A few weeks back we saw Brett Favre retire from his 17 year stint in the NFL. To many he is revered as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time. To another set of people he is considered the most overrated quarterback of all time. On that faithful day in March when Brett announced his retirement ESPN and many of its partners treated it like the man had passed away. For over 10 hours it was straight Brett Favre commentary. Why? Is anyone deserving of that much airtime? Did he do that much for the sport? In my opinion Brett Favre had a great first 8 years in the league, but owes a lot of that to his head coach. He does hold a lot of records in the NFL such as touchdowns and passing yards, but with those records he holds one of the lowest passing percentages and he has the interception records as well. What did Brett Favre do to deserve this media attention? Are these news stations being objective in there view of Brett Favre? I don’t think so. I think there are a lot of factors that go into it, but for more insight read the article posted.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/storycolumnist=paolantonio_sal&id=3281535&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/storycolumnist=paolantonio_sal&id=3281535&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1
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As a Packer fan, I know that Favre had some very questionable games/years....
But once he took over for the Packers, they had only one losing season. With 4 different head coaches.
How many other quarterbacks in this timeframe can even come close to that.
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