Oh, my, can you believe it? Brett Favre lied to everyone again when he said he was really retired for good this time. Personally, I'm shocked. My whole world is turned upside down. I don't even know...
Wait, scratch that, this is Brett Favre.
Of course he was going to sign with the Vikings this year. We've known that since right after the draft when he asked the Jets for his release and the Vikings didn't take a QB. We probably could have guessed it right after he "retired" again after last season.
Many Vikings fans are excited about this. They shouldn't be. Brett Favre is washed up. Brett Favre has been washed up for the last 6 years.
Let me once again remind everyone that before the Jets signed him last year, I was against it.
A quote:
In his prime, Brett Favre by himself wins you an extra two to four games in a season. Now? You're lucky to break even, given how many bad interceptions he throws (see: the NFC Championship game against the Giants last year.) Old QBs can get really old really fast. Does he even have one more good year in him? I'm not totally convinced.
That was before last year. Did he do anything during the Jets season to change that? Absolutely not.
He had one very good game against a good team - the Pats game. He had a couple good games against bad teams, in particular the Rams game.
He had one of the worst Decembers I've ever seen, including the Seattle game that I saw in person.
In the last four Decembers, he's been awful. 13 touchdowns, 31 interceptions over the last four Decembers.
He's old. He throws too many bad picks. He doesn't throw enough good TDs anymore to overcome them. He can't last a full year. He can't do well in the cold weather anymore.
So, first of all, he's not a particularly good QB anymore.
Second, all of that 'great leader' stuff is in the past, too. He's now seen exactly for what he is - a prima donna, a diva, someone who gets too much of the credit and not enough of the blame. A guy who gets special treatment from the coaches that no one else gets.
Jets players saw through him last year. Vikings players will see through it this year.
The national media won't. Not yet. They are still to in love with the Brett Favre of the past, the guy who 'just loves to play football' and all that nonsense.
I'm sure I'm not the only Jets fan that has this response:
I was never happy to see you come to the team. I was glad to see you retire after you fucked us the last half of the year. I am tired of your act, tired of the fawning media coverage, tired of people looking the other way while you throw bad pick after bad pick. I will be rooting for your embarrassment and failure in Minnesota, and hope both will be spectacular.
In closing, Brett Favre, the only balls you should get to play with are mine, with your tongue. May you only spend the money you earn from this contract on doctors.
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2 comments:
To Quote Dan:
"someone who gets too much of the credit and not enough of the blame."
Now, of course I am going to come on here and have some defense of Brett Favre, however I do agree with most of what Dan said.
The above quote sums up every QB argument in the history of football. As most of you know I am an ardent Eli Manning defender and Dan thinks he should be "turked by a syphalitic bear" (Name that movie, Andrew). But so is the life of an NFL QB, you get too much of the credit and too much of the blame. That is where Dan and I differ on our opinions of Eli Manning, mostly, except for the whople bear thing.
As for Favre yes he is old and mostly washed up, yet stil better than half the QB's in the league. The fact is Dan, I know you didnt want him from the beginning and were never on the bandwagon, but he had you guys as the best team in the AFC at 8-3 after impressive road wins at Tennessee and New England (where by the way he complete 78% of his passes and threw 4 tds to 1 int).
After that his seasoned turned, do you remember why? As you eluded too he cant get through and entire season, he tore his rotator cuff. Its not so easy to play QB in the NFL with a torn rotator cuff. Now obviously he should have been more honest about the pain and sat out, but the fact is he can still help a mediocre team win games and get you to the playoffs where anything can happen (see Manning, Eli).
Now as for the circus and his prima donna-ness and all the rest I agree. But if you have a chance to get to the playoffs and possibly a super bowl contending team, and your QB's are Sage Rosenfels (who, by the way single handildy lost a 21 pt lead wiht 6 minutes to go last year against Indianpolis) and Tavaris Jackson, than you owe it to your fan base to try and improve that position, and Favre is an improvement.
But, again Dan, I agree with most of your insights about all his B.S.
He'll probably put up better numbers than either of the two Jets qbs
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