year ago
Gotcha, I guess it is more of a story with Moss where I live. I should have at least mentioned it.
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