Clearly I'm missing something. It can't be that I'm correct and Favre shouldn't be playing anymore because there's too much effort to get him back on a team. I have to assume that more experienced people know better than I do and Brett isn't just a quarterback who is well past the twilight and settling into the 4pm dinner, in bed by 7:30 part of his career. Right? Did his recent surgery give him Rookie of the Year powers that only the Vikings know about? I really want to know what's going on. A 39 year old who holds the record for most INTs thrown just got signed for $10-12 million and I want to know WHAT THE F$%# IS GOING ON.I love Brett Favre. The guy is charming and so fun to watch (up until the 4th quarter when he gets that glazed-over look in his eye and his decision making ability goes out the window). But so was Bobby Layne. Why don't you know who Bobby Layne is? Because he retired when he was supposed to, that's why.
To be fair, Brett Favre retired when he was supposed to, or at least started talking about it around the time he was supposed to. To be unfair, HE KEEPS COMING BACK. He is the horror story that coaches tell their young quarterbacks to scare them into shape. "Play well out there and don't dick around or Brett Favre will come and take your job." The last 4 years of his career have become a total farce. And that one season, that glorious, beautiful, should-have-gone-to-the-Superbowl-except-he-blew-it season, the one that would have been the perfect high note to leave on minus the part when he blew it, is why we're stuck with him retiring and un-retiring forever. I get it, he couldn't let his tremendous career end with an interception. Even though there really isn't a more fitting way it could have ended.
Didn't he push his luck by coming back last year? Wasn't that the extra season that the Powers That Be awarded him for being such a fun-loving guy? Doesn't he run a high risk of being actually pulverized by 22 year old, 260 pound with 1% body-fat linebackers? Maybe I'm the only one who thinks that. Apparently, according to the Vikings ownership, having an entitled old man make mistakes is better than starting a younger player who still has the ability to learn and get better. Brett Favre does not have that ability. His brain is made out of rocks.
I do wonder, as do all of you, and I'd love to hear from some Vikings fans on this, if all the Favre criticism and doubting just goes out the window when he comes to your team. I'm not entirely sure how I'd feel if it was the 49ers courting him right now. We've got quarterback issues, we could use some experience at that position, and Brett Favre has got over 50 years of professional experience. He's not a guy who polarizes a team the way Terrell Owens or Steve Smith do, so there isn't the fear of whether or not Favre will undo the locker room. The concern is just whether or not he can still play. From an outside perspective, it's seems like he's getting a little old to play at a high level. He's definitely still better than some of the QBs in the league, but he's a far cry from a guaranteed playoff birth. He also doesn't think rules apply to him anymore and is twice the age of all the other players in the league so we won't take criticism. And he's got this weird vendetta against the Packers, like they purposefully slighted him when they were just trying field a team while he whimpered about retirement. Hmmm. I'm really glad he's not going to the 49ers.
Brett Favre. He is not a quitter.
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