As a Packers fan, it is good to know Brett did not reserve his poor judgment for the football field alone.
He made those impulsive decisions many more than the 288 times in his career he was intercepted. Sure, not all of those were bad decisions, but he seemingly got away with one or two bad passes a game because his velocity was such that those passes were more difficult to intercept.
That was why he would try those passes that other quarterbacks would not—i.e. maybe they did not represent as bad a judgment as they would have for another, but they were still often unnecessary chances.
At the end of last season, he made a poor decision again based on emotion, and retired before he was ready to. He was tired. He was frustrated about losing the NFC Championship Game on his own home field; all of which is understandable.
Then he made a poor decision to contact the Vikings in violation of team rules, and they made the bad decision to take the call. He compounded that poor decision by making that call on a Packers-issued cell phone.
What's the matter Brett, you couldn't afford to pay for that call yourself? I guess with gas prices right now, the nearly $13 million you were paid last year does not go so far, huh?
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Did you think the Packers wouldn't notice when they got the bill? Did you think they wouldn't care after you stabbed them in the back?
And make no mistake; Brett did stab the Packers in the back. He told Peter King, in a long message, when he retired that he had nothing left, and that neither Ted Thompson nor Mike McCarthy pushed him out the door.
King has said he could hear the fatigue and sincerity in Favre's voice at the time, and calls what Favre is now claiming "revisionist history."
This also matches what Thompson and McCarthy have stated and quantified, as I wrote about in "Brett Favre: The Final Word?"
They tried to talk him out of retirement, and then they respected his wishes. Even when he talked about returning and then changed his mind two days before they were scheduled to come down to meet with him, they kept that private, thereby protecting his legacy.
Then we find out he made a 90-second call to the Packers' chief rival? How are there any Favre supporters left?
Oh yeah, they're ignoring the facts before them and making decisions based on emotion and impulse. Just like Brett Favre has done throughout his career.
I don't even care that he changed his mind. I care that he tries to make that the Packers' fault.
He says Ted Thompson let him down by hiring the wrong coach, the same coach who has won 18 of his last 22 games with a team few expected to be competitive. He says Thompson made the wrong decision by not keeping Marco Rivera and Mike Wahle, only one of which is still in the league and neither of whom made a significant impact after they were let go.
The one case he can make is that his plea for Randy Moss fell on deaf ears. But who knows if Moss flourishes anywhere other than with the Patriots, where the entire team buys into the dictatorial rule of Bill Belichick because of the success it brings.
Then he says he cannot trust Thompson to keep his word. Really, Brett? This from the guy who changed his mind three times about retirement in one month? The guy who violated his own contract to seek out validation from a team rival after causing a major distraction for his former team, especially his young successor?
You have likely already ruined our season, you petulant brat. Go away before you drown out the rest of those wonderful memories I have of your time here.
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about 1 month ago
As a fellow Packer fan, I got to tell you I agree with what your saying, but you have to respect Favre no matter what he has done recently, he put on the helmet and shoulder pads for 16 straight season, I don't care if you punch the head coach in the face, Favre is a special exception, and Green Bay wouldn't be anywhere close to the city it is if it wasn't for Favre, I'm disappointed that Packers fans out there would treat him like this, nobody likes that he won't end up a Packer, but have respect for his game, and how he played it, he never held out of camp, bashed other players, don't make it about something that doesn't belong on the football field, he's a champion and a legend, regardless of what happens.
from about 1 month ago
No question he is one of the three best QBs ever--#2 on my list. But what I am sick of is him being a whiny little brat. My issues are entirely with Brett the little boy who's not getting his way, not Brett the QB.
about 1 month ago
FREE BRETT FAVRE !!!
about 1 month ago
MJ IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR MIND YOURSELF. I CAN SEE YOU SITTING IN THE STANDS AT ONE OF THE LAST GREEN BAY GAMINGS YELLING WHAT A GREAT PERSON AND QUARTERBACK BRETT IS. YOU WERE HOPING HE WOULD RETURN THIS YEAR SO YOU COULD WATCH HIM LEAD THE PACKERS AGAIN. NOW YOU ARE DGGING HIM LIKE HE IS A PIECE OF TRASH. I GUESS BRETT NEEDS TO SEND YOU A PERSONAL APPOLOGY SO YOUR FEELINGS AREN'T HURT. I HAVE A BABY BOTTLE FOR YOU.
from about 1 month ago
Way to show respect for another person who happens to disagree with you. Have you ever though of NOT using CAPS for every single word?
In fact, I have changed my mind about Brett the person. I did want him to come back, but he didn't want to, and I was ready to live with that. I still think he is one of the three greatest quarterbacks of the Superbowl era, but that is Brett the player, and I can objectively determine right from wrong seperately from how someone plays.
Brett's the one who needs the baby bottle. "Oh, Brett, we're so sorry we didn't have our whole world revolve around you even after you said you were sure you wanted to stay retired. We should have known what you wanted even though you changed your mind every other day." What did you think when TO whined because D-mac dared say they were going on without him? Brett's doing the same thing here.
Now put a shirt on--you're making us sick.
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