OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[Scott Campbell]

On Manning:

Bad throw? Absolutely.
Did he break every Cardinal Rule of Quarterbacking with it? - No.

Manning had a better game than Bert did. However, Peyton's pick was on an even bigger stage than Bert's blunder.

[Fritz]

What I've been thinking about lately is that Favre is pioneering a new way for important vets to skip training camp.

He started with the old retire-unretire scheme, practiced by luminaries such as Michael Jordan and The Who (I went to shows at two of their "last concert tour[s] ever"). However, in the NFL that's a labor-intensive practice. All that paperwork to fill out and file or not file, all the publicity you want and don't want. You have to retire and then retract.

Far simpler to simply say you are undecided. You get the "waffler" moniker briefly but once the public and media figure out what you're doing, they largely leave you be. No paperwork to fill out. No decision to have to undo and explain.

The injuries are no longer even necessary as a reason. You just don't know if you're going to retire or not. You're torn between your competitive fires and your family fires.

Then when training camp gets serious, the smack of pads and the tight butts of high school boys catching your well-placed balls fills you with the desire to play once more. So you catch a plane and boom - you're back. As good as new.

And since I believe training camp is too long anyway, I'm not being entirely critical here. It'd just be better if the coaches could give up a week or two of camp for the vets.

[gex]

On Manning:

Bad throw? Absolutely.
Did he break every Cardinal Rule of Quarterbacking with it? - No.

Manning had a better game than Bert did. However, Peyton's pick was on an even bigger stage than Bert's blunder.

Why don't you put down the entire Packer Franchise while your at at it.
By acting like a 10 year old and daily telling all of us how shitty a huge part of our Packer Legacy is please make us forget that we ever came close to greatness....... oh wise one from utah.....................who knows how true Packer fans feel.......And to see some posters have anything you say in their signature is the most disgusting thing a Wisconsinite has ever seen!

[Gunakor]

Why don't you put down the entire Packer Franchise while your at at it.
By acting like a 10 year old and daily telling all of us how shitty a huge part of our Packer Legacy is please make us forget that we ever came close to greatness....... oh wise one from utah.....................who knows how true Packer fans feel.......And to see some posters have anything you say in their signature is the most disgusting thing a Wisconsinite has ever seen!

You don't speak for true Packer fans, nor do you speak for everyone in the state of Wisconsin. You speak for yourself and other Brett Favre fans. PACKER fans made their voices heard when Favre returned to Lambeau last fall wearing a white jersey and a purple helmet with devil horns on the sides.

Besides, it's funny to me to hear you speak of the Packers legacy as if it started with Favre. That having Favre was the only time we EVER came close to greatness. You greatly disrespect the legacy and the history which preceeded him here when you make such statements. Our legacy was established and cemented before Favre ever tossed his first pigskin, and will continue long after Favre and Rodgers and the next guy and the guy after that and the guy after that have all retired. It's hard to imagine you as the true Packer fan which you believe yourself to be when you suggest that bashing Favre and bashing the Packers are the same thing.

Especially since the only time Favre ever steps onto the Lambeau Field grass nowadays he's wearing the uniform of an archrival.

In the end, the nowadays is all that matters. Yesterday belongs in a museum, the Packers HOF, which you're free to visit year round and relive your greatest Packer memories during the Favre era. While you're there be sure to take notice of all the players and memories that came before him that are as much a part of the Packers legacy as anything Favre did. A little perspective might be a good thing.

[vince]

Well said Gunk.

[b bulldog]

The booing when Brett entered Lambeau was the loudest I have ever heard Lambeau.

[Tarlam!]

The booing when Brett entered Lambeau was the loudest I have ever heard Lambeau.

Does that count as another milestone in his career? Is that a legit stat? Is the record official? :P

[Scott Campbell]

On Manning:

Bad throw? Absolutely.
Did he break every Cardinal Rule of Quarterbacking with it? - No.

Manning had a better game than Bert did. However, Peyton's pick was on an even bigger stage than Bert's blunder.

Why don't you put down the entire Packer Franchise while your at at it.
By acting like a 10 year old and daily telling all of us how shitty a huge part of our Packer Legacy is please make us forget that we ever came close to greatness....... oh wise one from utah.....................who knows how true Packer fans feel.......And to see some posters have anything you say in their signature is the most disgusting thing a Wisconsinite has ever seen!

[Upnorth]

Why don't you put down the entire Packer Franchise while your at at it.
By acting like a 10 year old and daily telling all of us how shitty a huge part of our Packer Legacy is please make us forget that we ever came close to greatness....... oh wise one from utah.....................who knows how true Packer fans feel.......And to see some posters have anything you say in their signature is the most disgusting thing a Wisconsinite has ever seen!

Gex, that really bugs me. I grew up in Saskatchewan Canada and we have a team called the Riders here that has the same style of fan base as the Packers have, loyal and loud!

When I was a kid in the 70's we only had black and white TV. Sometimes we would get packer games but I thought they were the Riders, so I cheered my head off as only a 3 to 5 year old did. When I was 6 I found out it was the Packers I was cheering for also. Next thing I knew I got a book about Packer history from an uncle. Guess what, the team started before 1992.

If you are so proud to be from Wisconsin and be a true Packer fan, learn your history. Brett Farve was great, but he wasn't the only member of the team, and he isn't even the greatest Packer. That mantle could go too at least 3 people before him!!! (Lambeau, Starr and Hutson)

[packerbacker1234]

Well, it is notably not all packer fans were booing. I remember there be serveral signs held up BY PACKER FANS IN PACKERS ATTIRE that said good things about Brett at that game. There were more boos then cheers, but I think it showed fans are a bit divided. When he hangs it up for good, I think we'll all get over it and be appreciative of what he did for the packers.

[Tarlam!]

That mantle could go too at least 3 people before him!!! (Lambeau, Starr and Hutson)

Lambeau? I wouldn't have thought his contibutions as a player were as remarkable as that, but I don't know enough about it.

[Scott Campbell]

Well, it is notably not all packer fans were booing. I remember there be serveral signs held up BY PACKER FANS IN PACKERS ATTIRE that said good things about Brett at that game. There were more boos then cheers, but I think it showed fans are a bit divided. When he hangs it up for good, I think we'll all get over it and be appreciative of what he did for the packers.

I think he'll get boo'd for the rest of his life at Lambeau for being an ingrate and a traitor. If they're smart, they'll hold his Packer HOF enshrinement privately so that fans can't give him the Bronx cheer.

He is forever tainted. IMO.

[Zool]

He is forever tainted. IMO.

Specifically going to the Vikings has cemented this in the mind of a lot of Packer fans. I was fine with him on the Jets and watched a few of their games. I knew that he wanted to go to the Vikings but he wasnt there so it didnt matter.

To specifically WANT to go to MN....well thats just childish IMO.

[packerbacker1234]

He is forever tainted. IMO.

Specifically going to the Vikings has cemented this in the mind of a lot of Packer fans. I was fine with him on the Jets and watched a few of their games. I knew that he wanted to go to the Vikings but he wasnt there so it didnt matter.

To specifically WANT to go to MN....well thats just childish IMO.

Is it? Was it really? Guy wants that 2nd ring. Vikings appeared one player short. There were a lot of debates about how "no team is one player short" - next thing you know he has a MVP like season, is in the NFC Championship game... and on the cusp of a Super Bowl - and the entire game outside of the 6 turnovers, the vikings looked like a much better team than the saints did.

OF all the other teams in the NFL Favre could of played for, the vikings were teh best set up for him to have a chance to get that ring. People are so focused on "all he wanted to do was beat GB" - no, what he wanted to do was win a ring. As it was shown, the vikings were indeed set up to win a ring with a good/great QB at the helm. 6 turnovers and an OT later, it was not to be. Still, it was the best landing spot for Brett across the entire NFL to win one.

[Scott Campbell]

Sorry, but Bert wanted to stick it to Ted. And that sorry motivation explains all of the despicable tactics he utilized as he nepalmed his way out of town.