Brett Favre = Retired.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:11 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3276034

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that according to Favre's agent, Buss Cook, Favre informed Packers coach Mike McCarthy of his decision Monday night.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:24 am

...and wouldn't have retired if the Packers had signed Randy Moss.

deek · Post by **deek** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:26 am

Wow...I'm surprised that he made the decision so early in the year...

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:27 am

Great QB,...played the game the way it should be.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:32 am

WBOB wrote:Great QB,...played the game the way it should be.

and was second only to Roger Clemens when it came to milking the "will I/won't I" retirement circus.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:56 am

Sankofa wrote:
WBOB wrote:Great QB,...played the game the way it should be.
and was second only to Roger Clemens when it came to milking the "will I/won't I" retirement circus.

Ding.

I wouldn't be surprised if he changes his mind. Either that, or he sits out a year and decides that he still thinks he has "what it takes" to play and attempts a "comeback".

zenmandan · Post by **zenmandan** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:59 am

The_Dude wrote:
Sankofa wrote:
WBOB wrote:Great QB,...played the game the way it should be.
and was second only to Roger Clemens when it came to milking the "will I/won't I" retirement circus.
Ding.

I wouldn't be surprised if he changes his mind. Either that, or he sits out a year and decides that he still thinks he has "what it takes" to play and attempts a "comeback".

Come on...professional athletes never do that. Saying you're retired means your done with the sport for good, right?

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:01 pm

So they say...

deek · Post by **deek** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:05 pm

I don't see Favre trying to make a comeback...

Now I still wonder every year if Barry Sanders will come back...that's about the only athlete I've seen that I wish wouldn't have retired early...

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:10 pm

deek wrote:I don't see Favre trying to make a comeback...

I wouldn't be surprised one bit. Especially since he had such a good year last year.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:18 pm

deek wrote:Now I still wonder every year if Barry Sanders will come back...

That's hope talking.

The Lions' inability to field a decent team forever crushed whatever desire Barry harbored.

conley · Post by **conley** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:27 pm

I'm not a Packers fan, but I'll miss Favre. He was really fun to watch.

MrSpall · Post by **MrSpall** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:17 pm

This just prolonged John Madden's life by five years. Now who is he gonna burst a blood vessel praising?

deek · Post by **deek** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:21 pm

MrSpall wrote:This just prolonged John Madden's life by five years. Now who is he gonna burst a blood vessel praising?

Well, either that or he's going to quickly demise and Madden has no one to talk about, and therefore doesn't burn nearly enough calories by talking about Favre to offset his eating habits...

rezin · Post by **rezin** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:27 pm

Sankofa wrote:
WBOB wrote:Great QB,...played the game the way it should be.
and was second only to Roger Clemens when it came to milking the "will I/won't I" retirement circus.

ouch.

thats unfair.

clemens was such a prima donna.

wouldnt come to training camp because he felt he didnt need to.

didnt sign with a team until they payed him 5+ million more than he was worth.

wouldnt travel with the team when he wasnt pitching.

no class.

brett favre was the epitome of class.

only thing he ever did was kept people waiting for a little longer than they should on his decision on wether to hang em up or not.

clemens put himself above the game of baseball, f*ck him.