OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[RashanGary]

I'm glad Favre is in the HOF. I loved watching him and the Packers. I didn't watch or read any HOF stuff. I just don't really have interest. But I like telling my son about reggie white and Favre and randy moss and Barry Sanders and Charles Woodson and the great players i got to watch. I'll always remember Favre and he'll always be in that conversation of great players from when I was a kid and great players my son didn't get to see. He plays with madden greats on the game and asks me about them, so that's fun

Congrats for Favre and his family. This is for them. I don't really care, but good for them!! I pretty much forgot all about that old crap and I don't care if he played for the Vikings or got in a fight with Tt or any of it. It's over, and now he's a legit hofer and he deserves it. Glad I got to see him play!!

[Patler]

I'm glad Favre is in the HOF. I loved watching him and the Packers. I didn't watch or read any HOF stuff. I just don't really have interest. But I like telling my son about reggie white and Favre and randy moss and Barry Sanders and Charles Woodson and the great players i got to watch. I'll always remember Favre and he'll always be in that conversation of great players from when I was a kid and great players my son didn't get to see. He plays with madden greats on the game and asks me about them, so that's fun

Congrats for Favre and his family. This is for them. I don't really care, but good for them!! I pretty much forgot all about that old crap and I don't care if he played for the Vikings or got in a fight with Tt or any of it. It's over, and now he's a legit hofer and he deserves it. Glad I got to see him play!!

That's about the way I feel, too. I've never gotten into the various HoF ceremonies and the like, but I like the concept of HoFs as museums. I would like to visit Canton some day just because of the historical info. The only sports HoFs I have visited are the NHL and WI Hockey HoF. I drove past the NBA HoF every few months for years, always intended to stop, but never did. Now it will have to be a special trip.

When Favre was still playing, I recall a discussion on this board or one of its predecessors about how quickly he would be "forgotten". Some of the younger members (you might even have been one!) didn't seem to appreciate how fleeting their careers, and to some extent their fame can be even if they make the HoF. You really have to have seen them play to appreciate what they did and how they did it. Stories about them and their raw stats can be misleading. I remember arguing with someone that eventually another QB would show up in GB, and the younger fans who barely or never saw Favre would revere him over Favre, whether earned or not. Little did I know at the time that it would be Favre's immediate successor.

It's one of the reasons I never get tired of talking about Starr. Sure, his stats look paltry compared to QBs today, just like Favres might in another 50 years. We have no idea how the game might change. Scores in the 40s and 50s could become the norm, with 350 yards and 4 TDs passing very common. We see hints of that already. People look at the roster and trivialize Starr because he played with so many HoFers, but the league was small and he was always playing against a bunch as well. Like Favre, Starr was an unquestioned leader who his team mates would do anything for. Starr was as much who the Packers were in his time as Favre was in his. I was privileged to have seen both through out their careers. The 1960's was really a magical time to be a Packer fan.

At some point your son might tell his son about the stories "grandpa" told about watching Favre, and the connection will extend to a third generation, and your grandson will be amazed that grandpa actually SAW Brett Favre play!