insanity_gallops Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/04/...-favre-retires/ since confirmed by ESPN, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoDevils Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 About time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyNice Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Nice. That means that forever the answer to the question of who caught Brett Favre's last pass will be Corey Webster of the Giants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Nice. That means that forever the answer to the question of who caught Brett Favre's last pass will be Corey Webster of the Giants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) This is some what bad news for the NFL. He is one of the NFL greats and legends to play the game. I liked Farve and to see him finally retire and walk away from the game healthy and on his terms takes a lot of guts just like the way he played the game. It is an end of an era and it is all over the NFL Network channel that Farve packs it ib after 17 seasons. His continuious record starting game streak comes to an end. To me this is a sad day in the NFL and to all the Green Bay Packers fans. The NFL and this game will miss Brett Farve. What made Farve's decision to retire was seeing the signing of WR-Randy Moss back to the patriots. Farve wanted to play with Moss this coming season and Green Bay could not lure Moss to play with Farve which made his decision a lot easier now. I am suprised to see him go out this way but he did have one hell of a career. http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8...mp;confirm=true Reports: QB Brett Favre will retire after 17 seasons with Packers Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre has decided to retire from the NFL after 17 seasons.Brett Favre, QB Green Bay Packers Career Statistics Att: 8,758 Comp: 5,377 Yards: 61,655, TD/INT: 442/288 FOX Sports first reported Tuesday that the Green Bay Packers quarterback informed the team in the last few days. ESPN.com said that according to Favre's agent the quarterback told coach Mike McCarthy of his decision. Edited March 4, 2008 by SatansDevils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTCB Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 OMG! HOW WILL I EVER MOVE ON FROM THIS!!?!?!!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 1. I don't buy it...he's just being a bitch cause they couldn't get Moss 2. this whole retirement crap with him has been a BIGGER joke then with Clemens 3. the Packers may be BETTER OFF under Rodgers... you know a guy who.. um... follows the system? 4. Favre will be starting for Green Bay day one I have NO DOUBT about it... he'll get past his bitch fest and realize how GOOD this team is and his ego won't allow him to step aside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTCB Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 1. I don't buy it...he's just being a bitch cause they couldn't get Moss2. this whole retirement crap with him has been a BIGGER joke then with Clemens 3. the Packers may be BETTER OFF under Rodgers... you know a guy who.. um... follows the system? 4. Favre will be starting for Green Bay day one I have NO DOUBT about it... he'll get past his bitch fest and realize how GOOD this team is and his ego won't allow him to step aside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I think not getting Moss was the final nail in the retirement coffin for Brett...the timing says it all...he wanted Mo$$ last season and didn't happen...he figured 'if we can get him, I'll come back'Brett is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestevens Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I dont watch football really, but i like Brett Favre as a person. From his father passing away, to his wife having cancer, he has been a real example of how a professional athlete should be off the field while excelling on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTCB Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Is the plot thickening?? FAVRE SITUATION SUDDENLY GETS WEIRD As it turns out, that dark cloud in Wisconsin could quickly become a storm. Brett Favre's agent, Bus Cook, has told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that Favre wanted to play another year, but that he felt like the Packers didn't want him. Uh-oh. "I know he wants to play one more year," Cook said. "I do not know much conversation there was and I don't think anyone forced him to make that decision. But I don't know that anyone tried to talk him out of it." Uh-oh. "I think he wanted to play," Cook said. " I think he's still got it. He knows he's still got it. I think he felt he could play one more year. I don't know if they told him they really wanted him to play. That's just the feeling I got." Uh-oh. Asked whether Favre could be talked into returning, Cook said, "I don't know." Well, maybe the media speculation that the guy who brought Favre to Green Bay, former G.M. Ron Wolf, might be whispering to Bill Parcells about trying to get Favre to Miami is more accurate than we initially thought. Because if Favre wants to play another year and if it's not with the Packers, then maybe it will be elsewhere. But if Favre doesn't play for the Packers in 2008, either because he's playing for someone else or not playing at all, we think that there could be an enormous backlash against the team. Specifically, G.M. Ted Thompson could find himself in the crosshairs of the fans' criticism. Never mind the fact that Thompson has done an excellent job; the perception that he ran off Brett Favre could be the quickest ticket out of town for Thompson. If, in the end, Thompson gets saddled with the brunt of the blame for Favre's departure, the pressure on Thompson to leave, too, will be tremendous. And, as a practical matter, it will put him on an incredibly short leash if the team falters in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I.... TOLD.... YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Another athlete using the media to put pressure on their ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 1. I don't buy it...he's just being a bitch cause they couldn't get Moss2. this whole retirement crap with him has been a BIGGER joke then with Clemens 3. the Packers may be BETTER OFF under Rodgers... you know a guy who.. um... follows the system? 4. Favre will be starting for Green Bay day one I have NO DOUBT about it... he'll get past his bitch fest and realize how GOOD this team is and his ego won't allow him to step aside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 (edited) Or so he says.. how many people retire then come back? Its getting pretty annoying now since like every star athlete seems to do it. Edited March 5, 2008 by nmigliore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 By the sounds of Favre on the phone conversation with ESPN Chris Mortensen he is done guys. He is retiring. He has really nothing else to play for and he has done it all. I am not believing any of these rumors or things that other people say about Favre. Favre himself said he is tired and really drained and will retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcsu Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 He's for sure done for good, but what a legend he has become... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am watching the Brett Favre retirement speech and it is not even three minutes in and he got very emotional. He is retiring from the NFL and the Green Bay Packers. He will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I have to admit I am choked up right now and have some tears watching Brett lose it in front of the news media and the microphone. It is hitting him very hard and he is not coming back. Very emotional now and as a fan and a football fan Brett Favre was one of the greatest. It is just as bad and maybe more emotional than the Elway retirement news conference. Favre is really retiring from the NFL and it is a sad day in my opinion. The NFL and the Green Bay Packers are going to miss Brett Farve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 (edited) Favre says farewell. http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8...mp;confirm=true Favre rules out return to NFL at retirement press conferenceAssociated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre made it clear Thursday that he's finished with football. "I know I can play but I don't think I want to," a teary Favre said in a news conference at Lambeau Field two days after he announced his retirement. "It's been a great career for me, but it's over." "As they say, all good things must come to an end. I look forward to whatever the future may hold for me." Edited March 6, 2008 by SatansDevils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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