With the return of Brett Favre appearing inevitable at this point, it is safe to say that national sports media will be flocking to Minnesota for training camp and all other sorts of meaningless, purposeless Favre coverage. Every time Favre brushes his teeth a breaking news update will flash across ESPN. At this point, enough is enough.
None of this Favre talk would be such an issue if he wasn’t constantly retiring and un-retiring each season since he whined his way out of Green Bay. I cannot even fathom how Packer fans will handle a Favre signing with the Vikings. I am no Packer fan, but if my franchise’s most legendary player left, retired, un-retired, retired again, and then decided to go play with our biggest division rival, I would be furious. Favre should have just done the logical thing and taken the 25 million dollars that the Packers offered him to sit in Mississippi and do essentially nothing. Better yet, Favre could have taken a job on any network of his choice talking football for a living. But no.
Sure Favre brings revenue and hype to Minnesota, but what else does he bring? A bum shoulder, biceps recovering from surgery, a declining completion percentage, and more frequent interceptions. Since 2004 Favre has not thrown for more than 28 touchdowns, and he has astoundingly thrown 15 or more interceptions since 1997. In 2005 Favre really showed that he was on the decline when he tossed 20 touchdowns, and a nice 29 interceptions. While interceptions should be excepted with the frequent amount of throws in the offenses Favre has played in, it is just getting excessive.
Here is the reality. Favre will be 40 in October, and at his age he cannot afford to keep taking these contstant beatings week in and week out. Favre also attracts to much attention, but hey, maybe he has earned it. Brett needs to just sit back, relax, and take retirement for what it is. So please Brett, just retire for good.
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