Nothing on Brett fagra retiring?

best day of my life, even though I'll believe it when I see it.

Lovely day, Lovely day, Lovely day, later fav-re.

I am subscribing 100% to going with this overwhelming rush of positivity. Not even considering any possibility of coming back. That will only take away from my joy.

Can he take pretty boy, prima donna, Tom Brady with him?? Please????

Not until Brady spends every offeseaon for half a decade holding his team hostage with his selfish attitude about his retiring.

This just in.... Brett Favre has decided not to retire, but he has signed with the Vikings as a free agent.

Ohhhh...you mean that disease known as "Clemens-itis".

Tall Tyrion wrote:

This just in.... Brett Favre has decided not to retire, but he has signed with the Vikings as a free agent.

I'll kill both of you.

he's worse than Clemens. Football is a way bigger team sport than baseball.

I dont know.. I kinda liked the way he would just throw the football up for grabs.. I knew he could beat you in heartbeat but he was just as likely to throw a pick...

Alex

Yeah, I actually like Favre. He's old school.

But I can understand the hatred too. It's like me with Tom Brady. I think he's somewhat overrated but I can't deny he's good. Doesn't stop me from hating him though.

Tom is as good as his line as the Giants proved.

Brett could at least give back when he got hit.

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Tom is as good as his line as the Giants proved.

Thank you!!! Pats fans would have denied this all year. I felt all along you could put a common QB behind the Pats this year and he would have put up Pro Bowl numbers. NOW, Tom Brady is already good so he put up HISTORIC numbers. The more I've aged and watched football differently the more I believe to O and D lines are what rules the game.

Yeah, I keep saying if Marc Bulger had the Pats line in front of him, he'd light up the record book. Unfortunately, the Rams line is a walking MASH unit emulating Swiss cheese.

Sad day. Knew it was coming some time, but I didn't think it would be this year.

I never really got attached to him because I'm an import. But the people here are definitely taking it hard. I noticed that people have been gravitating more toward the liquor section rather than the usual beer section since the news hit. And the hardware store was completely out of paint thinner.

I was 17 when he hit, so although I appreciate the mans work and will miss him, I'm not super-attached.

But can you Imagine the 24 year old Green Bay fan who's first, most and greatest football memories all revolve around Brett Favre? He's been around so long I wonder if the NFL will ever be the same for them.

This is gonna sound REALLY corny, but I always felt lucky and blessed that the two players I hitched my wagon to as my "favorite" played incredibly long careers. I knew any connection to my childhood was over when they retired AND went into the H.O.F.

Marcus Allen and Eddie Murray in their respective sports became my favorites when I was 8 years old. I had different favorites in Football before then but Allen really stuck right from when he was a Rookie. They both played until 1997 or so so I got to watch them a long time. But when they retired, I lost a little something from each sport.

SO, farewell to Brett Favre and good luck to the Packer fans who'll be pretty lost and aimless for a while....

Rich,I believe you mispelled his last name there bro

I have been a Favre Fan since he was in college at Southern Miss. I like anyone who beats 'Bama. The way eyesore feels about Def Leppard is how I feel about Favre.
I truthfully cannot think of two QB's (Favre and Brady) who have done more with less around them (I am talking WR/RB/TE talent, not just O line). Without looking it up, try and name the three Patriots starting wideouts who beat Bruce, Holt, and Proehl in SB36.
I understand everyone has their favorites. But I don't understand the hatred of the guy. He is not the typical everything handed to him athlete (unlike Brady or the Mannings) and is totally old school; so I guess it's just jealousy cuz the other teams in the NFC North have had a collective 4886 different QB's since 1992 and no world titles.

Troy Bown. That's all I got! Good point!

You gotta respect the guy. I looked at his stats and he had at least 300 completions for over 3000 yards every year for 17 years. I hadn't realized that and found it amazing.

His stats are amazing. He's the Hank Aaron of QBs. No record setting seasons but all seasons are incredible and when the dust clears most of the all-time records are his.

scottmitchell74 wrote:

This is gonna sound REALLY corny, but..,

You don't realy need to preface your posts that way S&M74. We already know, it's pretty much a given.

p.s.-Eddie Murray was another one of those guys like Favre that was mind bogglingly consistent. Respect for him too. And the Aaron analogy is perfect, right down to getting a championship for Wisconsin (1957).

I think Rich will agree, to a certain extent. We don't hate #4. We hate what he stands for - and that is the ridiculously mentalally challenged Packer fans whose breath smells of fart. The packer fans, especially the transplanted ones here in the Twin Towns, make me wanna puke. They come out from behind the cheddar curtain looking for employment, enjoyment, a higher standard of life, etc - then run around a Vikings town in green and gold. And I understand that geographically (MPLS/ST P is right on the cheeseland border) there may be some blowback, but that excuse will not quell our pissed-off-ness. I don't know Fav-re personally, so I can't hate him as a person OR a football player. It is simply his symbolism.

Oh yeah, I am a Jets fan, btw. And when he laid down for Strahan to get the sack record (******"Sack Record"), I thought that was the wussiest thing I have ever witnessed in professional sports. Gastineau is still the record-holder, and I will not recognize anything else until it is broken with integrity.

Personally, I would like to see Fav-re come back for another year, throw 40 more int's, go 6-10 and retire after another bad year, not a 13-3 year!

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You gotta respect the guy.

And I ain't GOTTA do anything but stay white and die.

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S&M74

Clever!!


Yeah, SAHB, I never thought about the Wisconsin Championship thing with Favre and Aaron.

Sax - I like Favre for my part, but I agree - that "Sack" was so bogus. It took away the record from someone who got it legit.

But Favre's rather long peak was something else....

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Uh....we'll see about this, sir.