IT'S FINALLY OVER. Favre traded to the New York Jets.

Originally Posted by dallcow4life28

I respect your opinion too, but at the very least, Favre was selfish and childish about this whole thing. The way the media fawns over this average quarterback is sickening. No one would care, but the media tries to force us to care about Favre. The league went on without Marino, Elway, and Montana--the media makes Favre out to be bigger than the league--which is ridiculous, given the fact that he is not even in the same group with the guys mentioned above. Most int's in the history of the league--to me that will always be his legacy.

I sort of agree with you on this...but not so much about being selfish as about the way the media and the league plays up certain players. Now, if you are saying he is selfish because he should realize that he is "big news" and he affects other people...then it's tough to argue with that.

But most of the time they do this (media and NFL) because of the excitement the player brings to the game.

Favre is a crap shoot QB...you never know what he will do...so he creates interest in the league and as was pointed out earlier, this means $$$.

Look at Michael Vick before the whole dog fighting mess. Vick is/was a once in a lifetime player who brought the fans out of their seats on each play. He was probably just an average throwing QB, but people PAID to see him play because on any play, anything seemed possible. He brought a certain excitement to the game. ESPN couldn't talk about him enough (again, I mention this was even before all of the legal drama).

I think Favre still does that.

Those other QB's you mentioned were really cooked by the time they retired...(except for maybe Elway). Favre SEEMS to have something left that might be worth watching for 1 or 2 more years.