In hindsight, would it be fair to say Brett Favre's career was (1 Viewer)

[De Novo]

The "only" one Super Bowl is sometimes a convenient reason to use on a polarizing figure who had tremendous skills but made tremendously poor decisions at critical times (but I do see merit in it). I think he was a great Quarterback and had an amazing arm but I don't put him in the same class as Peyton Manning, who also has only one ring. So many of his great moments were "amazing" because they were lucky, and we don't see the highlights of the poor decisions as often. That 2009 season was just incredible, but a lot of it was chance. He had a gunslinger mentality and took chances, even when it wasn't necessary. It was part of what made him great, but it's the same reason many people won't consider him the greatest of all-time.

You can't compare him to Montana or Brady because they're so different. If you put Favre on those teams, they'd have won fewer Super Bowls. If you put Montana or Favre on Favre's teams, I can't imagine they'd win fewer than the 1 Super Bowl Favre won.

 

[Tau837]

Brett Farve's career was legendary, that's the truth. He was one of a kind and will always be the measure of toughness for a QB.Brett Farve is a NFL legend.

He is one of the 10 best QBs to ever play the game IMO.On top of that, his legacy is more unique than most other all time great QBs. His "gunslinging" sometimes helped and sometimes hurt, but it was unique for an elite level QB. IMO that helps distinguish him from some others.Similarly, he played the game with emotion and with true joy. I wish more players would react to TDs by jumping up and down in joy, jumping on the back of their linemen, etc., instead of doing some choreographed routine that screams "HEY, LOOK AT ME!" And his emotion was not negative, not #####ing/whining to the refs, not cursing out teammates, etc. Again, his emotion, especially at the QB position, distinguished him.He won a championship and played well enough at other times to win one, but, as already noted, it's a team game. He won 3 MVPs, putting himself in a very rare category.He was a face of the NFL during his career.I also believe there is underappreciated value in playing every game for 20 years, with the caliber of play being generally good to great. His team could count on him to always show up and play hard, for 2 decades. That means something.Considering that he entered the league without high expectation, doing all of that cannot be called disappointing.

 

[Mr Rodgers neighborhood]

How many QBs end there careers with no rings? Your saying he only won 1 Super Bowl like its a terrible thing, fact is for one reason or another Favre will go down as one of the most polarizing QBs in history. While he has his naysayers, what player doesnt, and despite how hs career may have ended with all the drama, he still led a great career and is a no question Hall of Famer. So I guess the real question is how can a guy with a Hall of Fame career be considered a disappointment?

His 97 team should have won against the broncos. Then you think about the playoff failures he had. 2007 was there for the taking, but he ended it under throwing Donald Driver who he was eyeing before the snap and never looked elsewhere. He was an interception machine in St. Louis which killed them before the game started. His skill/ability and the teams that were around him in the 90s and late in his packers career... Yes, he was a disappointment. Not a failure, but more was expected. IF Rodgers wins another Super Bowl he leapfrogs Favre to become the second greatest.

 

[dapunisher]

By the way, here's the Top 15 Career Passing Yardage Leaders, per Pro Football Reference:

Rank Player

1. Brett Favre 71,838 1991-2010 4TM

2. Dan Marino+ 61,361 1983-1999 mia

3. Peyton Manning 54,828 1998-2010 clt

4. John Elway+ 51,475 1983-1998 den

5. Warren Moon+ 49,325 1984-2000 4TM

6. Fran Tarkenton+ 47,003 1961-1978 2TM

7. V. Testaverde 46,233 1987-2007 7TM

8. Drew Bledsoe 44,611 1993-2006 3TM

9. Dan Fouts+ 43,040 1973-1987 sdg

10. Joe Montana+ 40,551 1979-1994 2TM

11. Kerry Collins 40,441 1995-2010 5TM

12. Johnny Unitas+ 40,239 1956-1973 2TM

13. Dave Krieg 38,147 1980-1998 6TM

14. Boomer Esiason 37,920 1984-1997 3TM

15. Donovan McNabb 36,250 1999-2010 2TM

Impressive indeed, but keep in mind that Pete Rose has the most hits in MLB history. He isn't CLOSE to being the greatest hitter ever.

This is interesting. Where do you rank Rose among all time hitters?J

I know this wasn't asked of me, but I'm sure I could easily come up with 20 names to put in front of Rose on an all time list.

I could probably come up with 50.But I'm leaving for work. If called on it, I'll do it later.

I can come up with 395.

A list of OPS not adjusted for the Steroid Era? Lame.

Mark McJuice is 12th. Enough said. End highjack.