The Favre Legacy - 310 INTs and 100 losses. (1 Viewer)

[Da Guru]

Farve was a great QB, great for the Packers and great for the NFL. That is why it was so tough to watch his career end the way it did. I hated seeing Farve in a Jet uniform struggling. Just like I hated seeing Montana in a Chief uniform.Hopefully in a few years the Jet memories will fade and people will just remember Farve as a Packer..the way it should be.When I think of Molntana now I never even think about him playing for the Chiefs.

Do people think differently of these players because they ended their careers with a different team?Johhny UnitasJoe NamathJoe MontanaFranco HarrisJerry RiceEmmitt Smith

At the time...yes. After 4-5 years..no.

 

[Keepers]

Holmgren held him down in his prime. He had his shots unfortunately the Broncos, Cowboys and 9ers were also great teams in the mid to late 90's.

Care to explain the bolded above? If it wasn't for Holmgren's patience with Favre early in his career we might not even be talking about him right now. 99 out of 100 coaches would have benched Favre when Holmgren was still sticking by him.

My interpretation is that the poster was saying Holmgren is part of the reason why Favre was so great in his prime as he reigned him in, so he didn't make too many costly mistakes. Think Favre needs a strong hand at coach who hates turnovers to keep Favre playing the way he could rather than the way he has had a tendency to play when he is given free reign and feels he has to do it all.

 

[sho nuff]

I will never understand the mentality of someone that wants to hate a player like Favre. He played hard, with passion, and holds several key records other than the INT record which the haters want to focus on. He is respected by his peers for how he has played the game and the NFL could use more players like him.

Agree to a point.Though, you cannot look completely past the INTs. They show though that he does not care about just stats and numbers. He was going out throwing no matter what.There were times when he did far more good to make up for the INTs for most of his career...this season and a few others a few years ago...not so much.Great player...if he played his last game, Im only sorry it was that crappy. If he did not like going out how he did last year, not sure how he feels about how he went out this year.

You always try to do something to diminish Favre even though you deny it. No one is looking past the ints. The point of my post is that I don't understand why people want to hate a QB that played the game like Favre did over his entire career.

And you always try to spin it into me diminishing Favre.You claim nobody is looking past the INTs...fine...that is your opinion. Mine is that some do when they think of Favre.You have to take it all into consideration. And its not diminishing him...its his own numbers. Its what keeps him from being considered the best ever IMO. And I said this while he was still in GB last year.The reason I put Montana above all was that in the postseason, when everything mattered, he took care of the ball.