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Favre retiring
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 Vydas |
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Atrophic Decay |
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Posts: 539 03-04-08 9:47 AM |
yeah that is really shocking, I thought he would definitely return [even though I didn't think he should have still been playing =)]
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Federiko EQ |
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Posts: 3316 03-04-08 9:48 AM You can never have too |
Not shocked. Better to go out on a great season than slip back into the mediocrity of the previous few.
Obviously an all time great, I'm just a little happy I no long have to hear the Sunday/Monday Night crews verbally fellate him 10 times a year. |
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Posts: 3842 03-04-08 10:00 AM
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Silly to base his retirement on whether green bay could get moss
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Rev Famine |
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Posts: 2469 03-04-08 10:10 AM Community Member |
i thought the same thing, but better to retire a year before breaking a leg than the year after. its his life so /shrug
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ellocopato |
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Posts: 3842 03-04-08 10:28 AM
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very true
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Federiko EQ |
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Posts: 3316 03-04-08 10:32 AM You can never have too |
I think Favre just really hates Donald Driver.
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Posts: 812 03-04-08 11:04 AM |
ellocopato wrote: Which makes you wonder if he's really going to retire or if he's sending management a message...
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Kayso Gnomehater |
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Posts: 4779 03-04-08 11:29 AM BANNED |
Federiko EQ wrote: I agree. But too many greats stay past their time because they can't think this way. The competitor in them that makes them great sometimes can't
accept their own decline in skills. Looking back on his career, I'm going to say it might have been a mistake for Atlanta to give up on him back in the
early 90s.
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mfer haze |
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Posts: 591 03-04-08 12:45 PM Everyone still hates me
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Looking back on his career, I'm going to say it might have been a mistake for Atlanta to give up on him back in the early 90s.Wow, that took balls... No shit it was a mistake. |
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Posts: 74 03-04-08 1:08 PM Community Member |
The real question is... "What's Madden going to do without saying Brent Farve 50 billions times this season?"
But anyway my hats off to Brent one heck of a QB.
-- Mahstah / Faein
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wardogadmin |
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Posts: 99 03-04-08 1:30 PM Conservative Cultural Marxist |
I don't think that there has ever been a player with as much love for the game as #4.
Snaggs
Retired Druid of Prexus What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan |
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Kayso Gnomehater |
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Posts: 4779 03-04-08 1:32 PM BANNED |
Wow, that took balls... No shit it was a mistake.
Sarcasm, Yo. |
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Federiko EQ |
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Posts: 3316 03-04-08 1:35 PM You can never have too |
I don't think that there has ever been a player with as much love for the game as #4.Completely unquantifiable statements like this are why I watch GB games on mute. |
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Zifnab |
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Posts: 2689 03-04-08 1:56 PM |
Not surprised at all. I expected it after coming so close to the superbowl. He stands to make alot more money broadcasting and commentating. It's also alot
easier on the body.
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Feydakin Rainsong |
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Posts: 5191 03-04-08 2:46 PM Wholly Shi'ite |
He stands to make alot more money broadcasting and commentating. Which network has an opening? Holy criminy, do we really need to have 8-member panels of ex-player talking heads to cover halftime? Aren't there already more ex-players and ex-coaches weighing in with their worthless opinions and commentary already? I mean, Deion Sanders still has a job as a commentator, for Christ's sake, and he can barely speak in coherent English sentences (not to mention the fact that you can barely see him through all the hookers and bling). Is another "former NFL great" really what some NFL coverage team needs?
A door is sometimes a jar, but a jar is never a door.
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Kayso Gnomehater |
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Posts: 4779 03-04-08 2:49 PM BANNED |
Which network has an opening?
If someone kills Chris Collinsworth they'll all have openings. |
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Kayso Gnomehater |
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Posts: 4779 03-04-08 3:22 PM BANNED |
Well, Jesus fucking Christ. Apparently NOTHING else is happening today in the entire world of sports. No ESPN for me for the next day or two.
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Perry the GFK |
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Posts: 453 03-04-08 4:33 PM |
Obviously an all time great, I'm just a little happy I no long have to hear the Sunday/Monday Night crews verbally fellate him 10 times a year.This will probably still go on, at least with John Madden. John Madden is still talking about Barry Sanders pretty often. Sad to see Bret go, but he went on near the top, so I can't blame him. |
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Kreyson |
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Posts: 1278 03-04-08 6:17 PM |
Well it's obvious that he'll have a job waiting for him in broadcasting, but I was still a little shocked that he's retiring. It's great that
he's going out on such a great season though. Hats off to him. Madden can talk about him all he wants. He's a great quarterback. Why do you guys really
care whether they talk about him all the time or not.
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Rev Famine |
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Posts: 2469 03-04-08 7:24 PM Community Member |
cause its annoying to hear the same 5 phrases about a single person repeatedly
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 Kendien |
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Posts: 2641 03-04-08 7:26 PM Mera's Master |
I'm not going to add much, because I'm a Favre fanboi ;)
I will miss watching him play. And Fed, maybe you are tired of listening to unquantifiable statements like that, but I can't help it if it is true. How many players do you see these days that really enjoy what they do? Not the eating popcorn-while-signing-a-ball-with-a-sharpie-pulled-from-your-sock kind of fun, but the real enjoyment of the game itself? I count....on two hands the players I think play the way he does. Anyway, it's good to se him taking time for his family and friends. Those things, too, are important to him. It's pretty cool to watch him walk off into the sunset =) |
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Rev Famine |
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Posts: 2469 03-04-08 7:30 PM Community Member |
didnt favre bitch about the players around him and the personnel decisions made in the years before last? he didnt seem to be enjoying the game when he was on
losing teams.
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Perry the GFK |
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Posts: 453 03-04-08 7:44 PM |
Why do you guys really care whether they talk about him all the time or not.Because it gets fucking old. Ray Lewis was a great LB, I got tired of hearing him fucking mentioned 20 times a game on SNF whether or not the Ravens were playing. Barry Sanders is one of my favorite all time athletes, and in my opinion the best RB to ever play, that doesn't mean I want to hear John Madden compare any RB playing in every single game to him. And Bret Favre is one of the better QB's ever, and I don't want to hear massive dick riding from announcers in any game he's in or not in. Commentators should do just that, commentate on the game they're broadcasting. Not give on-air blowjobs the entire game. It's irritating week in and week out to hear the same few players praised the entire game, whether they're actually playing in that game or not. Why even have announcers? Just play a fucking hymn book dedicated to Favre, Sanders, and Ray-Ray every game and be done with it if that's all you have planned. |
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Vydas |
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Posts: 308 03-04-08 8:00 PM |
Learn to use the MUTE function. It'll work wonders for those that feel the commentary isn't up to par.
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Federiko EQ |
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Posts: 3316 03-04-08 8:05 PM You can never have too |
And Fed, maybe you are tired of listening to unquantifiable statements like that, but I can't help it if it is true.That's just like, your opinion man. didnt favre bitch about the players around him and the personnel decisions made in the years before last? he didnt seem to be enjoying the game when he was on losing teams.He's been whinging to GB management about getting an elite WR for 3 years and meanwhile his #1 has made the Pro Bowl the last 2. If management not making a play for Moss really played into his retirement (which I doubt), he's sort of being a baby. Retire because you're an all time great and want to go out on a high note, not because you can't have another toy. |
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Rev Famine |
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Posts: 2469 03-04-08 8:53 PM Community Member |
i havent heard many commentators bring up ray lewis, unless the ravens were playing, for the past 3 years or so. there was a time when yeah, even i was a bit
annoyed with them bringing up ray so often, but it hasnt been that way for a while. ed reed on the other hand is sometimes brough up when talking about top
safeties... but people dont often talk about safeties, beyond bob sanders and ed.
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sora55 |
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Posts: 1182 03-04-08 9:10 PM Froga wake up at |
It's going to be different watching the Packers play without Favre, I grew up knowing him on the Pack. |
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Kendien |
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Posts: 2641 03-04-08 10:46 PM Mera's Master |
That's just like, your opinion man.Mine and millions of other fans. MILLIONS. I don't think that the Jets have that many fans for all of their players, not just a single player. Sorry if your piss poor team has been rubbing you raw, and your GM has been making shit-ass trades/deals for a decade. It doesn't help that your Yankees and your Nicks have terrible troubles the lest 5 years. It doesn't mean you have to take it out on a guy like Favre. you're a hater to be contrarian. Disliking for dis liking's sake. Have fun with that. Retire because you're an all time great and want to go out on a high note, not because you can't have another toy.Right, God forbid you want to compete and make your team better. It's tough when you need something to put you over that edge and you are looking for a positive change to anything. You're right; Favre is a selfish guy and should have retired after his first SuperBowl victory. Great job on being a fan of the game and those that keep the institution a game and not just another multi-billion dollar industry sucking our last dollar from our pocket. Terrible that someone finds fun and enjoyment out of this game, still. Terrible. |
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Perry the GFK |
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Posts: 453 03-04-08 11:10 PM |
I personally think Favre should have played another season or 2. I don't think he really matured as a played until the past few years. He finally got rid
of that idiotic gunslinger attitude and started to let his team work with him. He could come back next year and be even better than this past year imo, he
himself is the only part of the offense that isn't returning.
But he's an old man by football standards, who can blame him for retiring when he just led a team deep into the playoffs? Not me, and I'm a hater any chance I get for anything in sports. I personally think Favre should have played another season or 2. I don't think he really matured as a played until the past few years. He finally got rid of that idiotic gunslinger attitude and started to let his team work with him. He could come back next year and be even better than this past year imo, he himself is the only part of the offense that isn't returning. But he's an old man by football standards, who can blame him for retiring when he just led a team deep into the playoffs? Not me, and I'm a hater any chance I get for anything in sports. He's been whinging to GB management about getting an elite WR for 3 years and meanwhile his #1 has made the Pro Bowl the last 2. I wouldn't call it whining. GB had a good chance, even as good as NE's chance I'd say, to land Randy Moss, and they dropped the ball. Favre called them out on it, so would any other QB... GB should have had Moss and they didn't. The one thing I will call Favre out on is the Javon Walker deal. Walker is a pro-bowl receiver and Favre's biggest weapon and he's making shit in football terms for a salary. Like anyone else, Walker wants what he's due, yet Favre comes out vocally instead of supporting him, he bashes him and says he should play for the shit rookie (middle 1st round) contract he signed. That was on some bullshit. At the same time Favre is making money like that rich fuck from Duck Tales swi | ||||
