Brett Favre is a New York Jet. After many tears were shed, and many bridges were burned the dust has finally settled in what will go down as the trade of the decade in the NFL.
But now the question needs to be asked... Does this ruin Brett Favres' legacy? Well, truly only
time will tell how this will play on Brett Favres legacy. The success he and the Jets have this season, and possibly next season will determine that. But when it comes to Brett's hall of fame induction, the trade won't be mentioned, what will be mentioned is that the man is a legend in the football world, he has all the significant records for a quarterback and he essentially is (was) the Green Bay Packers. That is what needs to be remembered about Favre.
When you compare it to other sports, football is quite different when it comes to roster moves. 90% of moves happen in the off-season whereas in hockey and other professional sports, there can be several moves all throughout the year. When someone like Wayne Gretzky can play for 4 different teams and it doesn't matter as much because he will be remembered for his greatness no matter where he was. Then take basketball for instance. When I think of Michael Jordan, I remember the glory years he had with the Bulls. The way he dominated the sport and how he will probably be the greatest basketball player I ever see play. Why should this change with Favre? All the other greats such as Gretzky and Jordan played on other teams, Jordan came back from retirement, on more then 1 occasion but I will never hold that against him.
So how does this change Favre and how people will view him? This is the first time I have ever seen this side of Favre, and though I am not old enough to remember much back into the 1990's, I always remember Favre being a class act, on and off the field. He was the good ol' boy, drives the big truck, plays on his tractor at home, and puts everyone else in front of himself. What will be remembered about this trade is not that it happened but how it happened. The circumstances in how it went down, and how the Packers turned down the greatest quarterback of all time.
A lot of people will say that this is the true Favre we are seeing. Selfish, self absorbed an overall me-first kind of guy. I tend to disagree. Sure, what Favre did was foolish, but not selfish. The man has a passion, just like all of us, and he made a mistake retiring, we all make mistakes, and most importantly he followed his heart, not his bank account and despite a not so favorable ending for Favre and Packer fans, what happened has happened and you have to deal with it from there.
As much as this is what Favre wants, I truly believe it is the wrong team. I know Ted Thompson controls who he works out a trade with but Brett said he wasn't coming back for the money, after all Green Bay offered him $25 million dollars to stay retired. He is in this to win a Super Bowl. And to be totally, and a bit brutally honest, a lab monkey could tell you it's going to take a Christmas miracle for that to happen for the Jets this season.
There are so many variables to this, and so many different ways to view what has happened over the past month since Favre said he wanted to return to the NFL but he is happy now though. Favre followed his heart, he will be back behind center and be taking snaps in the biggest football league in the world and isn't that what matters most?
It's safe to say that this move perfectly reflects Favres' style of play, aggressive and a risk taker.
When you compare it to other sports, football is quite different when it comes to roster moves. 90% of moves happen in the off-season whereas in hockey and other professional sports, there can be several moves all throughout the year. When someone like Wayne Gretzky can play for 4 different teams and it doesn't matter as much because he will be remembered for his greatness no matter where he was. Then take basketball for instance. When I think of Michael Jordan, I remember the glory years he had with the Bulls. The way he dominated the sport and how he will probably be the greatest basketball player I ever see play. Why should this change with Favre? All the other greats such as Gretzky and Jordan played on other teams, Jordan came back from retirement, on more then 1 occasion but I will never hold that against him.
So how does this change Favre and how people will view him? This is the first time I have ever seen this side of Favre, and though I am not old enough to remember much back into the 1990's, I always remember Favre being a class act, on and off the field. He was the good ol' boy, drives the big truck, plays on his tractor at home, and puts everyone else in front of himself. What will be remembered about this trade is not that it happened but how it happened. The circumstances in how it went down, and how the Packers turned down the greatest quarterback of all time.
A lot of people will say that this is the true Favre we are seeing. Selfish, self absorbed an overall me-first kind of guy. I tend to disagree. Sure, what Favre did was foolish, but not selfish. The man has a passion, just like all of us, and he made a mistake retiring, we all make mistakes, and most importantly he followed his heart, not his bank account and despite a not so favorable ending for Favre and Packer fans, what happened has happened and you have to deal with it from there.As much as this is what Favre wants, I truly believe it is the wrong team. I know Ted Thompson controls who he works out a trade with but Brett said he wasn't coming back for the money, after all Green Bay offered him $25 million dollars to stay retired. He is in this to win a Super Bowl. And to be totally, and a bit brutally honest, a lab monkey could tell you it's going to take a Christmas miracle for that to happen for the Jets this season.
There are so many variables to this, and so many different ways to view what has happened over the past month since Favre said he wanted to return to the NFL but he is happy now though. Favre followed his heart, he will be back behind center and be taking snaps in the biggest football league in the world and isn't that what matters most?
It's safe to say that this move perfectly reflects Favres' style of play, aggressive and a risk taker.
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