OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[Fritz]

LeBron and Brett, loyalty and freedom, revenge and pride: this digression is just another facet that reflects the universality of the Brett Favre story. In the end, every story is Brett's story.

Interesting proposition, Swede. Let's try it out:

BP oil spill. I still can't believe the hubris of the CEO and the disdain with which he treated the common people, who buy his product.

I still can't believe the refereeing in the World Cup, nor can I believe the swan dives the players take in an attempt to get calls. It takes much of the fun out of watching the sport. Refs blowing calls, players taking exaggerrated falls - ugh.

Okay - tie these to Brett.

[mraynrand]

LeBron and Brett, loyalty and freedom, revenge and pride: this digression is just another facet that reflects the universality of the Brett Favre story. In the end, every story is Brett's story.

Interesting proposition, Swede. Let's try it out:

BP oil spill. I still can't believe the hubris of the CEO and the disdain with which he treated the common people, who buy his product.

I still can't believe the refereeing in the World Cup, nor can I believe the swan dives the players take in an attempt to get calls. It takes much of the fun out of watching the sport. Refs blowing calls, players taking exaggerrated falls - ugh.

Okay - tie these to Brett.

The BP CEO is easy - "He's just a kid out there!" "He just wants to play."

The flopping of soccer players is more challenging, especially since most of them graduated from the Vlade Divac school of acting:



Still, 'The great one' had a memorable 'flop' or two...

[Pugger]

A beautiful post above - gets the thread back on track. Wow. Good work, Vince!

That was a great post. But it still illustrates the undeniable: Danny Ferry and Chris Grant didn't surround LeBron with the talent he needed to win. Just like Ted Thompson.

THANKS DANNY

Then what was 2007?? Thompson surrounded #4 with enough talent to get to the conference championship game. Unfortunately yet another boneheaded INT by #4 prevented his team from the Promised Land.

You missed my sarcasm. I meant literally that Ted Thompson failed to surround Lebron with the talent he needed to win.

THANKSTED

Oh, sorry!

[packerbacker1234]

you know whats so great about favre just "giving" strahan that sack for the record without fighting or avoiding it like usual... is that Peyton Manning has that same sort of picture like, 10 times a year, where instead of trying to avoid the sack he just lays down.

Favre gets criticized, Manning is being called smart.


Interesting take.

[woodbuck27]

Since we allow only 1 Favre thread, shouldn't this just be a Favre thread? We already have a Lebron thread in the RR. Just my humble opinion.

http://bettingblogger.com/brett-favre-odds/

Prop bets on Favre. Interesting that Vikes odds of winning NFC are better with Favre than without, but odds of winning Super Bowl are worse with Favre than without.>

So looking at that:

If the Vikings are led to the Super Bowl Game and Favre suddenly retires before the Big game. The Vikings then have an enhanced shot at winning the Lombardi with say. . . T. Jackson as Favre's replacment at QB.

Ok got it!!

GO PACK GO !!

[retailguy]

you know whats so great about favre just "giving" strahan that sack for the record without fighting or avoiding it like usual... is that Peyton Manning has that same sort of picture like, 10 times a year, where instead of trying to avoid the sack he just lays down.

Favre gets criticized, Manning is being called smart.


Interesting take.

You have to know that you have this completely out of context. In the Favre example, you cleverly forgot to mention that the Packers OL had held Strahan (and everyone else) sack less for the majority of the game.

Strahan didn't penetrate at all, he merely stood up, Favre ran a bootleg to him, and he fell on him.

Manning, meanwhile, has always "fallen down" when defenders get close. It is no surprise any more.

It is certainly not comparable to the Favre incident.

[PlantPage55]

It is certainly not comparable to the Favre incident.

Exactly. It's silly to think otherwise. Peyton is doing it during a game to preserve his body. The Brett-Strahan situation was CLEARLY concocted simply to get him the record.

Ridiculous that the subtlety is actually missed by some people. It's not even subtle.

[Scott Campbell]

So looking at that:

If the Vikings are led to the Super Bowl Game and Favre suddenly retires before the Big game. The Vikings then have an enhanced shot at winning the Lombardi with say. . . T. Jackson as Favre's replacment at QB.

Ok got it!!

GO PACK GO !!

Have we learned NOTHING over the last 2 years????

I could see Bert doing that just to get out of the first week of Superbowl practice. He'd un-retire sometime after all the Bert tributes had aired, and in time for the pre-game show.

[Bossman641]

you know whats so great about favre just "giving" strahan that sack for the record without fighting or avoiding it like usual... is that Peyton Manning has that same sort of picture like, 10 times a year, where instead of trying to avoid the sack he just lays down.

Favre gets criticized, Manning is being called smart.


Interesting take.

You have to know that you have this completely out of context. In the Favre example, you cleverly forgot to mention that the Packers OL had held Strahan (and everyone else) sack less for the majority of the game.

Strahan didn't penetrate at all, he merely stood up, Favre ran a bootleg to him, and he fell on him.

Manning, meanwhile, has always "fallen down" when defenders get close. It is no surprise any more.

It is certainly not comparable to the Favre incident.

X 1

The 2 situations have nothing to do with one another at all.

[cheesner]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Favre-has-to-determine-how-badly-he-wants-to-kick-Packs-ass.html?team=115

"There was just silence. I said, 'Well, what are we gonna do?'” Favre recalled from the meeting when he announced he was coming out of retirement. “They made it pretty clear I wasn't going to play there, and I said, 'How about the Vikings or even the Lions?' I wanted to stay in the same division. They said that wasn't going to happen, but maybe Tampa.

“I said, 'Fine, trade me to Tampa. I'll whip your asses in week four.' Maybe that was a mistake. I'm flying back to Hattiesburg thinking I'm going to the Bucs, and I get off the plane and (agent) Bus (Cook) tells me I've been traded to the Jets. I said, 'Bull,' but they were smart; they released the news so I'd look like an ass if I backed out.”

I suspect Brett is putting more into this than TT or MM did. He makes it sound as if the Vikings weren't his first choice, almost an after-thought. But how would you explain all the phone contact between Brett and the Vikings.

[Scott Campbell]

“I said, 'Fine, trade me to Tampa. I'll whip your asses in week four.' Maybe that was a mistake. I'm flying back to Hattiesburg thinking I'm going to the Bucs, and I get off the plane and (agent) Bus (Cook) tells me I've been traded to the Jets. I said, 'Bull,' but they were smart; they released the news so I'd look like an ass if I backed out.”

So let's see if I have this straight. Bert is mad because the Packers changed their minds?

Really???

[RashanGary]

The ultimate season, as it relates to Bert. . .

1. Packers win SB
2. Rodgers gets SB MVP
3. Rodgers gets league MVP
4. We beat Vikings twice
5. Rodgers outperforms Favre in both games


That would be the ultimate good riddance to Bert Farce.

[retailguy]

The ultimate season, as it relates to Bert. . .

1. Packers win SB
2. Rodgers gets SB MVP
3. Rodgers gets league MVP
4. We beat Vikings twice
5. Rodgers outperforms Favre in both games


That would be the ultimate good riddance to Bert Farce.

More than the ultimate, this SHOULD be the result this year. Anything short of #1 will have been a disappointment, I believe. I don't really care about the other 4 things on your list, but they'd be nice to have.

[RashanGary]

#1 is the ultimate punch to Bert's bag and the ultimate joy for Packer fans.

Everything else is secondary, but just to have all of that happen, it would be hilarious to hear that guys press conferences.

[falco]

Strahan didn't penetrate at all,

That's what LT said too. What's up with these guys??