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 Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Not So Deep Thoughts: Favre's last stand
Posted by Tuff Stuff
I heard today's news that Brett Favre had decided against yet another comeback attempt and I got to tell you, I was a little sad about it. Although the Favre saga had become tiresome and bordered on comical as of late, I think I'm going to miss it if indeed this is it for old No. 4.
It took some time, but I had resigned myself to the fact that the man that led my Packers to the promise land was now going to be trying to do likewise for the hated Vikings. We had a good run and all good things must come to an end eventually, right? I was even resigned to the fact that if healthy, Favre would likely be making TD connections to guys named Berrian and Harvin instead of the familar Driver and Jennings hookups we Packer fans had been accustomed to. I had somehow managed to convince myself that I would actually root for him to do well in Minnesota (the two games vs. the Packers not withstanding) and went so far that I tried to help convince Favre-hating Vikings fans that they'd enjoy having old No. 4 in the home locker room. But this latest 180-degree reversal has really made it hard for me to stay in Favre's corner.
Throughout the last few years, I've watched a legend transform into a spoiled, selfish brat and I bit my tongue and  tempered my anger the whole time. With other sports primadonnas of this magnitude, players tend to get a little older, a little wiser and the subsequent maturation process helps them grow out of such actions. But not Favre, unorthodox until the end, he instead pulled a "Benjamin Buttons" on us and went the other way.
And speaking of movies, watching this latest Favre drama unfold left me in need of an intermission. I feel like I was watching a classic film which was followed up by a sub-par sequel. Like I was sucked back into giving the Three-quel a chance after it was applauded by the critics only to have the star get killed off in the first scene.
Hearing of Favre's latest decision to squelch another comeback before it officially ever got started was like seeing an old best friend for the first time in many years only to find out you now dislike the person he had become. His new persona makes you question if you really ever knew that friend very well in the first place. This ending definitely wasn't our undeniable hero, a man who's staying power and level of excellence was the very fabric of his being. This was just the latest and perhaps the final stain on the once-unblemished career of a living legend.
Sure the media, millions of unwavering and seemingly uneducated fans placed Favre on a do-know-wrong pedastal that he would inevitably tumble from. But even the haters out there would've hoped for a better ending to this movie because as much as you may love him or hate him, Brett Favre was something different, something special.
In time, we'll all forget the drama that followed him like the unrelenting pass rushers that chased him from sideline to sideline. In time, we'll forget how he turned his back on a fanbase and a franchise that helped define him. And in time, we'll remember him as the gun-slinging, risk-taking champion that he had become. Unfortunately after this latest and perhaps final flop, this classic masterpiece won't be remembered as such for quite some time. That script is still in development.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:16:43 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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