Brett Favre Retires (Again): Why Should We Believe Him This Time?

This back and forth stuff is really getting old. Current Minnesota Vikings QB and former Packer legend Brett Favre is announcing his retirement. Again.

Yawn.

Meanwhile, we're supposed to believe him.

Why?

Look, this could be just a smokescreen, like the other two times, in order to get him out of having to practice with the team and do all of the other things his teammates are forced to do.

Brett doesn’t want to risk getting hurt.

Brett doesn’t want to practice.

Brett, Brett, Brett.

The Vikings will be hypocrites to their players if they allow Favre to change his mind and come crawling back to the team in time for the regular season.

How will Brett be able to lead teammates who know he is getting preferential treatment? You think there might be some ticked-off people in that Vikings locker room?

Hey, imagine how you would feel watching a project you had been working hard at, giving up your blood, sweat, and yes, even tears for, only to have someone else come along and take the credit for it.

You might quit. Likewise, Favre's teammates might quit on him. 

Now I realize this guy is a certain Hall of Famer (if he stays retired long enough to qualify, that is), and we all know that life isn't fair. Boo frickin' hoo.

But football is played among men who are tough but also have tremendous egos. That confidence is necessary to succeed in such a brutal sport.

The QB is supposed to be the leader. If the team doesn't respect the leader of the offense, how will they perform for him, and how long before mutiny erupts?

You may wonder how such a great athlete has become so reviled in his former town of Green Bay. I mean, the man was practically worshipped as a football god for a long time.

Now, they wouldn't urinate on the man if he was on fire.

Well, wonder no more. This is a guy who demands special treatment, craves the spotlight on him and his waffling ways, and puts his best interests over the best interests of the team. 

If that wasn’t true, he would have stepped aside to make room for the talented Aaron Rodgers, his predecessor in the Land of Cheese Heads, or at least made a decision without waiting until the last minute.

By continuing to make the Packers wait, he forced their hand. They had to make the decision for him.

By doing this, Favre tried to position himself as the good guy, being run out of town despite all of his accomplishments. That is balderdash, of course, and easily avoidable if Brett had actually gave a damn about the organization.

Now he may be doing the same thing to Minnesota.

Oh sure, the reports say he is retiring, but really, who the hell knows? Meanwhile, how can the team prepare if they aren't 100 percent certain what Favre is going to do?

He did this to them last year when deciding whether to come out of exile and join the team, and not only did the Vikes accept this behavior, their head coach Brad Childress drove the damn car to pick Favre up at the airport!

Which brings another concern to mind: How will his players react to a coach who puts his star QB ahead of the team? Heck, apparently even Brett doesn’t respect him.

Wouldn't you think that a coach who supports a guy like Favre deserves to be the first to know about Favre's plans?

But no, his teammates reportedly received text messages from Favre. When asked, Childress said he hadn't heard about the decision to retire.

Nice.

ESPN reported that Childress said, "I've got to hear it from the horse's mouth."

Hey coach, you've got the animal right, but you have the wrong end.