20. Jan. 13, 2002 - Favre completed 22 of 29 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 112.6 in a wild-card win over San Francisco. The Packers trailed at halftime, but Favre was brilliant in the second half of the 25-15 victory.
21. 2002- Chosen NFL Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated.
22. December 22, 2003 – One of his greatest games. Brett’s father died just days before and Brett elected to play anyway. He threw for four touchdowns in the first half, even receiving applause from “Raider Nation.” He later won an ESPY award for his performance in that game.
23. October 3, 2004 – Packers vs Giants. Brett was playing with a softball-sized bruise on his left hamstring. No biggie, right? Well on the first drive in the 3rd quarter, Brett received a concussion when two Giants players fell on top of him. He then returned TWO plays later to throw a 28-yard TD. Is this man even human?
24. September 24,2006 – Brett became the first player ever to complete 5,000 passes
25. 2006- Became the NFL’s all-time leader in pass completions.
26. September 16, 2007- Packers defeat the Giants giving Favre his 149th career win, passing John Elway.
27. Sept. 23, 2007 With the Packers trailing by four points late in the fourth quarter, Favre throws a 57-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings for the go-ahead score. It was the 420th touchdown pass in Favre's career, tying Dan Marino for the all-time record.
28. September 30, 2007- Brett sets the all time record, throwing his 421st NFL touchdown. Did I mention this was eleven years after his Super Bowl performance?
29. Nov. 18, 2007- With a short underhand toss to running back Ryan Grant, Favre becomes the NFL's all-time leader with 15,000 shovel-passing yards
30. 2007- Surpassed the 4,000 yards passing mark for the fifth time in his career. By far his best year yet. Overrated huh?
31. March 4, 2008 – Brett announces his retirement. His agent Bus Cook stated Favre did not get the impression from the Packers that they wanted him back.
32. August 4, 2008- Favre is reinstated into the NFL. This may not have been a good memory for many of you, but it was a big decision and I am glad he followed his heart independent of the consequences.
33. August 7, 2008- Favre traded to the NY Jets. Even I had a tough time knowing he wouldn’t be in green and yellow anymore.
34. August 2008-Favre left Green Bay with these words, "I always wanted to be a Packer," he said. "I think I'll always be a Packer. People will say it was the best 16 years. I think it was made clear this off-season that they were moving forward—that's OK —it's time for me to move forward."
It was by far, the best 16 years I ever watched. Thank you Brett. Thank you for the memories.
35. September 7, 2008-For those of you that said Rodgers had a better first NFL start than Brett—here are the facts: In Brett’s first start in the NFL with the Packers, he threw for 210 yards completing 14 out of 19. Rodgers threw for 178 yards completing 18 out of 22. Do the math.
36. Sept 28, 2008- Brett throws six touchdowns setting an all time personal record for himself, coming one touchdown shy of an NFL record. To say I didn't have a "Tom Cruise moment on Oprah" would be a lie.
37. Has started in 257 consecutive games. (279 including playoffs)
38. Has the most AP MVP awards of any other football player (3)
39. I will save number 39 for when Brett makes the play-offs this year. Hey I can be hopeful can’t I?
Thanks again Brett for playing your heart out in every game and making football a little bit more exciting every time you step on the field.
For those of you that claims Brett is overrated, I challenge you to give me 39 reasons why you think so. I mean, that's fair, right? Heck, give me ten reasons.
The only argument you ever give me is how he threw too many interceptions and he was worthless from 2003-2006. Funny though, how he was still breaking records during those years.
He was an exceptional leader. He couldn't take his team to the play-offs every year. Sometimes he needed them to take him.
Happy Birthday Brett
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