OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[hoosier]

For a guy missing three feet of intestines Favre sure has a lot of guts. Every time he took another hit and got up my heart was less hardened toward him.

He had a great year, he was a good teammate, and in a short while he will no longer be a Viking nor will he ever play this game again.

The Brett Favre story is the closest thing to a Greek tragedy ever to be written upon the green pages of NFL history.

Good point. Hubris + blindness to own faults = tragedy.

[Fritz]

It was classic Brent - the unforced mental error. And it is what remained maddening about him throughout his Packer career. Troy Aikman put it well: it is a rookie mistake. It's an unforced mental mistake. Favre had room to run - maybe not the 10 - 15 yards that the announcers claimed, but probably 7 - 10 yards - and safely then give Longwell an opportunity to kick a 47 - 50 yarder in a dome.

But reasons unbeknownst to us all, Favre did what he most often did - he preferred a throw, and a dangerous throw at that. He didn't need to do it, he had a better and safer alternative, yet he chose to make a throw.

It's his greatest fault as a player, and one that in my mind keeps him just behind the Peyton Mannings and the Joe Montanas in NFL history.

You'd expect that play out of a young guy, not a grizzled vet. But Favre could not help himself. You live with him, you die with him. And the deaths are excruciating.

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take into account im WASTED ppl

lol...the freaks come out at night

GET LIVES u loathesome losers...if i were a staunch vike fan i would remind yall that vikes beat pack twice and WON the division which is an acomplishment...in the past when the pack have lost i didnt get any REAL satisfaction out of ANY others teams struggles b/c i was too busy lamenting MY teams loss

and never mind that he took vikes further than last year huh?

lets all gloat at anothers "demise..." who does that? well-rounded individuals? NO!

...hahahaha nice charater trait and SO impressive...hope i can be like yall when i grow up; sure yall older than me and dispaly SUCH wisdom i want to emmulate

any broad bashn brett probaly had crush on him 3 years ago and got low self esteem, wishn aaron would get up with them

and who here REALLY believes what "ty" says anyway....he has no friends IM SURE; he was probaly WATCHN a bunch of "cool" guys watch the game from afar lmao

i can jus imagie how dumpy and gay some of u all look in person

trust me, suave, self assured ppl dont seek to down others they jus keep it moving

self evaluate; favre aint did JACK to you personally. and if the vikes or pack win or lose your life changes NONE; you will still be haters lol

obviously im still tryna finish the HUGE bottle of gin i bought for the championshipm games. i vowed to not drink any more after favre is eliminated; no need for big guts like u lazy, non athletic schmucks

again im wasted and other than meanie ty (who can EASILY take it and dish it) im not individualizn

Lord Favre!

P.S. Is this how a good christian posts? Calling others loathsome? Slurring others. Using gay as a slur? Dont' you love homosexuals?

Jess messin wit you mobb. keep drynkn. taykz aweigh tha payne.

Yeah, i was outta control...woke up and told wifey i had to apologize and she agreed...fortunately ppl here arent too thined skinned but i HAVE to ask for forgiveness b/c thats NOT how i should or want to respond to something i have NO control over!

still gota go provide therapy to the crack babies on my client list

[hoosier]

It was classic Brent - the unforced mental error. And it is what remained maddening about him throughout his Packer career. Troy Aikman put it well: it is a rookie mistake. It's an unforced mental mistake. Favre had room to run - maybe not the 10 - 15 yards that the announcers claimed, but probably 7 - 10 yards - and safely then give Longwell an opportunity to kick a 47 - 50 yarder in a dome.

But reasons unbeknownst to us all, Favre did what he most often did - he preferred a throw, and a dangerous throw at that. He didn't need to do it, he had a better and safer alternative, yet he chose to make a throw.

It's his greatest fault as a player, and one that in my mind keeps him just behind the Peyton Mannings and the Joe Montanas in NFL history.

You'd expect that play out of a young guy, not a grizzled vet. But Favre could not help himself. You live with him, you die with him. And the deaths are excruciating.

I think it was Joe Buck who reported early in the game that Favre had said something like "for the first time in his career he doesn't feel like he has to score every time he has the ball." Leaving aside the fact that this is a ridiculous comment and an insult to those mid-1990s Packer defenses, I think what we saw at the end of regulation was just Favre reverting to what he has always been: someone who feels he must take the game into his own hands at crunch time. He did not take the 7 yard scramble on 3rd down because that would have been leaving it in someone else's hands.

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take into account im WASTED ppl

lol...the freaks come out at night

GET LIVES u loathesome losers...if i were a staunch vike fan i would remind yall that vikes beat pack twice and WON the division which is an acomplishment...in the past when the pack have lost i didnt get any REAL satisfaction out of ANY others teams struggles b/c i was too busy lamenting MY teams loss

and never mind that he took vikes further than last year huh?

lets all gloat at anothers "demise..." who does that? well-rounded individuals? NO!

...hahahaha nice charater trait and SO impressive...hope i can be like yall when i grow up; sure yall older than me and dispaly SUCH wisdom i want to emmulate

any broad bashn brett probaly had crush on him 3 years ago and got low self esteem, wishn aaron would get up with them

and who here REALLY believes what "ty" says anyway....he has no friends IM SURE; he was probaly WATCHN a bunch of "cool" guys watch the game from afar lmao

i can jus imagie how dumpy and gay some of u all look in person

trust me, suave, self assured ppl dont seek to down others they jus keep it moving

self evaluate; favre aint did JACK to you personally. and if the vikes or pack win or lose your life changes NONE; you will still be haters lol

obviously im still tryna finish the HUGE bottle of gin i bought for the championshipm games. i vowed to not drink any more after favre is eliminated; no need for big guts like u lazy, non athletic schmucks

again im wasted and other than meanie ty (who can EASILY take it and dish it) im not individualizn

Let's puff a blunt dude

lol...THATS what was missing at 2 am

mad as HECK b/c vikes were CLEARLY better but turnovers kill!

favres toughness was admirable but once again his mental resembled his peeps at the Broke Spoke bar and Grill in Kiln.....

[MOBB DEEP]

I can take no true joy out of these playoffs. The sense of vindication from Brett's mistakes ending another team's season is shallow, short and cruel. And the Packer bowed out way too early.

But I am definitely looking forward to him coming back and kicking his hindquarters twice next year. I am not sure the Vikings offseason situation, but that team should contend again and I hope Brett comes back for that and does not remain satisfied just having beaten Ted. Mike and Aaron twice.

u da man

[Scott Campbell]

[img]http://media.jsonline.com/images/600*562/ap-nfc-championship-football(7).jpg[/img]

[Scott Campbell]

This is how I'll always remember his time as a Viking:

[img]http://media.jsonline.com/images/600*574/ap-nfc-championship-football(10).jpg[/img]

[sheepshead]

This is decidedly better than Favre lifting the Lombardi Trophy, tearful. Looking skyward at Irv. We would have had to endure that image the rest of our lives.

[Scott Campbell]

He looks like a kid out there - just havin fun!

[img]http://media.jsonline.com/images/364*600/ap-nfc-championship-footballb(2).jpg[/img]

[Scott Campbell]

And when the pressure is really on, you'll get some of that Favre pin point accuracy:

[img]http://media.jsonline.com/images/600*592/mct-sports-fbn-saints-vikings-21-ms.jpg[/img][/img]

[sheepshead]

And when the pressure is really on, you'll get some of that Favre pin point accuracy:

[img]http://media.jsonline.com/images/600*592/mct-sports-fbn-saints-vikings-21-ms.jpg[/img][/img]

Randall Gay is jealous of Darren Sharper now.

[GoPackGo]

What a great game for ex-Favre fans! I've been waiting all season to see Favre get hit like that.

[Bossman641]

What a great game for ex-Favre fans! I've been waiting all season to see Favre get hit like that.

LOL, call me petty or a hater but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Favre fuck up in spectacular fashion.

[MichiganPackerFan]

I understand a lot of you still love favre and root for him and are probably not having the best day today. I respect that opinion, even though I disagree.

After watching #4 go play for the team I most passionately hate after cheering for him for 16 years, I felt deeply betrayed. And yes, I am still bitter about it. But the game yesterday gave me a bit of relief: I loved watching the saints go after him and pound him into the ground over and over. I also enjoyed watching him limp off the field, because that's what a sports traitor deserves. To me it felt like he got exactly what he gave to the fans. And seeing him choke with the picks was great seeing him do that for the rival team, just as he did to us over and over. I've had to listen to people mock him for his playoff chokes for a decade and always defended him. Today, I get to listen to them talk about how he choked for another team, and there is something distinctly satisfying about that. I hope he comes back for one last season, because I want the Packers to steamroll through them now that they've got some experience in the 3-4 and not playing them twice as the scheme is in its infancy.

Anyway, I do understand that many of you disagree, which is your right, but this is MY opinion!