Much to the chagrin of the Packer faithful, Brett Favre will no longer be under center when they open up the 2008 season. We all know Brett can still play, and he is respected and loved by his teammates and many of the other players in the league. He played many times when he was hurt and probably shouldn't have and never gave up on a play. There were times he should have given up, but that wasn't in him. It wasn't a part of his game. One of the great things about Favre was that he never played scared and I think that translated over to the rest of his teammates. He has a Super Bowl, MVP trophies, and every passing record that means something. Every time he laced up his cleats he laid it on the line. Even when Brett was wrong, no one wanted to call him out on it because he is loved that much. Loved by his city, his state, and pretty much the whole sporting world. He deserves all the accolades and honors due to a player of his stature.
Let's look at the flip side of this. How long has Green Bay wanted to move on to life without Favre in the last 5 years? How long have they wanted to know whether Aaron Rodgers can handle being the new franchise quarterback? It has been exacerbated by the fact that Favre had 2 very sub par seasons in 2005 and 2006, and held his team hostage while he made up his mind about whether he was going to come back or not - 29 interceptions in 2005 and 18 more in 2006 (only 18 TD's that year), as he made bad throw after bad throw, and bad read after bad read. He didn't have a lot of talent around him, but he wasn't helping matters any as well. I can't help but think management, especially the ones who decided to draft Rodgers, is happy Brett is retiring so they can turn the page and get their team ready for life without him. If management had the guts to ask Brett to step aside for the good of the team a couple of years ago, then Rodgers would have had those years to develop and be right on time to excel when Green Bay turned the corner in 2007. I don't blame Favre for wanting to continue his career. It's management's fault for letting Favre call his own shots at the expense of the team. Don't get me wrong. Favre has done a lot for the franchise, but management can't let everyone's emotions cloud their business judgement and get in the way of what is best for the organization going forward. Remember, Favre's agent said that Green Bay didn't exactly roll out the red carpet for him to play in 2008.
Congratulations to Brett Favre for a great career and a very meaningful and exciting 2007 season, but it is time to step aside and retire. It is written, To every thing there is a season and a time to every prupose under the heaven. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to keep and a time to cast away. And that is the Last Word!
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Well, there's also a time for casting stones, and I'll chuck a few at this blog. To be fair, you are but the last in a long, silly cavalcade of morons who say that Brett "held the team hostage" in his retirement decision. And that's how you shmoes always say it, too. ..."Hostage." As if he's doing something nefarious by taking the time he needs to make sure that he's getting a really important decision right. "Hostage." "Ooo, he's holding them hostage again." "Did you see him hold those people hostage?" "We must free the hostages!"
Nobody with a brain in their head is happy that Brett's retiring. Okay? And his retirement is not "much to the chagrin" of Packer fans. We'll miss him. The team'll probably be fine. Rogers will likely do well unless he doesn't. It's beside the point.
I don't know... You didn't do a bad job of describing what made him fun to watch, though. At least you didn't use the word "childlike." Man, am I tired of that!
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