Most QB's of Brett Favre's stature (future HOF'er) get to go out on top, or at least, riding a wave of respectability.
Look at Elway in Denver. Montana in SF and somewhat in KC. Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman, and others.
There have been others, however, who were HOF players, but who did not go out riding that wave.
Bart Starr comes to mind. Marino. Stabler.
Yet, these players were still repected and weren't torn down in the public eye, especially by the FANS of their respective teams.
Did anyone really call for Bart Starr's head at the end of his career, or did they realize that he was an aging superstar on a bad team? Would you say Marino lost his skills and ability to play the game, or was it that Miami just couldn't put it together a team to get to the SB, and he was too old to take the punishment anymore?
The point is that whether these HOF stars in the NFL had a talented team arround them in their waning years, or if they did not--they at least got the respect that they deserved from the fans of their individual teams, and from NFL fans, in general.
Now Favre, it can be agreed upon, does not have the talent surrounding him in his golden years in the NFL that he had in the beginning of his career, yet I see many critics such as Dr. Z and others in the media relishing in the chance to try and tear this icon from GB down from his much earned lofty perch in the NFL? Why, you may ask?
I do not have the answer, and it is a question that has much perplexed me as of late. Professional jealousy is the only answer I can come up with. Dr. Z's father must have been a Packer fan, and he is just rebelling in kind--like any rebellious adolescent would. Yes, that must be it!
But the thing that perplexes me even more is that this kind of thinking seems to exist amonst the Packer faithful, and yes, even on this very forum. And that is the kind of treasonous lack of respect for a genuine, sports icon-a certified ahero in GB, or who should be. The man who brought the Title back to Title-town. Can anyone here explain why a Packer fan, any fan, would feel this way towards their HOF QB?
For that is something that I will never understand.
Look at Elway in Denver. Montana in SF and somewhat in KC. Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman, and others.
There have been others, however, who were HOF players, but who did not go out riding that wave.
Bart Starr comes to mind. Marino. Stabler.
Yet, these players were still repected and weren't torn down in the public eye, especially by the FANS of their respective teams.
Did anyone really call for Bart Starr's head at the end of his career, or did they realize that he was an aging superstar on a bad team? Would you say Marino lost his skills and ability to play the game, or was it that Miami just couldn't put it together a team to get to the SB, and he was too old to take the punishment anymore?
The point is that whether these HOF stars in the NFL had a talented team arround them in their waning years, or if they did not--they at least got the respect that they deserved from the fans of their individual teams, and from NFL fans, in general.
Now Favre, it can be agreed upon, does not have the talent surrounding him in his golden years in the NFL that he had in the beginning of his career, yet I see many critics such as Dr. Z and others in the media relishing in the chance to try and tear this icon from GB down from his much earned lofty perch in the NFL? Why, you may ask?
I do not have the answer, and it is a question that has much perplexed me as of late. Professional jealousy is the only answer I can come up with. Dr. Z's father must have been a Packer fan, and he is just rebelling in kind--like any rebellious adolescent would. Yes, that must be it!
But the thing that perplexes me even more is that this kind of thinking seems to exist amonst the Packer faithful, and yes, even on this very forum. And that is the kind of treasonous lack of respect for a genuine, sports icon-a certified ahero in GB, or who should be. The man who brought the Title back to Title-town. Can anyone here explain why a Packer fan, any fan, would feel this way towards their HOF QB?
For that is something that I will never understand.
