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Last year at this time, there were many that were pretty sure Brett Favre should hang’em up. His skills had diminished, he was a turnover machine and was not capable of leading the Packers to the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. Oh what a difference a year makes. After leading the Packers to the doorstep of the Super Bowl, Favre’s retirement decision comes as a bit of a surprise. Many in Wisconsin felt that Favre’s resurgence last season would be enough to get a couple more years out of him. However, that will not be the case. Citing that he’s mentally tired and that anything less than a Super Bowl would be a failure, Favre retired on Tuesday ending a stellar 17 year career.
Now, the pundits and fans are left with memories and to debate over where Favre belongs on the all time list of great quarterbacks. I have my thoughts on this and I would place Favre behind Montana and Elway but ahead of Marino. I have my reasons of course but that’s better left for another blog article at another time. No one had more fun playing the game than Favre and his on field demeanor was certainly an inspiration to his teammates and fans alike. My most vivid memories of Brett Favre are his wild celebration after the touchdown to Andre Rison in the Super Bowl and anything he did on that Monday Night against the Raiders one day after the passing of his father. Here’s to Brett Favre one of the best the NFL has ever known.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Emil Calomino // Mar 5, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I could not agree more that Favre goes behind Montana and Elway ahead of Marino. Elway is one of the best ever because he took good teams and make them special, Favre did the same thing. For my money, the 5 best all-time; Elway, Montana, Favre, Marino and Staubach. In the team picture, Unitas, Young, Aikman, Bradshaw and Starr.
2 CWilson // Mar 5, 2008 at 8:57 pm
It’s funny how Jim Kelly and Warren Moon get left out of the best quarterback discussion all of the time. I think if Kelly would have won one of those 4 Super Bowls, he would be in the discussion. Had Moon’s Oilers team been able to hold a 50 point lead (LOL) and advance to the Super Bowl, maybe he would get a mention.
3 hash // Mar 7, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I remember how passionate he was about the game. Remember one MNF tilt when one of the Detmer brothers (Koy) was playing for the Eagles I think and marched down the field and scored a TD and pulled up the imaginary six shooters? Well Favre takes the Pack right down the field too and does the same thing and GB went on to win the game…he is definitely going to be missed and it’s nice to see him go out on top even if I personally felt that he could have played another year.
4 LauderdaleLegend // Mar 7, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Sorry to see him go, but it sure was fun watching him all these years. Not sure if he ranks above or below Marino, but he certainly is in the Top 5 in my lifetime.
5 CWilson // Mar 7, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Ranking the positions is always tough. I am sure Unitas and Starr belong in there somewhere but I never saw them play.
6 hash // Mar 9, 2008 at 3:14 pm
You’ll find this an interesting add-on to this topic..
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2008/03/09/among_all_time_greats_favre_is_back_in_the_pack/
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