An Ode to Brett Favre
General March 6th, 2008
It has been two days since I learn’t about the retirement of Brett Favre. I knew when I heard the news that I would have to step away from my regular technology topics, to pay my respects to my hero Brett Favre. So for the past two days I have been collecting myself and trying to figure out what I wanted to say about him, without resorting to writing an entire book. I grew up watching Brett Favre and the Packers play. Nothing I loved more was a Sunday night game watching Favre being Favre in a snow covered Green Bay. Favre was is a true competitor on and off the field.
Favre leaves the NFL with more then a handful of records. Some of his amazing records include;
- Most Career Passing Yards
- Most Career Completions
- Most Career Touchdown Passes
- Most Career Wins as Starting Quarterback
Favre also holds the record for Most Career Interceptions too, but that is the magic of Brett Favre. Nobody will ever remember the bad timing interceptions, or the time he couldn’t avoid the sack. They will remember the 80-yard TD passes to win the game and the amazing shuffles passes to avoid the sack.
My largest regret by far when I heard the news was that I never got to see him play in person. I always seemed to think that there would be more time and that the retirement talk was nothing really more then sports reporters looking for an angle. Now that he has retired I feel this very large sense of loss opportunity. John Madden himself has said many times that you have to come see Brett Favre play in person and in Lambeau Field to truly believe the magic.
What do you think of Brett Favre and his career? Do you think he will go down in history as the best ever? What Favre moment do you remember the most?
