Smith About Favre
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From one great to another
Emmitt Smith played running back for 15 seasons in the National Football League, long enough and good enough to set the league record for most yards gained in a career. Brett Favre enters his 17th season in the NFL, long enough and good enough to be in a position to set the league record for most touchdown passes in a career. Smith ended his career in 2004 with 18,355 yards, breaking the record set by Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears, who gained 16,726 yards in 13 seasons (1975 to '87). Favre has 414 touchdown passes and is seven short of breaking Dan Marino's record of 420. Marino played for the Dolphins for 17 years (1983-'99). If Favre stays healthy, he will pass Marino perhaps in the first half of the season. Smith, who has joined ESPN as a studio analyst, was asked this week what it means that Favre is poised to break Marino's record.
"When you look at Brett Favre and what he has been able to accomplish over his whole career, he has definitely shown that he has to be considered to be if not the best, one of the best, quarterbacks who ever played the game," Smith said. "For him to achieve such a milestone like that, to overcome Dan Marino, who threw the ball quite a bit, who never had a balanced running attack to support his passing game, it will be awesome for Brett. I think it is a great accomplishment for an individual player." Smith said he thinks winning games is more important to Favre than setting records. One Super Bowl championship leaves him with a desire to add another. "He wants to turn this Green Bay team around and have it heading in the right direction, before he steps down, and possibly have a shot at another title," Smith said. "Those things are more important for Brett right now than an individual record." Although the success of the team is more important to Favre than an individual achievement is, the record has to be on his mind, Smith contends....
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