Favre's legend grows with Vikings

by Garrett Sanders, staff writer

Many say he is one of the best quarterbacks around, with some even arguing that he is possibly the best to have played the game.

He has worn four different jerseys during the past 17 seasons, including one that he wore for 15 of those seasons.

He has played for the New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, and now he wears the purple and gold of the Minnesota Vikings. If you do not know who this living legend is yet, it is Brett Favre, the man, the myth, the legend.

Favre’s career has been one that gained the attention of NFL fans from the start. He has played in four Pro Bowls, all with the Green Bay Packers, and he helped the Packers win Super Bowl XXXI in 1997.

Favre was pushed into retirement by the team he gave so much blood, sweat and tears to for the previous 15 seasons, the Packers.

After leaving the Packers at the end of the 2007 season, he announced and then retracted his retirement. He then signed a contract to play for the New York Jets, starting16 games. He also completed 343 out of 522 of his passes for a total of 3,472 yards and 22 touchdowns. He then decided to retire again after the 2008 season, before changing his mind again.

This year, Favre was picked up by Minnesota to play with a two-year contract for $25 million.

So far this year, Favre is playing just as well as he did as he did during his last season with Green Bay.

Favre and the Vikings have already defeated Green Bay this year, and the “cheese heads” are not to happy about that.

Many of the Packer fans are upset, not with the head guys for the Packers, but with Favre for not actually retiring.

Yeah, the guy has retired and came out of retirement twice in the past two seasons. But I believe that if someone wants to do something bad enough, then there is not any way that you can make him leave it behind.

To me, Favre represents football at its finest. He is the past and present of football. He is a revolutionary.