His defensive line, the one part of the team often hailed as consistently great, was only so good because of its constant practice with Brett Favre. I am sure that every great Packers sack-master, from Reggie White to Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila to Aaron Kampman, understands that just nearly tackling Favre in practice means being the best defensive pass-rushing force in all of the NFL.
What quarterback, or offensive lineman, could stand up to a defensive end trained at attempting to sack the immortal Brett Favre? Just one: Brett Favre!
What's more, Brett Favre's much-maligned reputation for under-performing in domed venues was really a protest to return American Football to the great outdoors—the way it was originally intended to be played.
His difficult-to-catch fastballs were actually meant to stick to the frozen hands of receivers, shattering fast-forming ice and ensuring completions. Unfortunately, this meant Favre was largely unsuccessful at road venues in warm-weather areas like Tampa Bay. But it was playing his best before the Cheesehead faithful in Lambeau, the true believers, that was always most important.
Favre never lost sight of the goal. And that goal wasn't to win the Super Bowl, or he would have retired long ago. The goal was never to win the MVP, or he would have stopped after his first or second, and certainly his third. The goal wasn't to break the all-time touchdown, starts by a quarterback, or wins by a quarterback records, or he would have stayed retired during this most recent offseason.
The goal was always to save us. To save us. Think about that for a minute.
No, I don't know how remaining undecided on retirement will save us. I do not understand how his text messages (which were ironically intercepted) will reveal his divine plan to us. I do not even know why he insists on keeping lifetime backup Aaron Rodgers in limbo.
Come to think of it, I don't know why he called out Javon Walker for holding out for more money—I thought that was kind of lame.
And the whole Randy Moss thing. I mean, Packers fans hate Moss, don't make them change their minds. They're notoriously stubborn.
Oh, and that whole locker room controversy, that was just ridiculous. I really wish he would've just squashed that when he had the chance, but getting back to the point...
We must accept that we may never understand His way.
Favre is what we need in our world. We must all promise ourselves to continue to read every scrap of Favre-media we can find: watch every podcast, listen to every interview, watch every highlight...
...Or we may lose Favre from our daily lives. And that would be the greatest tragedy.
I implore all of you, please continue to consume every bit of Favre you can, just like you've done for the last so-many years. Keep up the good work, and Favre will never fade from our world.
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