Brett Favre Retires after 17 Years!
Posted by jannelle on March 5, 2008
As everyone know by now, Packers QB Brett Favre decided to call it a career today as he announced his retirement this mornning. We also know that he’s been toying and flirting with the ideal of retirement for four years. Every offeseason in recent years was all about Favre’s long and drawn out decisions.
After the year that he just had, I thought that the 2008 season would probably be his last. I, along with many others, guessed wrong. In my opinion, Favre don’t have a thing to hang his head about. He has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone. He was a three time league MVP, a Super Bowl Champion, and hold every significant throwing record in the books. During the last season, Favre told the critics to “get thier big”. He proved to those critics and to himself that he is still a great quarterback after three mediocre years before. Favre left it all on the field,and no one should criticize him for that!
The only issue I have with Favre retring today of all days is the fact that this was on the heels of the Patriots re signing Randy Moss for $27 million over three years. We all know that Favre’s been vocal about the Packers’ passisivity in free agency. The last time the Packers were heavy on their free agent game, was in 1993 when they acquired Reggie White from the Eagles, and that was eons ago. Favre was frustrated with that, and rightfully so.
This morning, the good old folks at ESPN talked this into the ground, and they are still talking. They at first thought that Favre was just salty because the Packers’ brass did not make a play for Moss. Favre left a voice message on Chris Mortensen’s phone saying that his decision to retire did not have a thing to do with Randy Moss, and that it had everything to do with “being tired”.
All evening, I heard “Why would he leave now when the NFC is in their hands”. That line of thinking is assinie and baseless and Favre knew it too. While the NFC is still considered the weak confrence, there are still some competitive teams like Dallas, Giants, the Bears, The Saints are honing thier defense. Bottom line, the only guarantee that you have in the National Football League is that the league don’t, won’t, and never will give a hot buttered damn about you when you hang up the cleats, pads and jersey for good.
So for those reporters that’s questioning why he retired now, marinate on this: After the Bears lost Super Bowl XLI, you thought that they would return as a contender in ‘07, but they ended up sucking. If Favre had a bad year in ‘07 or if he returned for ‘08 and had a mediocre year, you would have said that he stayed a little bit too long. Just save it!
As for Skip Bayless, man you sounded foolish today-talking about Favre returning and unretiring. The rest of you that agreed with Bayless’ logic, sound just as foolish. I dont see Brett Favre pulling a Junior Seau. The man said he’s tired, just leave it at that. Dry your eyes, you can still live vicarously through Tom Brady, Tony Romo, and the Mannings!
