Dixie - In Memoriam
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I have always been a huge fan of Brett. The first time I saw him play, was as QB of Southern Miss when they upset Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Oddly enough, that would have made me HATE most other QBs for life, but I was impressed with his command of the game, and what he made happen on the field. I remember when he played for Atlanta for one season, he made 4 passes and 2 were interceptions. Glanville didn't want them to draft him, and never wanted to play him. He was traded to the Packers the next season, it is probably the single worst mistake in sports history. I don't need to tell you what he did from there.
Now as much as I love Favre, it is utterly painful for me to watch this season. After the final game of last season for the Vikings, in the NFC Championship with the Saints, I was all but certain he would retire. He took a brutal pounding in that game, and I just didn't see how he could even think of playing another year. After the game, some reporter asked him if he would return, and I thought... dude, did you SEE the physical abuse he just took? But here he is, playing through yet another season... taking a pounding from men half his age. He has two compression fractures in his ankle... (basically a broken ankle.) Someone speculated, unless they cut his foot off, he'll start this week, and he did. In the game against the Patriots, he took several violent hits, the kind that would send most of us to the hospital, and most NFL quarterbacks to the locker room with a concussion. Finally, in the fourth quarter, he takes a final hit... helmet to the chin... 10 stitches.. out of the game. His performance in the game was stellar, he can still play football... but can his 41-year-old body hold up to this kind of abuse, week in and week out?
I watched the decline of Joe Namath, hobbling around in a Rams uniform his final years, and Montana, hobbling around in a Chiefs uniform, but for some reason, this one leaves me physically ill to watch. Unlike Bradshaw and Stauback, who knew when to hang it up, Brett Favre isn't built that way, he'll keep playing as long as he can suit up. If I were his coach, I'd have to start thinking about moving him to a backup role, even though I know that wouldn't sit well with Favre. I just hate to see him go out this way.
Now as much as I love Favre, it is utterly painful for me to watch this season. After the final game of last season for the Vikings, in the NFC Championship with the Saints, I was all but certain he would retire. He took a brutal pounding in that game, and I just didn't see how he could even think of playing another year. After the game, some reporter asked him if he would return, and I thought... dude, did you SEE the physical abuse he just took? But here he is, playing through yet another season... taking a pounding from men half his age. He has two compression fractures in his ankle... (basically a broken ankle.) Someone speculated, unless they cut his foot off, he'll start this week, and he did. In the game against the Patriots, he took several violent hits, the kind that would send most of us to the hospital, and most NFL quarterbacks to the locker room with a concussion. Finally, in the fourth quarter, he takes a final hit... helmet to the chin... 10 stitches.. out of the game. His performance in the game was stellar, he can still play football... but can his 41-year-old body hold up to this kind of abuse, week in and week out?
I watched the decline of Joe Namath, hobbling around in a Rams uniform his final years, and Montana, hobbling around in a Chiefs uniform, but for some reason, this one leaves me physically ill to watch. Unlike Bradshaw and Stauback, who knew when to hang it up, Brett Favre isn't built that way, he'll keep playing as long as he can suit up. If I were his coach, I'd have to start thinking about moving him to a backup role, even though I know that wouldn't sit well with Favre. I just hate to see him go out this way.
