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If you started to remove Favre's records one at a time.........wins, TD's, completions, yardage, consecutive starts, etc........
........how far do you have to go before he wouldn't be as popular as he now is?
Fans aren't prone to pragmatic assessments.
Favre is more than a professional athlete........he's a personality.
So.....is it the fault of the media for erroneously creating that personality? I don't think so. He is what he is, and for thousands....that was enough.
I don't follow football. That said, Favre is one of my favorites. He has always seemed to play full out, no holding back.
When he throws a TD, it appears he is genuinely pumped, all-in, doing it for the love of the game.
No thuggery, no whining, no off field BS, just playing football at max level.
More athletes that get paid to play should look at Favre to learn what being a "pro" is all about.
The only thing I can say I never cared about Favre, is when a defense "had his number" on a given day (happened a lot against Tampa Bay and in the dome at Minnesota), he'd stink it up, throw five picks, shrug his shoulders and seemed to say "oh well." Didn't play with a fire sometimes when he was behind. They'd get behind, he'd just start chucking it down the field without much precision, throw yet another pick.
It was almost fitting that the last pass attempt of his career was an interception (in overtime) that led directly to the team's elimination.
I respect his career, and he will go down as one of the "great," but he won a grand total of one Super Bowl...that puts him in company with such "legends" as Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, etc. I think there's no excuse that he shouldn't have won at least 3 rings.
I respect his career, and he will go down as one of the "great," but he won a grand total of one Super Bowl...that puts him in company with such "legends" as Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, etc. I think there's no excuse that he shouldn't have won at least 3 rings.
Yeah, he should have been out there playing defense too.
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