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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Favre Is At It Again.

Twenty years in the Nfl at the most important position in the game. That's crazy. I cannot explain to you how excited I am that Brett Favre is back for his 20th NFL season. The sad thing is I feel as if I am the only one. The thing I don't understand is why?...
Why is it that people have come to despise Brett Favre. People call him a traitor, but was it not the Packers that didn't want him back... I get it Aaron Rogers is the future, you cant tell me that he is a better quarterback than Brett Favre. The Packers made it to the conference finals and were one play away from the championship, why would you not want to give it a shot the next year... I understand that he "retired" but the guy put the Packers back on the map... yet they easily shunned him with no regrets.
So then he takes a little detour threw New York/ New Jersey only to "retire" again, but wait... he decides to wait until August 18th to decide to play for the Minnesota Vikings... (gasp in shock)... is it really that shocking? No, he wanted to be there all along, he wanted to be able to play his Packers twice a year and he wanted to beat them twice a year. So once again Favre puts on his helmet fastens his one band chin strap and goes out to have his best statistical season of his career. In his first game as a Viking he throws a game winning touchdown pass. He finished his 19th season with 4202 yards, 33 touchdowns to only 7 interceptions and a passer rating of 107 that ranked 3rd in the league... oh and he led the vikings to the NFC championship.
The season ended and speculations began... people started saying things. "oh he'll be back" or "there is no way he comes back". But we never heard from Brett, he just continued to ride the tractor down in good ole' Hattisburg, Mississippi. But then he gave a little hint, he was meeting with doctor James Andrews about surgery on his ankle? Why would he do that? Duh! so he could come back and play. But he never said either way and then one day on ESPN it was official Favre was going to retire, he was throwing footballs to high school kids just like he had done the summer before, but everyone was positive he was done, everyone was saying it; except Brett. Then just as it happened the summer before Brett announced he would play one more year and just as last summer he arrived on August 18th in Minnesota...
So people call him wishy washy, a flip flopper... but really did he not do it the exact same way last year? Couldn't it just be that he is almost 41 and doesn't want to do training camp anymore.. I mean in 20 years of playing the game professionally I think you kinda figure out what you are doing. So don't act surprised... Here's to you Brett I'm beyond happy you are back for another.

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