no one actually believes him when he says that right?
no one actually believes him when he says that right?
That wasn't because of diminished skills, it was because he didn't care anymore. He already proved that he could beat the Packers and the Vikings begged him to come back. He was treated like a king and he put in zero effort.In his last year in the NFL, he was awful. It's not likely getting older has changed that.
That certainly adds a little perspective to that streak. It was amazing how durable he was despite getting hit that much.I don't know if he could still play but I did find this interesting regarding his 297 game streak.
from NFL.COM
Take Derek Carr, who started all 16 games as a rookie. The Raiders sophomore has the jump on Blake Bortles and Teddy Bridgewater, who also started as rookies, but not from Day 1. In fact, Carr has a head start on Favre, as well -- the 11-time Pro Bowler and three-time NFL MVP didn't get the starting nod until Week 4 of his sophomore campaign. So now all Carr needs to do to eclipse Favre's mark is not miss a game -- or slump badly enough to get benched -- until about midway through the 2032 season. If all goes well, he'll be 41 by the time he breaks it.
I play pick up basketball with my mid-twenties years old son and his buddies (because golf isn't a sport in my book - if you don't sweat and bleed, it's not a sport)...and get bounced around pretty good. That doesn't stop me from giving it back to the young f'ers who STILL get out of my way when I come down the lane with a full head of steam. They KNOW I'm crazy and that I don't know I'm too f'n old to be knocking heads with them, but they know that I don't care and will take them down WITH me.
Whomever said that Brett's statement was minced, sliced and diced out of context hit it right on the head. The folks who are so anti-Favre remind me of the internet trolls who follow up in the news sites regarding ANY news story and turn it into a partisan pis#ing match. I marvel at their ignorance of the process, but they're there...regurgitating the defective information they've picked up from an equally brain dead political blogger.
Favre simply said that he believes he could still play -- didn't say he'd play well or even that he WOULD play. He said he could play. Much the same way that in my 50's I can play ball with my son and his buddies. I can't play as well as I once did ... and I come out beat to s*it ...and my knee and ankles throb ... but, I can still play. He will say that until he's 70's because if you're once a competitor, you're always a competitor ... always ...
More of the same hating. His number is retired, he's in the GB HOF and soon will be in the NFL HOF. Enough said.Okay, you DID hit me over the head with THAT one. He said in one of the interviews last night, he was happy to play, he wasn`t happy to train, and there is the rub !. I don`t like sitting a Department of transport x-ray test every year (24 years to be exact), but it is a REQUIREMENT of my job. It was his JOB. It was his duty to work with receivers and running backs etc, to finely tune a winning team. I`m sorry but that's why I dislike the man. He thought he was bigger than the TEAM.
More of the same hating. His number is retired, he's in the GB HOF and soon will be in the NFL HOF. Enough said.
***** about something else that's relative and makes sense.
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Okay, you DID hit me over the head with THAT one. He said in one of the interviews last night, he was happy to play, he wasn`t happy to train, and there is the rub !. I don`t like sitting a Department of transport x-ray test every year (24 years to be exact), but it is a REQUIREMENT of my job. It was his JOB. It was his duty to work with receivers and running backs etc, to finely tune a winning team. I`m sorry but that's why I dislike the man. He thought he was bigger than the TEAM.
It was mentioned numerous times last night that, not only did Brett never miss a game in GB, he also never missed a practice, meeting or any other team function. Bottom line, the man was accountable for 16 seasons. My guess would be the reference to his lack of enthusiasm for training involves the offseason conditioning needed in today's NFL.
It was mentioned numerous times last night that, not only did Brett never miss a game in GB, he also never missed a practice, meeting or any other team function. Bottom line, the man was accountable for 16 seasons. My guess would be the reference to his lack of enthusiasm for training involves the offseason conditioning needed in today's NFL.