I don't think that Favre was forced out as much as he forced GB's hand with his indecision. In hindsight, GB may have been right, and they will be a better team this year from Rodgers' year of experience.
Favre to Retire (Again)!
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I don't think that Favre was forced out as much as he forced GB's hand with his indecision. In hindsight, GB may have been right, and they will be a better team this year from Rodgers' year of experience.
It was not all Brett Favre. Ted Thompson was as much too blame. let's try and be accurate. If last year s all it took to lose all respect for the guy, evidently you did not have much to start with.
Marino knew when to go? :haha:haha:haha:haha I loved Marino but come on.
his last year was 12 TD's, 17 int's they were 5-6 in games he played in. He broke 20 TD passes ONCE in his last 4 seasons.
Favre threw an int 3.3% of the time Blanda did it 6.6% of the time. Favre also threw the ball over twice as many times as Blanda. 4007 vs 9280.
Yes that's correct. he forced gb's hand. i would've done the same thing. but by forcing their hand he was forced out since he did want to play for green bay but they had already moved on. can't blame them. this little drama by brett makes me sick. i hope it's truly over.
Coming back would be a big mistake, like watching Unitas in his final season with the Chargers, or Willie Mays in his last season. The mind tells you it can stil do it. The body brings reality back in to focus. You could see that he had run out of gas at the end of the season. He had a great career and I loved his childlike enjoyment of the game, but I hope he leaves well enough, alone.
i'm guessing you also know that when jimmy johnson came in he completely changed the offense to something that he knew did not take advantage of marino's skills. his last year was bad due to injury,age and diminished skills. i say he left at the right time.
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He had some big games, just couldn't finish how he started off. He may have had worse seasons than last season while he was in GB.
Another way to look at it would be to just count the seasons each player actually threw an INT:
Blanda - 18
Favre - 18
It's a tie in seasons, but Favre wins because he has more INTs!!!
If you stick around long enough, you'll break some records....
Another way to look at it would be to just count the seasons each player actually threw an INT:
Blanda - 18
Favre - 18
It's a tie in seasons, but Favre wins because he has more INTs!!!
If you stick around long enough, you'll break some records....
damn you hit the nail on the head my friend! :up
We could hardly move....he hung on 1 or 2 seasons too many. He wanted a trophy, Which you can not blame him for. I just think saying Favre stayed too long but Marino did not is not being fair to Favre. The numbers do not back it up. And as I said I love Marino. Best passer I have seen.
Another way to look at it would be to just count the seasons each player actually threw an INT:
Blanda - 18
Favre - 18
It's a tie in seasons, but Favre wins because he has more INTs!!!
If you stick around long enough, you'll break some records....
Did you too see where Favre threw 9280 passes to just over 4000 for Blanda?
did you see where favre threw a int 3.3 % of the time and Blanda 6.6% of the time.
Montana was 2.6%, Dan Fouts 4.3%, Marino 3.0%, terry Bradshaw 5.4%, Fran Tarkenton 4.1%.
You should try rational well thought out arguments. not unfounded hyperbole rooted in disdain for a person.
argue all you want he's still the king of interceptions. give the amount of games played by favre to some of these other qb's and they would've accomplished more than favre did. but go ahead,continue to argue.you'll be arguing by yourself because i'm not interested.
take care.
Uh oh, looks like we riled up a cheesehead.
Yes, I saw all that and my point was that numbers can always be found to justify your position. I have no disdain for Favre, I respect his work ethic, his enthusiasm for the game, and his ability to stand up to the rigors of the position. I also respect the way he was able to deal with and play through the personal tragedies in his life. But, I strongly believe that the reason he holds the records he does is directly related to the qualities I just listed.
But, like many, I had grown tired of the soap opera his off-seasons had become, and the media's constant fawning over him.
As for the interceptions, it wasn't just the quantity of them (again, I feel attributable to his longevity), it was the timing of some:
- the 2002 playoff game against St. Louis, six interceptions
- 2004 playoffs against the Eagles where he threw an interception in OT to set up the GW FG
- 2008 against the Giants, ditto
