Favre says he needs off-season surgery
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brett Favre says he probably will need arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle after the season to clean out bone spurs.
The 37-year-old Favre said Wednesday he had similar surgery on his ankle in 1996 to remove large bone chips and a spur.
"I have to kind of convince myself to do it," he said. "It's one of those, 'I'll say I'll do it and when the time comes, uh, I can wait.' But we'll see."
Favre has been on the injury report most of this season with injuries to his ankles, groin and right elbow. The injury to a nerve in his elbow forced him to miss the second half of a 35-0 loss to the Patriots on Nov. 19.
Favre, a three-time MVP with a record for quarterbacks of 253 consecutive starts, said pain in the ankle comes and goes.
"Some days it feels better than others," he said. "Today's not one of those days where it feels good."
Favre, who has thrown for 2,848 yards, 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his 16th season, said team physician Dr. Patrick McKenzie told him it would be a simple operation.
"I'm sure it would feel much better," Favre said.
Favre wouldn't speculate Wednesday whether he will return for another year, but said an operation would not affect any decision he makes.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brett Favre says he probably will need arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle after the season to clean out bone spurs.
The 37-year-old Favre said Wednesday he had similar surgery on his ankle in 1996 to remove large bone chips and a spur.
"I have to kind of convince myself to do it," he said. "It's one of those, 'I'll say I'll do it and when the time comes, uh, I can wait.' But we'll see."
Favre has been on the injury report most of this season with injuries to his ankles, groin and right elbow. The injury to a nerve in his elbow forced him to miss the second half of a 35-0 loss to the Patriots on Nov. 19.
Favre, a three-time MVP with a record for quarterbacks of 253 consecutive starts, said pain in the ankle comes and goes.
"Some days it feels better than others," he said. "Today's not one of those days where it feels good."
Favre, who has thrown for 2,848 yards, 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his 16th season, said team physician Dr. Patrick McKenzie told him it would be a simple operation.
"I'm sure it would feel much better," Favre said.
Favre wouldn't speculate Wednesday whether he will return for another year, but said an operation would not affect any decision he makes.
Nothing against you Tromadz, but in every Favre thread you have said negatives about him..I know in posting its hard to stay on topic,,IMO that will never happen...I agree to post what you feel and every person has that right..but to me it gets sickening every topic on Favre you cant say anything positive other then the man sucks...to me he still has another year or two in him to play well..IMO though..I am NOT again saying Favre is perfect and yes "some" of his accuracy has been off and when people say team they mean the entire team including Brett..But Brett alone cant carry this team..IMO I think his stats would be better if we had more playmakers on our team..we have a young team and we have to give them time and that includes Favre in that mix...when playing with young players and three starting rookies upfront in the offense to me you cant put all the blame on Favre..
