Mike,
I just don't see how Favre is any different than, say, Joe Namath. I don't mean stats wise, but just that cult-of-personality-thing where the image overtakes reality. Hell, he's Warren Moon with one more Super Bowl win. I'm too lazy to compare the numbers, but I bet his and Moon's are not that dissimilar. Moon was a very good QB (and a HOFer, though borderline if you ask me) but I don't think there was ever a point in Moon's career when ESPN would have devoted a tag line in the crawl during Sports Center titled “Moon.”
My point is that if you stick around long enough the numbers will be there and there are a hell of a lot of QBs that have won a single SB -- and who gives an (expletive)! And why does the name Brett Favre and the phrase “first ballot Hall-of-Famer” become automatically attached every time it is uttered by these network ass-clowns? When he threw that vomit-inducing pick to Phillip Merling all Jim Nantz could gush about was the “gutsy” Favre hurting his arm trying to make the tackle. I'm so f-ing tired of this Brett obsession. Even at his best he was a very good (occasionally great) QB and never anything more. It just seems that everything he does is touched by the hand of God. It's a whole lot of media (expletive), and I don't get it. And by the way, I've seen Brett's wife in person and she has a fat ass! Alright, that was over the line, she was actually very nice and pretty cute. F-him, he doesn't deserve her!
The only thing we can hope for is that after a six month media circus to make a very simple decision to go the (expletive) away, he will decide that the world, and more specifically the NY Jets, can't live without Lord Favre for another season. What scares me about that is that he is one of the few athletes who is so overrated that he seems to be able to inflict damage whether he wins or loses. That is a rare skill. The kind of thing that can't be taught.
Thanks for the opportunity to vent, Mike. And I know I'm in the minority, but you are not nearly the DB that everyone says you are. Oh yeah, I don't hate Mangini either. All that stuff that went on with Belichick and the Patriots and Spygate is just the cut-throat nature of life in the NFL. I think he did what he had to do, and in the end he got “Favred,” just like everyone else. I hope he gets another shot somewhere, if not as a head coach at least as a coordinator.
Matt
Quincy
