The Swashbuckling Gunslinging Samurai Retires

Outside of the NFL offices in New York, Commissioner Roger Goodell was spotted hanging a “Going Out of Business” sign on the front door. The National Football League is selling off all its assets and declaring preemptive bankruptcy. Why? Because Brett Favre has hung up his guns and pirate swords.

I’m being sarcastic. One of the most overrated,overhyped, overdiscussed players in modern American sports is finally gone. Watching ESPN, the “experts” dubbed this the “End of the Brett Favre era.” Sorry, but this isn’t the Brett Favre era. This isn’t anybody’s era. The NFL these days is all about no team becoming a dynasty, and no player having an era. And 1 Super Bowl win, and another Super Bowl loss hardly qualifies as an era.

Babe Ruth had an era. Ty Cobb had an era. Michael Jordan had an era. Bill Russell had an era. Wayne Gretzky had an era. Joe Montana had an era. Terry Bradshaw had an era. Brett Favre DID NOT have an era.


Favre has never been criticized by anyone, ever. Or so it seems. He was adored for having a pain killer addiction. People laughed at the way he collapsed for his buddy Michael Strahan to get the sack record. And people rarely mention Brett Favre’s most telling record: most interceptions thrown EVER.

I’m not saying Favre wasn’t great. He’s a Hall of Famer, one of the best ever, so on and so forth. But I’m fucking glad he’s gone. No more SportsCenter highlights of the swashbuckler, gunslinger, riverboat gambler quarterback taking a 3 step drop, scrambling 20 yards to the right, throwing against his body 40 yards downfield and being lucky enough to find a receiver.

And you know what makes me really happy? His last pass in the NFL was a token Brett Favre “why the fuck not?” high risk interception that was completely unnecessary and cost his team the game.