So, What Have We Learned From Favregeddon?

Sometimes it makes me sad, though… Favre being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just miss my favourite quarterback.

Wouldn’t that make Brett “The Sisters?” Or if he’s Warden Norton, doesn’t that make the media his lackey until they bring him down?

Still, love the Shawshank reference.

I got a postcard in the mail. It was blank, but the postmark said Hattiesburg, MS. Hattiesburg… right on the border. That’s where Brett was. When I picture him heading south in his own car with the top down, it always makes me laugh. Brett Favre… who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side. Brett Favre… headed for New Orleans.

“Does it matter to us that Jay Cutler actually went five consecutive minutes without throwing an interception in camp? No.”

I have continued to follow Sean Jensen on Twitter. That five minute span, Jay was reported to have been in the locker room seeing an man about a horse, if you know what I mean. Just in case you were curious.

I am of the firm belief that this is all planned. Favre, Chilly, Wilf and Bus Cook know he is coming back, which makes the media frenzies all the more entertaining. I know a lot of fans would say that I give Chilly too much credit, but I just don’t see us sitting out on MacNabb unless we knew that we had the QB we want.

My reaction when a friend (bears fan) called with the news Tuesday night? I stayed on the couch watching a Scrubs rerun until it ended, and then went to bed.

… that Favre is seriously considering retirement this year.

Somehow, no one takes what he says at face value, but when you hear what others say (for example Bevell, his agent, and others), it is remarkably consistent: he’s waiting to see if his body is there enough to go the whole season.

I think Favre doesn’t entertain the idea of sitting on the bench, or coming into this at all until he knows he is ready. This is a guy who expects to start 16 games and play at a high level, and he’ll walk away before playing at a low level. By contrast, if he gets battered at week 8, he’ll come back and play hurt for the last 8 weeks, and probably start every time if he can walk.

 But he needs to know he can play at a high level in week 1 before he is going to show up.

If the ankle isn’t there at the opener, and let’s face it none of us really knows where he is at, he won’t be there. But, if T-Jack plays and struggles through the first few games, and Favre gets better, he’ll eventually be there.

I really don’t think there is some kind of conspiracy here so Favre can avoid camp. I think he’ll avoid camp one way or the other if he can.

Personally I think Favre sent those text messages to the guys. What I don’t get is why.

Chilly has publicly said that he doesn’t plan to hear from Favre for at least another 2wks or longer, and that he’s perfectly okay with whatever Favre decides. This makes me believe that Favre really is a diva, or he wants a new contract.

I kinda sorta believe Favre when he says it’s not about the money, but I do believe he wants another contract. He wants to add another year so he can retire on his own in 2011. He won’t allow himself to be forced out.

With that said, there is no doubt in my mind that Favre will be on the field 9/09/10

Tarvaris Jackson is a class act and handles these situations with an unbelievably mature attitude. I don’t know if he’s capable of being a championship caliber QB in this league, but I hope somewhere down the road, at the end of all this Favre stuff, someone gives him the chance to be a starting QB. The guy has earned a measure of respect with his professionalism, and I really hope that his skill set has improved these last 2 seasons to the point that if he has to step in, he can.

I want Favre to captain this Viking Ship all the way to Dallas, and ride off into the sunset a Champion, taking the whole state of Minnesota to a state of redemption after all the heartbreaks. I also hope that Tarvaris is ready to step in and take the reins when he’s done. That is my best case scenario, (and Chili’s, I’m certain) but if TJack gets another shot, I sure hope he shines. He’s a good kid.

He will not allow himself to lose this year!

19-0!

This is the best web site ever.

And this is the best post ever

nothing really. it’s the same situation from last year, just with his ankle, and that the jets suck!

Media: Brett Lorenzo Favre, You’re files say that you’ve played 309 consecutive games – do you think that your ankle can be rehabilitated?
Favre: Rehabilitated? Well now let me see.. You know I don’t have any Idea what that means.
Media: Well it means you’re ready to rejoin the NFL…
Favre: I know what you think it means sonny. To me it’s just a made up word. A politicians word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and have a job.. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for the interception against the Saints?
Media: Well are you?
Favre: There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret. Not because I’m here in Minnesota or because you think I should..I look back on the way I was then.. a young stupid kid who committed that terrible crime of playing for the Fudgepackers.. I want to talk to him, I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t. That kid’s long gone.. This old man is all that’s left .. I gotta live with that.. Rehabilitated.. It’s just a bullshit word…. So you go on and root for the fudgepackers or the lame ass bears or for whatever unimaginable reason the lions and stop wasting my time, cause to tell you the truth, I don’t give a shit.

Reminds me of this winter when the baseball hot stove was all speculation about whether Joe Mauer was going to the Yankees or the Saawx.

Ummm neither, and Brett Favre will be shredding the league again this year too, and if he does retire? The Vikes still have the most all-pros in the league. #kthnxbye

Brett Favre is 40-years old. He has played in two Super Bowls for the Green Bay Packers, and has one Super Bowl Ring to show for his dedication to NFL Football, he also was the NFL MVP three years in a row. Brett holds many of the NFL records, include consecutive games played.

Brett has been playing a game that he has played all of his life, he is waking up, realizing that he is not young any more. His body is not healing like it did in the past, he is mortal! Does he risk playing in 2010, or walk away while he still can walk?

You sacrifice a lot when you are a star, time spent with your family, away from home and on the road for a large part of the year. Sure you get paid lots of money, but in the end, what have you given up that you never can get back for the stardom and the money.

I know what it means to leave something that you grew-up loving, only have to leave it all behind. I grew up a Army Brat. Family moved every three years when my father was reassigned to a new location. Always being the new kid, at a new Army Base. Later when I turned 18. I joined the Army becoming the 5th generation of my family to become a career Army soldier. 27 years went by so quickly, I succeeded in whatever the Army asked of me, I went wherever the Army told me to go, for all of my life the Army was my home….. then it was time to retire, and I did not want to retire.

I am still trying to find my place in civilian life, just as Brett Favre has to somehow decide how he will face not being a Star QB anymore in the NFL. It is a dark unknown out there for Brett. Many NFL player through the years have fallen after leaving the NFL, some who spent the money faster than they made it, ended up without any money, and crippling injures from their football days. Others have ended up in jail or prison for criminal actions for the need for some fast easy money. The road of life is full of those who where in the limelight, and now are lost, when they are no longer needed or wanted……

Brett has to find a new dream to dream of, and only then he can continue to live his new dream, because his old dream will soon be no more!

I wish Brett all the luck and finding something to replace NFL Football, so he can move on to the rest of his life….hopefully it will revolve around his family that has had to accept the years of him being away from the family….and so way of making up for lots time and opportunities to be with them more!

Brett gave-up a large portion of his life to follow his dream, his family gave up a lot too, so Brett could follow that dream. I hope that when Bretts football days are over, that Brett and his family will think that it was the time and effort of following that dream was worth it for everyone!

Whatever Brett decides, I wish him the best. ~Parnelli