Why I no longer like Brett Favre
I’ve been asked multiple times lately why I don’t like Brett Favre. To me, it seems pretty obvious, but maybe I need to spell it out for everyone.
Brett Favre has been one of my all-time heroes in regards to the game of football, and sports in general. I’ve watched or listened to just about everyone of his games as a Packer. The problem started when he started talking about retirement. At the end of each season, Favre would announce that he was going to take some time to ponder his future. That was fine to a certain extent, but the time to ponder kept getting longer with each year. The Packers gave him way too much time to ponder his decision, since the team wanted to do everything they could to coax him into coming back. To make matters worse, the media swarmed to this ongoing story like rabid dogs.
Favre had a breakout season in 2007, and for whatever reason, decided to call it quits. I remember I was at work when I heard the news, and I just couldn’t believe it. He was arguably the most loved player in Green Bay Packers history, and Packer fans were in shock that they’d no longer be able to watch that gunslinger from Mississippi.
Favre wants to come back out of retirement. The team had already made changes to the offense to accommodate Aaron Rodger’s skill set, and were ready to move on. I had heard rumors the coaches didn’t think Favre could no longer win cold weather games, but that’s just hearsay. At the time, I thought the Packers should have let him come back, but I think Favre knew they didn’t want him, and I believe he ultimately wanted to play for the Vikings, which had his previous QB coach, Darrel Bevell, running the offense he had so much success.
Of course, we all know what happens next….
The Packers weren’t going to just let him go to the Vikings, so they traded him to the Jets. I didn’t like the move, since I didn’t want to see Favre playing for anyone but the Packers, but Aaron Rodgers had a great first season as a starter, and I still enjoyed watching Favre play the game. He ended up getting hurt, didn’t want to break his starting streak, and basically screwed over the New York Jets. Again, he retires, and asks to be released. He asked to be released? Of course he did, he wanted to go play for the Vikings to A) get back at the organization that let him go, and B) rejoin with Bevell and make another run at the Super Bowl. To a certain extent, I can’t blame him, but he also fucked over every Packer fan that loved/loves him. I could handle watching him play for another team from a different division, but the Minnesota Vikings??? Are you kidding me? The Vikings are the most hated rival, and he wants to play for them???
Favre has had a great season with the Vikings, but he’ll go down in history as the arrogant crybaby that let down the fans that bleed green and gold on his behalf.
Favre let his own arrogance get the better of him, and the fans that supported him for 16 years suffered for it. Brett Favre hurt both the Packer and Jets organizations, and most importantly the Packer and Jets fans.
This is why I no longer like Brett Favre.
