Fans' Sanity Lies in the X-Rays of Brett Favre's Shoulder

By Scott

Well, it's that time of year again.  As we creep up on training camp and teams establish their depth charts, Brett Favre pretentiously stumbles into the headlines threatening a return to football.  The 'ole country boy who just loves the game so much' has turned into a pure annoyance, and just about everybody is ready for him to leave.  Forever.

Favre's latest sideshow has him coming back out of retirement to play for the Minnesota Vikings.  Yes, Brett Favre, the face of the Green Bay Packers organization, is actively pursing an opportunity to play for his once despised rival.  Brett's reputation took a big hit last year after he dishonored Green Bay's wishes to remain retired and bolted off to play for the Jets.  But, his decision was understandable.  He felt he had another year left and him and hey, if you can do something you love and still get paid for it why not keep doing it?  Things were great, of course, until Brett suffered a torn biceps tendon and his magical season collapsed along with the Jet's playoff hopes.  

Now, that biceps tendon is the one thing separating him from another return to football, but this time he is hoping to play for the Vikings.  The team he hated for so many years is now his last hope to strap on the pads for one more season.  Literally unbelievable.  Favre is essentially sticking up a middle finger to Green Bay and the fans who treated him like a god for so many seasons.  If the x-rays taken of Favre's shoulder come back negative and he signs with the Vikings, Favre's reputation could be tarnished for a very long time, if not forever.  At some point Brett needs to just walk away.  We've all heard the stories from retired veterans about getting the itch to play, but they all managed to do so.  Why can't Brett?  Is it because he loves the game this much?  Or, is he just this self-absorbed and can't manage to be away from any variety of attention on a large scale?  Regardless of what it may be, he needs to simply hang it up.  People love college, but they graduate, walk away, and move on.  Favre needs to do the same from football. 

 

Perhaps, Brett Favre is still that fun loving country boy, or perhaps he is nothing short of a narcissistic egomaniac.  Regardless, until the results of Favre's tests are revealed, we can only enjoy the time we have with him where he should be.  Retired.