Favre retires

[Bigsmc]

I always enjoyed the games when the Pack came to town. Favre just plain played the game as if it was a game. He had fun.

I miss the battles my Bucs and The Packers used to have....

[fpsoxfan]

Enjoy retirement Favre! Enjoy at least 5 years straight of no playoff football Packers. Great Career Brett. Would've like to see a farewell tour, but you went out with class and style.

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

I always enjoyed the games when the Pack came to town. Favre just plain played the game as if it was a game. He had fun.

I miss the battles my Bucs and The Packers used to have....

yes, he spent the majority of his career playing against the really bad Bucs, really really bad Lions, Bears and the Viqueens.

Which is almost as bad as the teams the mighty 49ers played during their hayday.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Michael Strahan of the New York Giants broke the NFL record for sacks in a season, and only Brett Favre will ever know if the record-setter was a gift.


Strahan got sack No. 22½ with 2:42 left in the fourth quarter Sunday, falling on Favre after the Green Bay Packers' quarterback rolled out and went down at the feet of the defensive end. The sack broke the 17-year-old record of 22 set by Mark Gastineau in 1984.


The play looked questionable because the Packers were leading 34-25 and Favre didn't have a blocker in front of him on the rollout.


Michael Strahan got the record with a fourth-quarter "sack" of Brett Favre.


Favre, who joked during the week that he might "work out a little side deal" with Strahan to allow him to get the record, called a run in the huddle, teammates said. The quarterback insisted he changed the play to a naked bootleg to catch the Giants off guard, something he's done five or six times this season.


"No, I didn't," Favre said when asked if he allowed Strahan to sack him. "That was a keep pass. I tried to get the edge but he got through."

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

I always enjoyed the games when the Pack came to town. Favre just plain played the game as if it was a game. He had fun.

I miss the battles my Bucs and The Packers used to have....

Do you think Sapp is first ballot HOF (not so sure)? But, if so, then he and Favre would go in together...wouldn't that be something

[Danzig]

a great quarterback. i thought he might stay another year. after the one he just had, he showed he was still a force to be reckoned with.
hope he enjoys his retirement. i think it had to do with what cal ripken jr was saying the other day. you still want to play, you're just tired of all the working out, the offseason stuff you have to do to stay in the shape to play.

[AeWingnut]

Favre may still come back. He just likes the attention too much