Brett Favre is a well-known quarterback to fans of the NFL and possibly even to people who know nothing about the sport. He was the starter for the Green Bay Packers for fifteen years starting back in 1992. From there he retired but after negotiations, and a long controversial debate in resigning with the Packers, decided to come out of retirement for the 2008 season and sign with the New York Jets. He holds numerous NFL records including most career touchdown passes, most career passing yards, most career pass completions, most career starts, and most career victories as starting quarterback. That sounds pretty impressive to the average Joe but for me, Brett Favre is one of the most overrated quarterbacks in the NFL.
One thing to notice when you are reviewing the records Favre has set is the word “career”. He has outranked even the most successful quarterbacks of all time but that’s because he has the longest starting streak. The majority of his records are all based on the fact that he has been playing as a starter for so many consecutive years. I believe that there are many players out there who could top all of Favre’s records if given the same amount of years. And I wasn’t going to go here but I think I will: Brett Favre also holds the record for most interceptions. For the people who are unfamiliar with football, that is not a good thing!
To be clear, I am not downing Favre as an athlete but I am saying that the publicity he receives is more than deserved and selfish on his part. Favre did have some wonderful achievements during his career and does have a Super Bowl Championship. However, much of his publicity is based on his juvenile acts the past couple of seasons and he doesn’t have much to show that he truly is “the greatest quarterback of all time”.
Brett Favre came out of retirement for the second time right before the playoffs of the 2009 season and signed with the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings have been playing very well as I will bitterly admit. Favre is having a great season and there is no telling where the Vikings would be without him. Although, I do believe that the only reason why Favre chose to sign with them was so he could have his revenge against the Green Bay Packers. It was these kinds of selfish acts that made me form an opinion about Favre and not a good one.
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This is an appealing and interesting post! Your notations on the fame of Favre (versus his gameplay) do establish that he might be getting quite a bit of hype. Let's just see how he continues to play this season. He might well earn it, interceptions aside. I mean, John Elway was horrible at that, too, for a while, but he's still in the Hall of Fame, right?
A note: can you do a bit more to provide contrast between screen background color and text color?
Honestly, I am exhausted from hearing Brett Favre's name in the news. If he would just retire for good and be done with football, I wouldn't be unhappy. Football players and contracts are a funny thing though. In this case, I feel Brett Favre kept retiring simply to get out of his contract each time. I suppose, Mr. Favre is the only one that knows the true answer.
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