Like everybody else, I have had my fill of the Brett Favre drama, with ESPN tracking the plane he took to Florida to get his ankle checked, and the trip by his Viking teammates down to Mississippi to try to convince him to come back. If it wasn’t the same thing that he has done for the last 4 or 5 seasons, I might be interested. But as far as I’m concerned, there never was any doubt that he was coming back and playing this year. I don’t understand all the flack Favre has gotten, at least this season, for waffling on his decision to play or not. He deserves criticism for past years, but this year he is coming off ankle surgery and in my mind even if he was in camp he would be watching from the sidelines anyway, so why not just let him stay home and recuperate the ankle in his home surroundings. Whether he’s a diva or not, Favre is a fun player to watch, a throwback to past years when quarterbacks were actually football players. In today’s game the quarterbacks slide when they are about to encounter any contact, are allowed to throw the ball away when they are in danger of being hit, run away to the sideline after they throw interceptions so they won’t get hurt, just like the punters do (and punters are criticized non-stop for not being “real” football players) and have all kinds of rules in the books to protect them, yet there are more QBs hurt in today’s game than ever. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that all the coddling of the quarterbacks hasn’t really translated into protecting them, but made the injury problem worse. But anyway, back to Favre – he has that old gunslinger mentality that you just don’t find in many of today’s robot QBs who are programmed to follow some coach’s conservative system and “manage the game”. He actually loves the game and I’m thrilled he’ll be playing again this year. His presence makes the game better and certainly makes his team better, although I personally don’t think he’ll be able to match the great season he put together last year. Welcome back, Brett, and good luck pursuing another Super Bowl title!
Margaret
August 20, 2010 at 11:04 am
The women of the football fandom world would rather see Favre play football than just settle for those hunky Wrangler commercials. He really is fun to watch as his love of the game is so evident whenever he plays.