Favre possibly coming back?

[oregonpackfan]

When I read and listen to speculation about Favre returning it disappoints me for several reasons.

First, I think a number of Packer fans simply refuse to accept the concept of Favre's retirement. We have been spoiled by having the same future Hall of Fame quarterback for the past 16 years. It is just time for him to move on.

For Favre's sake, I am glad he chose to retire when he did. At age 38, his last year was one of the most productive seasons he had in his career. Most Packer fans, including me, thought in August of 2007 that this team just had the potential to produce a .500 winning season. They surprised us with a remarkable 13-3 regular season! Though football is certainly a team effort, much of the Packers' success on offense has to be attributed to Favre's fine play.

What is sad for some aging stars is that their skills decline but they refuse to accept it and try to play beyond their years. Both Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana were examples of stars who tried playing for other teams in a vain and futile attempt to resurrect their careers.

A few aging stars play too long and have their career end with a serious injury. Joe Theisman had a horrific broken leg on national TV which ended a career he tried to prolong. With a highly serious concussion he received last season, Trent Green probably should retire. But at age 35 he is trying to hook up with another team.

I am glad for Favre that he had a very successful season last year. I am also relieved for him that he did not suffer a serious injury like an ACL tear or a broken limb. I just hope he is not "persuaded" by coaches and/or fans to come back when he needs to retire with dignity.

[Packnut]

Oh, and it might have helped that Favre's play last year helped them both get nice nice rich extensions (my commentary)

So, Favre's play was solely responsible for that? Not because McCarthy was the first coach since Holmgren to coach Favre up? Not because the defense and special teams were top 10, the WRs corps was top 5, Donald Lee paid them for trusting the starting position to him, and Ryan Grant was mint? Not because an aging roster with little depth was transformed to a young team with a lot of young talent in two years?

Harv, I see what your saying but I believe it works both ways does'nt it? A huge part of our WR play was YAC and you have to give #4 the credit for that. He hit those guys in stride more times than I can ever remember ANY QB ever doing. The Detroit game was a prime example. Those 2 td passes in the Denver game were point blank precision throws.

Once you make the D worry about the WR's, it does open things up for the TE.

With the improved play of the offense, our D was'nt on the field as much. Also, we were leading a great majority of the time which also made things easier for the D.

Favre had an oustanding season and without him, all the things you cited DO NOT HAPPEN to the degree that it did. But, as they say the "proof is in the pudding". We'll see how this plays out with A-Rod..............