In a teary press conference earlier this year, Brett Favre told the world he was retiring. He seemed to be pretty clear that he was serious about it:
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.”
Now Brett Favre is inkling that is retirement may not be as retiring as he said earlier this year. I could go into whether this is a good or bad thing for Brett, the NFL, the Green Bay Packers etc. but I’ll leave that up to those who find the cheese hats fashionable.
What did strike me were the comments from Green Bays back up and thought to be now starting QB, Aaron Rodgers. In a separate article discussing his future as the QB for the Pack, Aaron is quoted as saying:
“I don’t feel I need to sell myself to the fans,” he said in the article. “They need to get on board now or keep their mouths shut.”
Wow! For a guy who’s been in the NFL for all of 3 seasons, and has the same number of touchdown passes as interceptions (1), that’s pretty nervy. Sounds a lot like Harry Reid’s tirad on Mitch McConnell the other day. The only part that Aaron left out was something along the lines of, “Why are you afraid of supporting me? You think Brett’s coming back to take over? How stupid can you be? Brett’s retired! Who could possibly be afraid of a retired guy???”
Well Aaron, like Harry Reid, you may find that the guys you scoff at may have the last laugh after all!
