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BSchwartz07 said 12/29, 08:42 PM
Should Favre retire? Maybe
Will Favre retire? Don't bet on it.

Every season Brett has given clues that he was going to hang them up at the end of the season, and each season he eventually decided to come back. This year he is dropping hints that he will be back.

He has a young team around him, a coach that he clearly is getting along with, and a shot at another Super Bowl.

The Packers are only going up from here, they are very young, I can see Brett riding with this team for another season easily.

He is a competitor, one of those guys that thrives on competition. Football to Brett is like an addiction, and if he didn't get out when he had no team around him why get out now that the Pack are actually good?

The team is already planning on his return next season, something that they have not done in years past. I'm thinking that the decision has already been made.

BSchwartz07 said 12/29, 09:06 PM
The age thing isn't a huge deal right now. He has a better team around him so he isn't taking the beatings that he used to take back there. Also see Vinny T this season, you can play past 38. And as long as you can play age is only a number.

Now on to your schedule, you are forgetting what this season's schedule looked like a year ago.

-The AFC West was supposed to be MUCH better, SD was just 14-2, KC was a playoff team, and Denver improved almost everywhere. This past off-season you would be hard pressed to find someone that would call that a cake schedule.

-St. Louis was picked by most people as a contender for the NFC crown.

So you never know how teams will turn out, I don't think he will base his decision on next season's schedule.

As it looks now, Brett is starting in the Pro-Bowl, breaking every record in the books, and on a contender.

Walking away from a sport isn't as easy as it seems, see Michael Jordan, Emmett Smith, Deion Sanders, I could go on. It is even harder when you are still at the top of the game.

Favre hasn't mentioned retirement at all this season, in most other years he has said that he will think about it. TRUST ME he will be back.

BSchwartz07 said 12/29, 09:36 PM
Not the worst argument I have ever seen, but you are not taking Brett Favre's love of the game into consideration.

If you have ever played a sport, I mean seriously played a sport. The hardest thing in the world is to walk away. At this level it is all you know.

Brett came back at 4-12, it isn't about records for this guy, or going out on top. He LOVES to play. If he were all business he would not sprint down the field and pick up his WR on a TD pass. He is clearly having fun, and when you are having fun you don't just quit.

Do yourself a favor and listen to a Favre interview, he doesn't seem to worry about his age. He doesn't play to break records, he plays just to play all of that stuff just makes it more fun.

While I am not the biggest Favre fan, I will admit that he is playing for all of the right reasons. Favre may be 38, but he looks similar to an 8 year old in the back yard.