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on second thought...after watching the replay of the game..and Favre's post game interview...i conclude the following...
Brett Favre is just plain worn out...frustrated...dog-tired...drained...
As anyone who has played competitive sports knows..there is a mental toll..as well as physical..to this game...and i believe Brett Favre has possibly reached the limits of his endurance--mentally....
(When he was chasing Babe Ruth's home run record in a single season...Roger Maris had his hair fall out..he couldn't sleep...and was possibly near a mental breakdown...or at least nervous exhaustion....)
I think Brett Favre is, perhaps..in a similar state...(oh perhaps not to the degree of MAris...) but similar...
Some his passes were slightly underthrown...(the receivers were covered and could have fought for the ball)...but they are used to them being right on the money....His fake spike..his run and illegal forward pass...etc..
These are signs of an athlete who is reaching...who realizes that the end is near...Not HIS END..mind you...but the end of the Green Bay Packers season...and it is hard for a true competitor to face this fact...but face it..he must nonetheless..
It is something that he hasn't had to face so early in quite awhile...perhaps never since he's been a PAcker..and that is playing on a team that does not have the talent or ability to make it to the playoffs...
So what does he play for now...?
Pride? Breaking in the rookies...?
Mike Sherman's job? To win games...?
Yes..he will realize it is to win games...if he is not too demoralized..that is..
I think Favre is going through quite a bit and is very disappointed..and I wouldn't be surprised if he calls it quits after this year...because he has finally seen that the Packers are not a competitive team this year....and perhaps he has seen..that Mike Sherman will never deliver the Packers to the promised land.....
His window of opportunity is closing...and don't be surprised Packer fans..if he is even considering possibly moving his address to another team....and he should be allowed to do so without blame and recrimination.....
Brett Favre is just plain worn out...frustrated...dog-tired...drained...
As anyone who has played competitive sports knows..there is a mental toll..as well as physical..to this game...and i believe Brett Favre has possibly reached the limits of his endurance--mentally....
(When he was chasing Babe Ruth's home run record in a single season...Roger Maris had his hair fall out..he couldn't sleep...and was possibly near a mental breakdown...or at least nervous exhaustion....)
I think Brett Favre is, perhaps..in a similar state...(oh perhaps not to the degree of MAris...) but similar...
Some his passes were slightly underthrown...(the receivers were covered and could have fought for the ball)...but they are used to them being right on the money....His fake spike..his run and illegal forward pass...etc..
These are signs of an athlete who is reaching...who realizes that the end is near...Not HIS END..mind you...but the end of the Green Bay Packers season...and it is hard for a true competitor to face this fact...but face it..he must nonetheless..
It is something that he hasn't had to face so early in quite awhile...perhaps never since he's been a PAcker..and that is playing on a team that does not have the talent or ability to make it to the playoffs...
So what does he play for now...?
Pride? Breaking in the rookies...?
Mike Sherman's job? To win games...?
Yes..he will realize it is to win games...if he is not too demoralized..that is..
I think Favre is going through quite a bit and is very disappointed..and I wouldn't be surprised if he calls it quits after this year...because he has finally seen that the Packers are not a competitive team this year....and perhaps he has seen..that Mike Sherman will never deliver the Packers to the promised land.....
His window of opportunity is closing...and don't be surprised Packer fans..if he is even considering possibly moving his address to another team....and he should be allowed to do so without blame and recrimination.....
I love it.
