Favre talks reaching Pac Man level
Every single day this summer I’ve turned on sportscenter and had to hear about Pac Man Jones this and that and it was ridiculous. The guy is an average football player who made some bad choices and got more press than OJ did after he ‘allegedly’ killed his wife. The daily ‘is pac man going to be reinstated’ or ‘is Pac Man going to Dallas’ got so old when i saw his giant head on his little body I had to turn the channel.
Brett Favre is getting to that level now. I’m waiting for the ‘Favre walked outside to get his mail’ headline with a story about Brett reaching down to pick up a dropped letter and possibly straining a hammy. Favre acknowledges it is ridiculous. He knows he is one player on a team but it seems nobody else does. All players have opinions but not all players are Brett Favre. He is in a tough spot and all he wants to do is play football. I don’t even think he cares where he plays at this point but you’d have to think he wants to stay in Green Bay.
I look at sports very open minded and I know that on a professional level the best players will play. If Favre is still better than Aaron Rodgers than he should be behind center for the Packers. It’s that simple. If he is better than Rodgers I honestly believe Favre will play and that’s the way it should be. The reason Joe Montana went to the Chiefs was because Steve Young was better than him at the time and he was going to the bench. All the best players that change teams aren’t forced out because they are old, they are forced out by their teams because the team has a better player to replace them. That’s normal. Brett Favre could still be the starting quarterback for half the teams in the NFL with one of them being the Packers. If the Packers release Favre and he has a better season than Rodgers then it is going to be a major story in Green Bay and around the league. They won’t release him and Brett will be the starter for the Packers in my opinion when the season starts.
Recently i wrote that Favre should stay retired and recently i had a change of heart. I’m getting older myself and even playing city league basketball hurts now. I play back to back softball games and I can’t walk or move my arm for a day afterward. I still want to play though and I’m going to play as long as I can. I know that one day I won’t be able to anymore and I don’t want to take it for granted. Brett Favre can still play and play at a high level and should as long as he can or even wants to. I don’t even care if he ends his career holding a clipboard for the Detroit LIons because he’s earned the right to play the game as long as he wants to.
It isn’t about a ‘legacy’, it’s about a love for the game.
