You’ve done it all. I’ve been a fan for all of your eighteen years in the NFL, and tonight was the first time I’ve ever rooted against you.
Through all the constant retirement waffling, all the interceptions, all the haters who called you washed up, called you a diva, you shut them up for an entire NFL season with play that proves unequivocally that you are one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. To do what you have done past the age of 40 defies description.
Tonight you played with guts and grit, and you carried your team on your shoulders to the brink of another Super Bowl. You may have fallen short at the end, but you need not hang your head at all. You are one of a kind, and your team would have never made it this far without you.
Now, I beg of you, retire. You have no more points to prove. Let your fans remember this glorious season as your last, even if it didn’t end the way you hoped.
Um, no…if he's up to it, he can certainly come back next year and send the Vikes to the Superbowl.
I mean, really. The guy had the best season of his Hall of Fame career. If he can get past this physically and mentally…he can come back.
My husband and I have a bet as to how many times he waffles this off-season again. He says 1. I say 3. He's a big fat Belgian with strawberries and whipped cream on top. And that's the stakes of this bet.
Let's see how it turns out.
Well, it's not like he's clinging to past glory and trying to play past his prime. He proved this season that he is still one of the best quarterbacks in the game, and he obviously loves to play football.
On the flip side, he'll be 41 years old, and he doesn't recover from getting the crap knocked out of him like a 25 year old. He knows he's still one of the best in the game, he just has to decide if it's worth the pain he'll endure.
I can see where that would be a hard decision to make.
Hence my “physically and mentally” qualifiers. I wouldn't blame the guy for deciding that he's had enough…but if he wants to give it one more go around, I wouldn't stop him either. Up here, nearly the entire offense (and coaching staff) have basically said, a) He's been to enough off-season events and training camps…they're fine if he skips. b) his uniform will be waiting in the locker room for week one. No one's even asking him for a decision. Based on that, my guess is he'll not say anything until he's sure…about week 1.
Friend of mine does a stand up bit about Brett Favre
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http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=813857870#/vi...
Friend of mine does a stand up bit about Brett Favre
NSFW
http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=813857870#/vi...