Monday, February 25, 2008

The Cheeseheads Mourn

March 4, 2008 will be a day that will be remembered by Cheeseheads everywhere! Today is the day that Favre announced his plans to retire after 17 seasons. For some of us younger cheeseheads, he is the only Packer QB we have known. Brett Favre is the iron man of football, and many other sports! His career speaks for itself.

Favre has overcome many obstacles in his long career-addiction to pain killers, his wife's battle cancer, the death of his father, injuries, and a young team. Not to mention his home field was the Frozen Tundra.

I could go on and on extolling the numerous records the Number 4 holds, but we should all know them by now: most interceptions, most touch down passes, most yardage, and the one he is most known for: he never missed a start (not to mention that rarely would he leave a game b4 the 60 minutes were up)!

The memory I hold of him is the game in California verses the Raiders. Less than 24 hours before the game started, Brett Favre's dad died. Favre told his team mates that no matter what he "had their backs". Boy did he! That game in Raider Nation was as near to perfection as a human could achieve. A great testament to his dad-his first fb coach. I remember crying during the game because it was so touching, such a memorial, and for a man to do that with all the emotional crisis was just amazing. God was guiding the fb that night.

I am disappointed that Favre retired. I was praying for 1 more year, but I think that Rodgers will do a good job. He has had a wonderful mentor for the past few years. I am trying to couch my grief at the loss of a great QB with a hope for a positive future, we have a young QB that now has a HUGE job in front of him-following after the game's greatest QB.

GOOD-BYE FAVRE, can't wait to see ya in the Hall of Fame in 2013 (he has to wait 5 years).

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