I’m not sure who I’m more tired of: Brett Favre or the people who hate Brett Favre?
With the news of Minnesota’s signing of the veteran quarterback, came a wave of hate-fueled posts and reader comments. Most of them along the lines of “F*ck Favre” or “Eat $hit Brett”.
What did Brett Favre ever do to you?
Did he sneak into your house and switch your $200 designer jeans with Wranglers? Did he dull your razors with his steely scruff? Did he mess up your pre-set NFL Fantasy draft order?
Unless you’re Sage Rosenfels’ agent – shut up.
All is fair in love and war, and the NFL is a weekly Gettysburg. But what harm does Favre do by donning the purple horns each Sunday? Are these comments coming from scared NFC North rivals or maybe scorned Packers fans?
And for those few Minnesota fans who are crying into their No. 7 Tarvaris Jackson jerseys, c’mon really? Really?
The Vikings (now +150 to win their division and +500 to win the NFC at
BetJamaica.com) are a better team with No. 4 under center. My brother, a long-time Purple People Eater, was practically doing Lambeau leaps in his living room when I called him with the news of Minnesota’s move.
The truth is, no matter how old and grizzled Favre is, he is good for the sport. In a league that covets quarterbacks like baseball loves left-handers, Favre is still an elite talent and there will always be a job for him as long as he has the ability to move the chains.
No one dared say anything negative when Mario Lemieux decided to come out retirement or when Michael Jordan did it twice. Favre is a football player. That’s his job.
How would you feel if someone said you were too old to be a mechanic or an accountant even though you could fix the balls off a car or crunch numbers like Alan from The Hangover?
Love him or hate him, football fans are lucky to have Brett Favre back in the NFL. If he has a solid season and helps get Minnesota back to the postseason, it gives the league another great story. If he fails and shows his age, all you haters can say “I told you so”, and that’s all you guys really want.
But until Favre throws three interceptions in one game and takes the Vikes down with him, let’s keep the “F*ck Favre” comments to the drunken idiots in the cheap sheats.