"Anybody else looking forward to Brett Favre's retirement? It's so bad that the announcers are on a first-name basis, having been calling him 'Brett' for the last 5 years. I don't care how many times you throw the deep ball, if your receivers come down with it, you'll always look good. Let's give his receivers some credit, it's not all 'Brett'. And believe me, there have been many times when his receivers didn't come down with it. Already this season he's thrown one more TD than INT. ... Talk about overrated." -- Grant, Calgary I was on squibkicks.com and saw some guy who wrote this in! Just like to think what you guys have to say about that! Personally I think it is total bullcrap from a guy who doesnt know what he is talking bout!
Favre isn't overrated, but it is time for retirement IMO. I must admit I hate watching games that he is playing in, its a Brett Favre worship session and it sounds like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong though, the guy has had one hell of a career and was great in his day but after this season it should be time to hang up the pads. Good thing he did stick around this year though, because the Packers desperately need him.
it is total bullcrap from a guy who has no clue what hes talking about... obviously in order to get the ball to his recievers u need to throw it well. You could say that about anyone: hey guys Peyton Manning is way overrated i mean all he does is throw the ball i mean you need guys to catch it like Harrison hes overrated its not all him. see its ridiculous i hate reading crap from people who have no clue wat they are talking about thats why i like this site. as for the annoucers talking about him too much maybe Brett made a deal with the guys in the booth to talk about him like hes god... lol BF
I would say about over half of his INT's aren't his fault. Most of passes that are intercepted are tipped passes by the WR's. The other were caused by throws that are timed passing routes. The WRs and Farve don't have the timming down. As for retirement I don't see him retire until his contact is up.
Even as a Packers fan, I can get pretty sick of the ass kissing and worship that Brett Favre gets from the media and the announcers. Some of it is just shameless. I, too, don't think that everyone should be calling him "Brett" like he's their best friend. No one called Montana "Joe," no one called Marino "Dan," and no one called Elway "John." As for Favre's passing abilities being overrated? Eh...nope. I'd say he makes at LEAST one amazing throw per game. Favre threads the needle all the time and has pinpoint accuracy on go routes from as far as 40 yards away. He's the real deal. As for Favre's receivers? Sterling Sharpe, Robert Brooks, Antonio Freeman, Javon Walker, Donald Driver and Bill Schroeder all had over 1000 yards with Favre. Terry Glenn got close with about 900. If you look at the stats, Favre generally has one guy over 1000 and four or five guys sitting between 300 and 500 yards each. That, to me, says he's pretty good at getting the ball to EVERYONE and not relying on his receivers to make him look good. P.S. I wish Favre would make a deal with BF1 to stop talking about "deals" all the time.
J-E-T-S made a great point. Every great QB at least has some solid WR's. In Favre's case their stands didn't really last long. Sharpe and Brooks were here for a couple of years but injuries ended their careers shortly. Freeman had a nice run but again was only for about 3 years and once he got his contract really declined. Driver and Walker the most recent but Walker is done for the year and so his Murphy. Hell we had to bring guys up from the practice squad and play with only 3 WR's on the roster for a couple games this year and Favre still has 15 touchdown passes. Schroeder is the interesting one. I love how Lions fans say Favre made him and then they go on and bash Favre as much as possible like he isn't that good. What?s funny is that Schroeder isn?t even in the NFL anymore I believe.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBry07)</div><div class='quotemain'>Favre isn't overrated, but it is time for retirement IMO. I must admit I hate watching games that he is playing in, its a Brett Favre worship session and it sounds like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong though, the guy has had one hell of a career and was great in his day but after this season it should be time to hang up the pads. Good thing he did stick around this year though, because the Packers desperately need him.</div> The media DOESN'T worship Michael Vick or is the problem that Favre worship time is cutting into Vick worship time? If Vick is a Pro Bowl QB, then I think it's a no-brainer that any QB throwing better than Vick does should be in the league. Favre has a higher QB rating than Mexico, despite playing with WRs that I can't remember by name with the exception of Donald Driver, so he should still be playing and going to the Pro Bowl ahead of Michael Vick. An UNDISPUTABLE Statistic Favre's Passing Yards - 2.316 Vick's Passing AND Rushing Yards - 1,520
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack)</div><div class='quotemain'>P.S. I wish Favre would make a deal with BF1 to stop talking about "deals" all the time. </div> I will stop, when he admits what he did with strahan to get strahan sack record
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBry07)</div><div class='quotemain'>Favre isn't overrated, but it is time for retirement IMO. I must admit I hate watching games that he is playing in, its a Brett Favre worship session and it sounds like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong though, the guy has had one hell of a career and was great in his day but after this season it should be time to hang up the pads. Good thing he did stick around this year though, because the Packers desperately need him.</div> The media DOESN'T worship Michael Vick or is the problem that Favre worship time is cutting into Vick worship time? If Vick is a Pro Bowl QB, then I think it's a no-brainer that any QB throwing better than Vick does should be in the league. Favre has a higher QB rating than Mexico, despite playing with WRs that I can't remember by name with the exception of Donald Driver, so he should still be playing and going to the Pro Bowl ahead of Michael Vick. An UNDISPUTABLE Statistic Favre's Passing Yards - 2.316 Vick's Passing AND Rushing Yards - 1,520</div> You're obsessed. What does any of this have to do with Vick? Did I say that Vick doesn't get worshiped by the media? No, I don't believe I did. You do realize that Vick also gets a lot of criticism from the media as well as the praise, right? Both Favre and Vick get the worship from the media and from both sides it can get irritating but this was about Favre not Vick.
I would never want to take anything away from Favre as he is one hell of a player, but the media does have a love-affair with him. I remember watching a game where Favre threw a pass off his backfoot. The announcers spent the next 15 minutes marvelling at how well Favre is able to throw off his backfoot. Well, here's a newsflash - every QB in the leage does from time to time. I've even seen Randy Moss complete a TD pass off his backfoot. The media loves their superstars (not just Favre), and anytime they do something remotely impressive they will oggle about how incredible their superstar is. I guess they have nothing better to talk about, so they fill their time with repeated monologues.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vikingfan)</div><div class='quotemain'>I would never want to take anything away from Favre as he is one hell of a player, but the media does have a love-affair with him. I remember watching a game where Favre threw a pass off his backfoot. The announcers spent the next 15 minutes marvelling at how well Favre is able to throw off his backfoot. Well, here's a newsflash - every QB in the leage does from time to time. I've even seen Randy Moss complete a TD pass off his backfoot. The media loves their superstars (not just Favre), and anytime they do something remotely impressive they will oggle about how incredible their superstar is. I guess they have nothing better to talk about, so they fill their time with repeated monologues.</div> It is funny they do that, but anytime any technical aspect of the game comes up dealing with a penalty or the rules, they just totally are befuddled and ramble on ignorantly.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vikingfan)</div><div class='quotemain'>Well, here's a newsflash - every QB in the leage does from time to time. I've even seen Randy Moss complete a TD pass off his backfoot</div> I hope you are talking the one to Cris Carter in Giants Stadium in 99, not his lame attempt against Seattle last year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBry07)</div><div class='quotemain'>Favre isn't overrated, but it is time for retirement IMO. I must admit I hate watching games that he is playing in, its a Brett Favre worship session and it sounds like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong though, the guy has had one hell of a career and was great in his day but after this season it should be time to hang up the pads. Good thing he did stick around this year though, because the Packers desperately need him.</div> The media DOESN'T worship Michael Vick or is the problem that Favre worship time is cutting into Vick worship time? If Vick is a Pro Bowl QB, then I think it's a no-brainer that any QB throwing better than Vick does should be in the league. Favre has a higher QB rating than Mexico, despite playing with WRs that I can't remember by name with the exception of Donald Driver, so he should still be playing and going to the Pro Bowl ahead of Michael Vick. An UNDISPUTABLE Statistic Favre's Passing Yards - 2.316 Vick's Passing AND Rushing Yards - 1,520</div> Now why did you all have to go and get Dolfdale started again! lol
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Wannab Favre)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBry07)</div><div class='quotemain'>Favre isn't overrated, but it is time for retirement IMO. I must admit I hate watching games that he is playing in, its a Brett Favre worship session and it sounds like he can do no wrong. Don't get me wrong though, the guy has had one hell of a career and was great in his day but after this season it should be time to hang up the pads. Good thing he did stick around this year though, because the Packers desperately need him.</div> The media DOESN'T worship Michael Vick or is the problem that Favre worship time is cutting into Vick worship time? If Vick is a Pro Bowl QB, then I think it's a no-brainer that any QB throwing better than Vick does should be in the league. Favre has a higher QB rating than Mexico, despite playing with WRs that I can't remember by name with the exception of Donald Driver, so he should still be playing and going to the Pro Bowl ahead of Michael Vick. An UNDISPUTABLE Statistic Favre's Passing Yards - 2.316 Vick's Passing AND Rushing Yards - 1,520</div> Now why did you all have to go and get Dolfdale started again! lol</div> I think what got Dale going is when he said Favre should hang them up when Favre is still probably a better QB than more than half the QB's in the league right now including Mike Vick. That's just a guess though...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (porky88)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Wannab Favre)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'> The media DOESN'T worship Michael Vick or is the problem that Favre worship time is cutting into Vick worship time? If Vick is a Pro Bowl QB, then I think it's a no-brainer that any QB throwing better than Vick does should be in the league. Favre has a higher QB rating than Mexico, despite playing with WRs that I can't remember by name with the exception of Donald Driver, so he should still be playing and going to the Pro Bowl ahead of Michael Vick. An UNDISPUTABLE Statistic Favre's Passing Yards - 2.316 Vick's Passing AND Rushing Yards - 1,520</div> Now why did you all have to go and get Dolfdale started again! lol</div> I think what got Dale going is when he said Favre should hang them up when Favre is still probably a better QB than more than half the QB's in the league right now including Mike Vick. That's just a guess though... </div> What Porky said. I agree that the media does praise Favre too much, but at least Favre has gained his lofty position by the quality of his play.
Well each year a different person gets worshiped a lot by the media. The media favorite awards: 2005: Brett Favre 2004: Tom Brady & Bill Belichick 2003: Bill Parcells
