Found: The Only Harsh Piece on Favre
Media Gossip/Musings, NFL March 10th. 2008, 4:00pm
A reader has done it! One of our readers apparently has found the only media member who doesn’t like Brett Favre: “During ESPN’s latest, most grotesque anointing of an overpaid human who plays a game, Favre fell somewhere between Mother Teresa and Father Time after he announced his retirement.
Perspective? See Red Sox/Yankees or Patriots/Giants coverage to understand ESPN’s take on Favre … He’s a lot like Karl Malone and Alex English in the NBA.”
Not sure whether to laugh out loud or duck before the Packers fans show up and rearrange the furniture around here. Alex English? Seriously?
Best ever? Favre was passionate, well-loved and had great stubble but he wasn’t the best (SF Chronicle)
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March 10th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Who has ever said that Brett Favre is the best QB of all-time? Anyone?
What you expect from a paper like the SF Chronicle, I guess.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Dr Z’s piece on Favre isn’t quite negative but he did catch heat for saying “Favre could have been better”….I’m a Colts fan and I hope o God when he retires, we don’t go through this same kind of cock-sucking this Favre fellow has gotten.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Dr. Z on SI.com wrote a piece saying he should have been better and Sal Palantonio wrote one saying that not only was Bart Starr the best QB in Packers history but that “it’s not even close”: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=paolantonio_sal&id=3281535
No one doubts that Starr was an all-time great but is he seriously saying that a guy who played in a run dominated offense with a team littered with Hall of Fame talent is that much better than Favre?
Maybe if these guys spent less time writing columns simply trying to rile people up and doing their actual jobs Jay Glazer wouldn’t keep kicking their asses up and down the internet
March 10th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Favre doesn’t even make my top 5, but that certainly doesn’t mean he wasn’t a very good to excellent QB. The media obviously loved him (”slobbed his knob” as the phrase goes here), but that wasn’t his fault. At least he got out before he turned into Steve Carlton circa 1986. Something to be said for leaving with some dignity.
Though…the crying…not dignified.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Brett Favre retired? Really?
March 10th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Sal Paolantonio kept it in perspective, too.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
butler…be certain that Peyton will definitely get a nice long slob of the knob but understand…Favre was also the QB for one of the top 3 Franchises in terms of history, fan base and following in the sport…The Colts are important but Peyton’s career would have been more “important” (I use that term historically for cock sucking purposes) if the Colts were still the Baltimore Colts…the team of Johnny Unitas
March 10th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
When Tom Brady retires are we supposed to get pissed off if the media doesn’t mention that he lost playoff games to Jake Plummer and both Manning Brothers?
I forget if it was CRM who posted it here last weekend but there was a good piece explaining that the only reason Favre’s interception record will never be broken is that he was so good that more often than not the team was able to overcome them…most QB’s who are worse and would throw more picks are benched long before they get a chance to play 17 seasons
March 10th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
The precedent has been set. If Brett Favre is the standard, then when Peyton Manning or Tom Brady retires, they’d better dedicate like a month of coverage to them. And you know that they won’t even get half of it, because they don’t have the fan base.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Seems to be a lot of experience on fellatio in here. And none of it coming from women.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
It’s also not set in stone that by the time they’ve reached their 17th season that they won’t have been on a decline in their careers and people will bitch and moan that those seasons weren’t the focal point of the coverage
Brady’s played seven seasons…Favre’s seventh season was 1998 and at that point he indeed looked like one of the best to ever play
Let this thing play out before complaining about media coverage that isn’t going to happen for years
March 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Roman, I get what you’re saying, but it’s still wrong for the networks to justify their coverage by these standards. This is what happens when you let audience determine news content. You get nothing of substance, and the audience leaves the newscast dumber or more misinformed than they were before they watched it.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Butters, the Manning bros both have rings. I’m pretty sure that Daunte Culpepper and Mike Vick don’t.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Butters, Tom Brady has already won 3X as many Super Bowls, and I get the feeling he’ll know when to hang it up.
(and I hate Tom Brady)
March 10th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Would the Manning Brothers have rings were it not for going against Tom Brady in the playoffs?
The plot thickens…
Look people, I don’t even buy in to the quarterback ranking thing which is stupid and completely subjective…all I know if Favre was great, Starr was great, Peyton is great and Brady is great, what’s the point in even trying to assign numbers to them?
March 10th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
jpg…first off unfortunately news organizations are money making organizations as well..hence give the people what they want (its sad and shouldn’t be) but lets also remember for a second…its sports news..not news news…they reported the News..Brett Favre retired..after that where is the story…it is all opinion after that…and when giving opinion people stick to a subject (Favre is awesome) and people watch to agree or to bitch about hearing that he is so great…the real shame of everything is that the real news gathering organizations (NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC and endless newspapers) are now opinion making organizations and that is effecting real life not just a guy retiring from football.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I don’t recall English or Malone ever winning a ring or even reaching the finals (let alone winning 3 MVP’s). That said, the media lovefest is over the top.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
butters..why rank them…because it gives us something to do while we are bored at work and at life…people have been doing this forever and it will never stop…you love Brett Favre..love him..and be happy you got to watch him…I have to hear people bash Eli..guess what he got me a title..that guy will be gold to me forever…its what being a fan is about.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Malone made two finals but yes he lost both of them.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
question for gonzo or irish or anyone that has a picture for their avator.. how do you guys change that blue logo to some kind of picture or logo etc?
March 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
SO nobaody hear thinks Brett was a little overrated?
March 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Jordan had a way with preventing starts from the 90s from getting rings. Malone, Stockton, Barkley, Ewing, Reggie, etc.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
nobody
March 10th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I thought Favre was very good, maybe top 5, however once Peyton and Brady retire I think he will be about 7 or 8.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Actually I do, he is way overrated. Read Palaontonio’s article on ESPN right now. He tries to give everyone a reality check.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
He probably was overrated but when enough people say that eventually the pendulum swings the other way and you’re just like “The guy did set every important passing record and had only one losing season playing in Green Bay”
Do I wish he and the team had performed better in the playoffs this decade? Sure, but I’m also a guy who would take Peyton over Brady and almost every rub against Favre in the postseason can be against him too
March 10th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Save for the single ring, the Malone/Favre comparison is probably pretty accurate. They both played for perennially decent or better teams, were always near the top of their position, won multiple MVP awards, were known for their durability, and played the vast majority of their careers for the same team.
The Alex English comparison is grade A bull flop.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
And they’re both southern rednecks who’ve spent many an hour in a tree stand
March 10th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Favre was a great quarterback, and yes he was still overrated. That is HOW MUCH THE MEDIA kissed his ass.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
i loved favre. hated the hyperbole, but loved watching him play.
since when is having MASSIVE BALLS a negative quality? sure he threw his fair share of picks, but GB’s offensive scheme was a high risk/reward deep passing beast, INT’s were a byproduct…not excusing a lot of them, but they’re not that big of a drawback.
why is there a ‘need’ to write bad things about him? he was an authentic throwback to an era that wasn’t belichick-ified with bullshit quotes and banal responses to retarded ESPN questions. he didnt care about what people thought about him, he just kept on slingin.
im gonna miss the guy.
March 10th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Cortes, try going to http://www.gravatar.com
(I think that’s the link, someone let me know if it’s wrong)
March 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
If Marino had just won ONE Super Bowl, he could have had ALLLLLL THIS.
March 10th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
@gonzo- good looking out on hooking cortes up with that
March 10th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Oops, forgot about the Jazz making the Finals.
March 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
thanks for that link gonzo, appreciate it..
March 10th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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March 10th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Had to go for a while, if anybody’s here. But “news news” is just as guilty. That’s why I brought it up. You’re just as likely to get news about Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Natalee Holloway as you are to hear intelligent discussions about important topics. I know I can’t be the only person with that problem.
March 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Most rankings I have seen put Favre Top 10, but not top 5. I think that’s fair, reasonable, and not “over-rated.” Over-hyped is a far more accurate descriptor.