The End Of A Legend
It is official - it came straight from the horses mouth - so to speak. Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers has retired and his football era has come to an end. He started football for me. Carl said he cried when John Stockton retired. At first I was very upset about it and a little in denial. They came so close. But after watching the ever so wise, Steve Young interview last night, I felt a little better and almost okay with it. He said something profound. He said Brett Favre did what most of them didn't do... He proved that he could come back and give it one more year ( meaning last year). He got this team back to where it needed to be and that most closer to where they want to be. It may be next year or the year after for Green Bay to see the Super Bowl, but they can get there. I am sad that it won't be with Favre, but he has his ring. He accomplished everything he set out to do and then some.
(the winning photo that will be missed!)

I have been watching Favre almost as long as he's been in Green Bay. 17yrs of a remarkable football - both the good and the bad and the ugly and the amazing. As Ted Thompson said -
..."It's his passion with which he played that made everyone a Brett Favre fan" Brett Favre said himsel f"If I felt like coming back -- and Deanna (Favre's wife) and I talked about this -- the only way for me to be successful would be to win a Super Bowl," Favre told ESPN. "To go to the Super Bowl and lose, would almost be worse than anything else. Anything less than a Super Bowl win would be unsuccessful." That I can be okay with.
Thank you to the NFL for putting a nice tribute for Exit of a Legend.
(one of my favorite pictures of Favre and Driver)