I’m SO over… Brett Favre
(Note to Debi: Brett Favre is the long-time, Super Bowl-winning, MVP quarterback of the Green Bay Packers… they are a football team) Leave it to the 49ers fan to write this post, but I promise it’s not out of malice or bitterness… this time.
I am SO over Brett Favre right now. I feel like he’s cried wolf to the media and football fans over this retirement (will he or won’t he??) issue for years now. And now that he’s changed his mind about his decision to retire, he just wants to step back into the Packers organization and pick right back up where he left off. Never mind the fact that they’ve moved on without him. Never mind the fact that Aaron Rodgers is prepared to take over. Never mind the fact that Favre told everyone he was retiring, made John Madden cry, filed the paperwork and got a phat retirement ceremony out of it. No, Favre expects everyone to just fall all over themselves to make his every wish come true. And why shouldn’t he? He’s used to getting whatever he wants because that’s what the Packers organization has given him for the past 16 years. Except the only people falling all over themselves in this case were the members of the media, who - for some reason - covered this story and his return to camp as if Favre was Britney and he’d just shaved his head.
IMHO, the Packers have every right to let Favre explore other offers without feeling guilty. I’m siding with the organization here because I know the minute Favre told them he was out, they started making plans to move on. And I’m sure they had some really solid plans (plans that involved former Cal QB Aaron Rodgers). Favre took his gold-plated ball and he went home to sit in his rocking chair, having completed an excellent career in Green Bay. That team faced the challenge of building around what was left without #4; so for six months it’s been building. Believe you me, I know what “rebuilding” feels like! I’m a 49ers fan! On top of that, I’m a Giants fan, so yeah, pretty familiar. Favre’s demand to be a part of the organization again is just not in line with the plan, so the Packers have to let him go.
I am still baffled as to WHY there is so much media coverage on this. I can see the daily report from Packers training camp, but we have a full-blown camp of reporters set up to track Favre’s every move. And why? I just don’t get it, but I know I’m sick of it. So, the Jets, the Bucs, I don’t care where Brett Favre goes now just as long as the media stops telling me what he ate for lunch.
August 6th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
i don’t know if this will make you feel any better, but i haven’t heard one word about this, maybe it your source of news. may i recommend NPR?????
August 6th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
You are so much more an adult than I am, Rob. No, I doubt NPR would dare to cover such a topic. However the national outlets and even the local TV outlets (reporting on the reports from the national outlets) ran with Favre Watch 2008. SNF even had cameras at Packers practice this past Sunday and forced me to spy on Favre’s wife in the lux box while they apologized for not being able to locate his exact whereabouts. Granted, that’s in football context, but you get the degree of the insanity here.
Is this a good time to admit that my commute time is spent exclusively with KNBR 680?
August 6th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
really? wow! that is crazy. It seems a little insane to me that with everything that is going on in the world (i am not going to elaborate cause then this comment would be a book) we (an be we i mean americans) are watching brett favre try and dcide what he is gonna do with his job. i wish people would do that with me (ok, no i dont……)
August 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Amen! To me, Brett Favre has always been one of the most OVERRATED QB’s in the NFL. He needs to stop his whining and realize, at 38, the Packers just want him to go away. The national media (cough, cough, Peter King/John Madden) have lionized Favre.
I’m not even sure why the Jets, or any other team would want him now anyway. The guy had two horrible seasons prior to last year. Moving to a new team, with a crappy attitude and an aging body, do we really think he’s going to play well? Including last year’s good season, he’s thrown 62 interceptions in the last three years!
Stop the media love affair!
August 11th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Okay, I know who Brett Far-ve is. He’s an actor! I watched “There’s Something About Mary.”