Bret Favre is not the only athlete who ever lost his father. Favre is not even the only guy on the field who ever lost his father.
Favre’s dad dies last year. It’s not a story anymore.
Brett Favre is not Jesus Christ. It’s not that “inspiring” that a guy goes back to work after his dad dies. That’s the normal thing to do.
It’s been a year already.
Not every throw Favre makes is really that amazing.
If Favre makes a crap throw and a receiver bails him out, it’s not because they “so badly don’t want to let Favre down.” It’s because they are professional athletes who have huge monetary incentives to catch the football.
Talk about something else besides Brett Favre, for the love of God.
McGuire, Patrick and Theismann, all three of you can suck my pasty man-tits.
FUCK the Packers!
His wife has also been diagnosed with breast cancer this year. You might also write that off as nothing, but I think he has a lot on his mind… :rolleyes:
Now, I’m a huge fan of the Packers. I think they are one of the best francises in all of sports, they have a wonderful tradition, and a darn good team this year. After a horrible start, they’ve come together very well, and I hope to hell Ahman Green is healthy. I think Brett Favre is a very good quarterback.
All that being said, I agree completely with the title to the OP (but not the irrational, rabid, Anti-Packer sentiment.) I was horrified by the announcers during the game and their hyperbolic, inane, and overwhelming fauning over Brett Favre. I was literally disgusted as they talked about what a fantastic quarterback he was, RIGHT AFTER HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME!!!
Look, Brett Favre is a damn good quarterback. Not the best ever. He’ll throw at least two passes a game that are definitely ill-advised, and he will cost your team a game occassionally with his idiotic throws. He’ll also win you games with some incredible throws and leadership.
But please, for the love of Vince Lombardi, stop anointing Brett Favre as the fucking second coming.
I watched just a bit of the game last night, in the fourth quarter. I didn’t see MNF last week (the TO/Nicollete incident), but I have to assume that Joe Theisman and Paul McGuire, sucking Favre’s dick on tv, was more obscene than anything those two did.
It’s a god-damn TV show for christs’ sake. They take in money from advertisers and who in turn get revenue from people that buy their products.
Favre is a great quarterback, yes, but he’s not the most consistent guy out there.
The announcers are just doing there jobs - hype the game.
The thing with Favre is he has lots of past to work off of. Close to 50,000 yards, a million touchdowns, a boatload of game winning drives, etc. He’s earned any dick-sucking that any TV broadcaster is willing to offer up.
The same is and will be said about Culpepper. < Give that guy a few more years in the league and watch him shread the stats.
By the way, did you notice that Favre was playing in a Dome (not much success in these things), on the road, with the starting running back out (they pulled a guy off the practice squad to start the game), the second string running back was out (Davenport), and Lucci and the guy that started for Green got hurt during the game. They were down to two backs, Fischer and Henderson.
The recievers were getting whoopped up over the middle with some big hits and weren’t the healthiest. They were down to using two tight ends because they were short on running backs and even one of those guys twisted an ankle and left the game.
In short, they were very short staffed. They couldn’t run the ball. Houston knew that, yet Favre still shredded their defense with hobbled receivers and no rushing attack. He took some very gutsy risks with some of those passes. Sounds a little melodramatic but thems the facts.
I hate it when people overhype Favre too, because that’s just about the time when he lets us down. There are some times when the hype is deserved. Last night was the time.
Oh, and Longwell…thank god for that guy. Two weeks in a row now.
I was going to respond to Uncommon sense with a rational argument but then I noticed his location so I’ll have to respond in a manner more appropriate to his geography.
Duh…Packers suck…[hic]
It’s funny you should say that because my husband and I were watching the game last night and, after hearing the announcers going on and on about Favre, I said, "Get your cock out of his ass already!" Great minds and all.
It doesn’t matter how much a pass sucked, it’s always someone else’s fault. :rolleyes:
Or, as I noticed last night, someone (I forgot who) caught a pass from Favre and they praised Favre for the great pass, but not a word was said about the guy who caught it.
Be thankful you didn’t have to listen to the T.O. lovefest during yesterdays Skins/Philly game. I must have heard his name over 100 times - enough that we could have had a serious drinking game going. I honestly wonder how the Fox announcer could even speak with his nose so far up T.O.'s ass.
Last night’s Favre Adoration Festival was over the top for me too, and I’m up in hardcore Packer country. These people are so desperate for heroes they gladly run down onto the field to gobble Favre’s cock like it was the Rod of God or something. The funny thing is that Favre appears to be the opposite of all this - kind of a normal guy who doesn’t buy into that bullshit. Which of course makes him all the more attractive to the media.
“Look, Joe! Brett Favre just calmly walked over to the sidelines, pulled his workingman’s trousers down around his ankles, and has just taken a plain-old blue-collar shit-n-piss! And he’s not making a big deal out of it or ANYTHING! He’s just wiping up and … and … he’s NOW HEADED BACK ONTO THE FIELD! My God - that’s just another example of the kind of salt-of-the-earth, common-man fellow that Favre is. He don’t need no fancy bathroom - he just shits out in the open like them other boys from his hometown, and like his Daddy always taught him was right. Just a kid out there HAVIN’ FUN! He’s a role model for America.”
At this point I fear that Favre is now being established as the heir-apparent to Dale Earnhardt, the all-time and reigning Jesus of the media. I keep expecting Dale to come walking out of his tomb with a glowing crown of Budweiser longnecks around his head, hands held outward, saintly.
