# Favre to retire. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030 "2008-03-04T14:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/1 "2008-03-04T14:58:02Z")
[http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=371395](http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=371395) Good luck Favre, and good luck Packers! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/2 "2008-03-04T15:02:37Z")
Oh dear. The timing of this announcement couldn’t be worse - now the pundits and announcers only have six months to decide whose ass to kiss all year. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/3 "2008-03-04T15:17:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Favre’s brother, Scott, told the Biloxi, Miss. Sun Herald that the quarterback will retire. I haven’t heard it from Favre yet. I won’t believe it til I do. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/4 "2008-03-04T15:19:13Z")
WOO HOO!!! It’s about time. Don’t let the doorknob hit you in the ass, Brett. How fitting that the last throw of his career was a game losing interception in a Conference Championship game his team was supposed to win. I’m very happy that that play is the one that he and Packers fans will always have to live with – that he left the field for the last (but far from the first) time as a team killing choke artist. Buh BYE, Brett. I can’t wait to see Aaron Rogers. DtC, Packer hating Vikings fan. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/5 "2008-03-04T15:21:25Z")
I REALLY hope his leaving has nothing to do with Moss. The irony would burn. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/6 "2008-03-04T15:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] The timing of this announcement couldn’t be worse - now the pundits and announcers only have six months to decide whose ass to kiss all year. [/QUOTE] Huh? Now Tom Brady can have 100% of his ass kissed instead of 95%. I aint a Packer fan,but I woulda liked to have seen Favre play another year. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/7 "2008-03-04T15:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] I haven’t heard it from Favre yet. I won’t believe it til I do. [/QUOTE] FOX is reporting that Favre told McCarthy that he was retiring. ESPN is running with the story. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/8 "2008-03-04T15:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] I haven’t heard it from Favre yet. I won’t believe it til I do. [/QUOTE] Fox, ESPN and the Sporting News are all reporting it. There seems to be confirmation both from Favre’s agent and his brother. I think the chances are slim that those sources would be lying or mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/9 "2008-03-04T15:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] I REALLY hope his leaving has nothing to do with Moss. The irony would burn. [/QUOTE] I just heard on a local sports radio station that Favre had said he would only keep playing if the Packers signed Randy Moss. They didn’t. He split. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/10 "2008-03-04T15:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Fox, ESPN and the Sporting News are all reporting it. There seems to be confirmation both from Favre’s agent and his brother. I think the chances are slim that those sources would be lying or mistaken. [/QUOTE] SI just added it as a breaking news item. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/11 "2008-03-04T15:36:45Z")
I’ll miss watching him play, despite being a conference opponent. His endurance was nothing short of incredible and his innovation in the pocket a marvel to behold. Yeah, too many interceptions but his last year was a fine one, he obviously had a great time, and it’s fitting he go out on such a good note. One helluva competitor! Good luck, Brett. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/12 "2008-03-04T15:38:34Z")
Even before I became a football fan, I hated the Packers. Over the past few years, however, I developed a good bit of respect for Favre and the team. I say good luck to you, Brett. Thanks for being a great competitor. Oh, and thanks for tossing that final pick, helping to send my Giants to the Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/13 "2008-03-04T15:44:20Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Fox, ESPN and the Sporting News are all reporting it. There seems to be confirmation both from Favre’s agent and his brother. I think the chances are slim that those sources would be lying or mistaken. [/QUOTE] Hey, I’m going to stay happily in denial until the first game that Favre doesn’t start. At least I’ll sleep well knowing that his retirement won’t make the Vikings suck any less. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/14 "2008-03-04T16:10:48Z")
[Confirmation from the Packers official website](http://packers.com/breaking_news/) > [@](#): > > STATEMENT FROM PACKERS GENERAL MANAGER TED THOMPSON: > > Brett Favre has informed us of his intention to retire from the Green Bay Packers and the NFL. I think that pretty much nails it down. Aaron Rodgers must be doing cartwheels. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/15 "2008-03-04T16:16:55Z")
At long last the annual “will he or won’t he” routine is over. I feel very bad for whoever starts as QB next season. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/16 "2008-03-04T16:21:14Z")
So, does he go to the studio, booth, or neither? Why didn’t Elway go into broadcasting? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/17 "2008-03-04T16:29:17Z")
Say hello to the Chicago Bears 2008 NFC North Division Champions! Adios Brett! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/18 "2008-03-04T16:32:03Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] So, does he go to the studio, booth, or neither? Why didn’t Elway go into broadcasting? [/QUOTE] Busy with business and arena league football teams. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/19 "2008-03-04T16:36:04Z")
We all know Favre is going to retire…eventually. The question is when. Is this ‘for real’, or is this just a ‘test’ retirement? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030/20 "2008-03-04T16:37:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Say hello to the Chicago Bears 2008 NFC North Division Champions! Adios Brett! [/QUOTE] With Rex Grossman still at QB and with your best receiver now playing for us? I don’t think so. It’s All Day Adrian Peterson and the Vikings FTW this year, dawg! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-to-retire/440030.md?page=2)