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I'm sorry, folks. I think Brett Favre is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, even if he isn't in my personal Top Five. However, I can't stand these stories on Favre. I love ESPN, but for God sake's guys—enough is enough!
People wanna talk about Nipplegate. How about Favregate? You know, the event that has occurred this summer. Oh wait, you HAVEN'T HEARD?!
The story of the summer: Favre highjacks headlines. Brett Favre hints at coming back. He puts the Green Bay Packers in a tough predicament with Aaron Rodgers. He spends an absurd amount of time with ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Then, Mortensen proceeds to indulge us on how Brett Favre is a good guy and a "little kid" just wanting to play football.
I'm tired of this Favre crap. I'm sorry for not being politically correct in this article, but I'd appreciate more coverage on the Cubs or White Sox than the epic Favre vs. Green Bay saga.
I just hate when SportsCenter ends up being the TMZ of football. Also, Brett Favre is not the only football player—or person in general—ever to get through tragedy.
He's certainly not the only player who didn't like the way his career ended. Maybe Brett should have a chat with Dan Marino. At least Favre had a chance to go to the Super Bowl in his "final" year.
Bottom line: Favre says he wants to come back. Packers are uneasy about it. Case closed until more news follows!
Until then, show us some more baseball or arena football. The FCC should really look into fining Mort or Favre for this terrible media-covered soap opera.
Actually, how about just every football news outlet gets fined? Sounds good to me.
P.S.: Stephen A. Smith's thoughts COMPLETELY SUM UP my feelings and this article.
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about 1 month ago
Head over to SaveBrett.net to sign the online petition urging the Packers to take Brett Favre back. Seldom does a genuine hero come along ... Rarer still one who needs our help. The site just went up overnight. Be the first to sign and show your support! ------- http://www.SaveBrett.net
from about 1 month ago
If you quit your job, you don't get to go back to the company four months later and ask them to fire your replacement. He quit because he was upset: we lost the game we should have won to the team that won the Superbowl, and that was stinging Favre. Then the team doesn't hire his guy, Randy Moss (THANK YOU TED THOMPSON FOR THAT AT LEAST). Then he says he has no more to give, BECAUSE HE WAS POUTING. Now he wants to come back.
What Brett needs our help for is growing up. This article said it--he's a little kid who wants to play football.
And yes, ESPN is OBSESSED with the Favre situation, and they couldn't lay off it for even a week while he was retired. At least it was better than Clemens-McNamee. But I stopped watching I got so sick of it.
Finally, Favre should be in your top five. The following is a list of only the NFL records he holds off the top of my head, not to mention the dozens of others he is among the top five in: 3000-yd seasons, 20-TD years, 30-TD years, completions, attempts, yards, TDs, MVPs, concecutive games started, consecutive post-season games with a TD, 3-TD games, and blocks thrown (okay, that last one is just my perception). He did it all with less collective talent than Montana had, that's why he won only one championship and had a lower winning percentage, yet from 1992-2007 (his career in Green Bay), Favre had the best winning percentage of any QB in the league. And that doesn't even count games those QBs' teams lost because they were hurt and couldn't play, something we never had to worry about.
about 1 month ago
Sure, you say that now but what if Favre ends up in Chicago? They have commited to QB's of much less calibur and ability to win games. The way it looks now it will be a long year in Chicago.
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from about 1 month ago
The Packers would sit on him before letting him play in the division.
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