Buh-Bye
I know that you were all waiting to read this. My traffic spiked on the day that Favre announced his retirement. You know me so well. But my paying job had me tied up all week. So, here you go; TALB’s reaction to the retirement of Brett Favre
To state it plainly, my problem with #4 has always been that he gets too much credit in victory and ZERO blame in defeat. For an NFL quarterback, the former is expected. But the latter is almost unheard of. We saw it with Joe Montana before him, and the NFL bobble-heads seem to be treating Peyton Manning much the same way. Like almost no other sport I know of, football requires 100% team work in order to succeed. And to come to the conclusion that one player on a football team was the sole reason for success is ludicrous. I’m not going to say that Brett Favre, the man, is a bad guy. I don’t know him. But from observation, I would conclude that he has allowed everything that has been said about him to go to his head.
Mr. Favre didn’t attain the all-time NFL interceptions record based solely on his performance over the last couple of years when he didn’t have “top” receivers. That’s a distinction he’s earned through a career predicated on “gun-slinging”. Being a risk-taker is not always a bad thing, mind you. But you have to be willing to be responsible when your risks don’t work out. When you’re falling on your back foot and lob a ball toward triple coverage, it’s probably not the receiver’s fault when it gets intercepted.
Finally, it seemed to me that personal glory was the only thing motivating Favre over the last half-decade or so. He would play injured when maybe he should have sat down. He pushed to achieve records when maybe he should have been more focused on winning games (particularly in 2005 and 2006). Will Aaron Rogers simply step in and be the “next” Brett Favre? I fear (not really fear, I don’t like the Packers either way) that the Pack is about to become the new Miami Dolphins. They’ve lost a long-time legendary quarterback, and will cycle through journey-men and top draft picks for years. In eight seasons, the Dolphins have had 12 different quarterbacks start games. Then there’s the case of the Denver Broncos. Once their legendary long-time quarterback stepped aside, they’ve churned through signal-callers and have only flirted with success. Woe are the Packers I think.
And that’s all I have to say about Brett Favre. I will continue to berate the Packers as they are the team I despise the most in the NFL. But nothing more about #4.
