Favre retires

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by whodey17

I was at the game against the Bengals when Farve made his NFL debut. I have enjoyed watching him play for 17 seasons. My fav memory of his is when he played on Monday night against the Raiders after his father passed away.

Now the NFC north really sucks now. Pack loses Farve and I guess Rodgers gets the job, Chicago has no receivers and no QB, Lions look decent, and Minnesota looks like the team to beat. But, none of those teams really scare anyone.

Five fave Favre memories:

5) Scramble into endzone to make playoffs against Atlanta in last game ever at County Stadium

4) Halloween Monsoon against Bears at Soldier Field

3) Monday Night against Raiders

2)Off balance bomb to Sterling Sharpe to beat Lions in Playoff game in '94(?) at SilverDome.

1) Coach Pants Pic...makes me really feel old

[Scav]

Originally Posted by GBBob

4) Halloween Monsoon against Bears at Soldier Field

3) Monday Night against Raiders

Both these games affected me. I was at the Monsoon game, it was awesome. I loved it

The MNF game had serious fantasy implications. I don't remember exactly the ordeal, but I know I had a huge lead, one where he needed 4TD's and a specific yardage, and he got the TD's and yardage by 1 friggin yard.

On a side note, I do take pleasure in the Bears absolutely smoking Favre in the Lovie era.

As a Bears fan, I can't stand him, and all the love, Madden will have zero to talk about now, but as a football fan, he was pretty darn good and his enthusiam is why people like sports

[Crown@club]

Title should be
"Favre Has No Moss, Set to Retire"

[wiphan]

My top 5 Favre moments

5) Start of it all against the Bengals and the TD pass to Kitrick Taylor

4) Raiders Monday night game

3) Vikings game in 99 facing 4th and 1 with no timeouts and limited time he throws a TD to Bradford to win 23-20 (also could use the Freeman catch on the Farve bomb on Monday night to beat the wikings in OT in 2000)

2) Farve playing with a sprained ankle against the bears in 1995 and throws 5 TD's to win the game including a 99 yard TD pass to Robert Brooks

1) Superbowl XXXI- the audible he calls and throws a TD to Andre Rison in his 1st throw of the game setting the tone for Farve's only Superbowl win

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Five fave Favre memories:

5) Scramble into endzone to make playoffs against Atlanta in last game ever at County Stadium

4) Halloween Monsoon against Bears at Soldier Field

3) Monday Night against Raiders

2)Off balance bomb to Sterling Sharpe to beat Lions in Playoff game in '94(?) at SilverDome.

1) Coach Pants Pic...makes me really feel old

and to keep it fair, the worse Favre moments

5) 5 (at least) INT Game against Rams in '03 playoffs

4) Any pre-1998 game in the Metrodome

3) 4 and 26 INT

2) Giants OT INT

1) Today

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by GBBob

and to keep it fair, the worse Favre moments

5) 5 (at least) INT Game against Rams in '03 playoffs

4) Any pre-1998 game in the Metrodome

3) 4 and 26 INT

2) Giants OT INT

1) Today

Couldn't agree more.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by GBBob

and to keep it fair, the worse Favre moments

5) 5 (at least) INT Game against Rams in '03 playoffs

4) Any pre-1998 game in the Metrodome

3) 4 and 26 INT

2) Giants OT INT

1) Today

Don't forget pretty much any game against the Bears in the last few years.

I agree with Scav though -- I certainly have something close to zero love for the guy, being a serious homer for the Bears, but I at least appreciate what he did for the sport and for those who liked him.

That said, this should just make for some even more fun Bears/Packers games in the coming year or two, as now I can't even find one reason the Packers MIGHT beat the Bears.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Don't forget pretty much any game against the Bears in the last few years.

I agree with Scav though -- I certainly have something close to zero love for the guy, being a serious homer for the Bears, but I at least appreciate what he did for the sport and for those who liked him.

That said, this should just make for some even more fun Bears/Packers games in the coming year or two, as now I can't even find one reason the Packers MIGHT beat the Bears.

umm..besides the fact the Bears suck?

It's obvious Brian doesn't keep up with free agency.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

breaks my hart...king of the air ball ..

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by GBBob

umm..besides the fact the Bears suck?

Which clearly played right into Green Bay's hands this past year, right? The Bears have yet to make themselves substantially worse than they were last year (with the exception of losing Berrian), and the Pack don't seem to have made themselves substantially better, so I don't follow your logic....

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

It's obvious Brian doesn't keep up with free agency.

Which has changed the dynamic, how? The Bears haven't change a hell of a lot from last year, and I'm still not seeing a knight in shining armor for the Pack, given that they've now lost their biggest asset, that is going to make some cataclysmic shift in talent levels.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9VY6...eature=related

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Which has changed the dynamic, how? The Bears haven't change a hell of a lot from last year, and I'm still not seeing a knight in shining armor for the Pack, given that they've now lost their biggest asset, that is going to make some cataclysmic shift in talent levels.

Grossman should have no problem adapting to new recievers. You're right.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Which clearly played right into Green Bay's hands this past year, right? The Bears have yet to make themselves substantially worse than they were last year (with the exception of losing Berrian), and the Pack don't seem to have made themselves substantially better, so I don't follow your logic....



Which has changed the dynamic, how? The Bears haven't change a hell of a lot from last year, and I'm still not seeing a knight in shining armor for the Pack, given that they've now lost their biggest asset, that is going to make some cataclysmic shift in talent levels.

Brian...The point isn't the Bears haven't made themselves substantially worse, it's that they were already terrible and have done nothing to address an inept offense. Congrats on re-signing Orton and Rex....too bad they will get killed standing behind the geriatric O-Line you have. You really have NO Wide Receivers, little or no running game and a defense that will lose Mike Brown by Week 2 and possibly Urlacher by the bye.

The Packers are returning the top WRs in football top to bottom, a dynamic runner, a O-Line that is young and protects very well and a D Line that is deep and good. The secondary needs help, but still will be better than average. Losing Fave can't help, but it's still the system that gets the receivers open and makes Grant a Top 5 running back next year.

When the Pack stinks, I'll say it, but objectively there is no way I'll ever believe the Bears will have a better year than GB next year.

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Don't forget pretty much any game against the Bears in the last few years.

I agree with Scav though -- I certainly have something close to zero love for the guy, being a serious homer for the Bears, but I at least appreciate what he did for the sport and for those who liked him.

That said, this should just make for some even more fun Bears/Packers games in the coming year or two, as now I can't even find one reason the Packers MIGHT beat the Bears.

It might be a sad day for the Packers, but right now it is still better than a good day for a Bears fan. Best of luck next year. The bears right now don't even have a wide receiver that would make the packers practice squad, nonetheless an quarterback to throw to them. I am sure Rexy and Devon Hester will take you to the Superbowl next year. Pesonally, I will take #12 over any quarterback the bears have had in the last 10 years

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Cardus

And handing the sack record to Strahan.

lol..i was there that day..he slipped