Brett Favre -- Green Bay & America's Favorite Washed-Up Lovable Loser

Today wasn’t anything particularly special.  I woke up at 8:00a.m., a full hour after my alarm went off, not awesome.  Turned on the TV to see more Brett Favre.  His face, his grizzle and red jersey.  It seems that all the footage of Brett playing in Packer colors has been wiped off the face of the earth.  

ESPN only shows his New York Jets attire.  Which is accurate of Brett Favre but, I don’t like or respect Favre because of his last outing in the NFL.  I respect him because of his years in Green Bay.  The city of Green Bay that without Football, would be valued at about 25 cents.  Brett Favre though makes that city something of an icon.  An icon for what America could turn into if we follow tired and old tactics.  

Brett didn’t lead the Packers to one Superbowl in his last decade with the team.  He hardly had them competing for a few years.  Once and awhile yes, his team would be amazing, spectacular and regarded as an elite team.  Then people would start asking, do you think the Packers can make it this year?  Brett’s still got some left, don’t cha think?

No, here is the truth: Brett Favre isn’t going to win a Superbowl again, ever.  He isn’t equipped mentally or physically.  The game has changed around Brett.  He forced the game to change.  Defenses had to be faster, smarter and more aggressive.  If he was the best player for years and years it seemed the analysts knew why.  He was erratic never playing the same type of game.  

He would throw the football like a blind man.  Hawking the ball at baseball speeds into double, triple and quadruple coverage.  So defenses learned, ‘just wait for Brett to give us the ball’ that way they didn’t spend time trying to read his mind.  That isn’t possible, look at the Brett we know today.  Milling over this, whining over that...he is a wreck.  

Brett Favre hasn’t been special he’s been a product of his own sensitivity.  His circumstances change his entire life.  Given a chance to retire gracefully, he couldn’t do it.  He turned into the NFL Sarah Palin, in it for his own face time.  He knows the media won’t leave him alone.  We love a good looking white guy who plays against all odds and still is mediocre. 

That is why ESPN doesn’t show him in Packer uniforms any more.  He has transitioned from reasonably good to now clearly mediocre.  He has turned into America’s washed-up lovable loser.