After months of silence, Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre confirmed the report that he will return to play another year of football. What does this mean? Good for the Packers, good for the Packer fans, good for the NFL, but bad for the television viewer.
NFL game announcers gush over Favre just slightly less than Phil Hellmuth gushes over himself. Sure the guy is a legend, fun to watch, and deserves all the praise he gets, but there is a football game going on. You know, right now, on the field, with lots of players, some even on the other team.
Favre has a good chance to break Dan Marino’s record of career touchdown passes (420). Favre currently has 396 and needs 25 to break the mark. He threw for 20 in a sub-par season last year but had 27 or more in the four seasons before that.
The ironman streak will continue:
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel): If he stays healthy through training camp, Favre will be able to add to his ironman string of 221 consecutive regular-season starts (241 including playoff games). No other quarterback in NFL history is even close, with Peyton Manning holding second place among active quarterbacks with 128 consecutive starts.
The Packers also have the fifth overall pick in this weekend’s draft:
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel): Now that the Packers know Favre will be back, there is little chance they’ll select a quarterback in the NFL draft this weekend. There’s a chance they’ll have a shot at two of the so-called Big Three — Southern California’s Matt Leinart, Texas’ Vince Young and Vanderbilt’s Jay Cutler — when they select at No. 5, but with 2005 first-round draft choice Aaron Rodgers backing up Favre, they’ll probably go in a different direction.
In a predraft news conference Monday, Thompson did not preclude the Packers from selecting a quarterback this weekend, but there’s less of a chance of it now with Favre on board.
There is no chance they’ll pick him, but I think Vince Young will be an NFL star.
Vegas thinks Favre’s return will help the Packers and have moved them to 60 to 1 to win the Super Bowl (from 100 to 1). The addition of Charles Woodson today might up that a little more.
Eric Anderson at 9:37 pm
Looks like the Packers are having a pretty solid draft so far. I especially like the 2nd day pick of Will Blackmon. I went to Boston College and watched every game he played. Incredible kick returner. Only played one year at WR (played CB before), but has raw talent and could develop into a solid slot receiver.
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