Hey Brett...Don't let the door hit you on the way out
Before discussing Mark Sanchez, Manny Ramirez and “Lost”…
Until the 2009 NFL regular season begins, I will not be 100 percent convinced that Brett Favre is done, even following the news that he submitted his formal retirement papers with the league office. I mean, there are ample reasons to be skeptical of an athlete who made Sugar Ray Leonard seem almost decisive about his career plans in comparison. This back and forth, the "will he or won’t he" return drama made has been more annoying than any B-grade soap opera plot. His prima donna ways of holding up the Packers plans probably made even Madonna cringe.
Needless to say, I am not sad that, if it is true, Brett Favre is done. Hallelujah.
Yes, the gunslinger from Kiln, Mississippi was, at his peak, one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and has nearly every major league passing record, three most valuable player awards (the last one coming in 1997) and a Super Bowl trophy to show for it. Outside of Barry Sanders, Favre was the most exciting player in the league, must-see TV for sure. He took chances that even the most brazen criminal might deem too risky, played through every bump and bruise and did it all with a John Wayne movie star flair. With that said…
Favre is done this time. I have no problem with him coming back last year. And you can't say just because he made an ill-advised, untimely pick against the Giants (whose D had really stepped up that postseason) that he didn't have a great 2007. He still, even this year, had an intangible winner's quality that players and fans could see. You always knew you had a chance with Brett at the helm...although admittedly it could be a double-edge sword.
