Brett Favre? Ugh, let him play.
Just when you thought it was safe to read the blogs, just when you thought it was time to check out the rumor mill, just when you thought the coast was clear to put your ear to the ground -- it shows up on the horizon once again. Brett Farve will play football. Professional football. This season. After a sandstorm of lies, unnecessary coverage, and indecision, I am not thrilled to hear about this. In fact, I haven't cared so little about a news story since Octomom.
I get it. Brett is 40 years old in 2 months, probably halfway through his life. It is probably a bit intimidating walking into retirement at that age, especially since he has been playing a game that he loves since the age of 13. It's a difficult thing to realize that your greatest achievements are in your past. That is unless you count something lame like your child's success in the world as an achievement (boring). The truth is that Brett is going to have a hard time topping his life as it was in the mid 90s.
That being said, buying your fans a mandatory ticket onto "Mr. Favre's Wild Ride" was not the way to go about it. I've seen Brett Favre crying on TV more times than Nancy Kerrigan. The story has more lives than Michael Myers, and they both rear their ugly heads in the fall. The sad part is that he deserved better. I didn't care that Vinny Testaverde played 25 years past his prime because he wasn't like Brett. Brett wasn't the best ever -- as many insinuate -- but he wasn't so bad either. His consecutive game record is as untouchable as DiMaggio's hit streak. He has a Superbowl ring, but so does Trent Dilfer (Take that, Marino!). When I first saw this now comical commercial, I found it poignant. Now it's sad, in a creepy, prophetic way.
What I really want to say is - Brett, if you want to continue to play football, do it. If you want to ride your tractor in your Wrangler jeans and try to figure out ways to spend your $12.5 bajillion, then do that. I know life after football is scary, but you can always throw the old pigskin through the tire that's hanging from the tree. I know it's a bummer that you have to be home all winter, but you are going to have to face it sometime.
The best part about all of this is that these are now in style.
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