Seriously, as Brett waffles off into the sunset I do sincerely wish him well as he rides around on his Snapper without pants on while sexting Jen Sterger and contemplating his next comeback. Love him or hate him we will all miss the drama queen and what he meant to football.

I hope the Packers soon retire #4 forever...on the back of every urinal in Lambeau so all fans can show the diva their proper respect.

Online this morning on this first day of winter, the sub-title was written as if it were on a tomb stone. The words were; "the end of Favre."
Go back to the first quarter of the game where Brett Favre was leaping in the air, and had his usual encouraging smile, and comradery with the players; exicted over every single play. Go back to the record breakers, the history of a great player, and ask yourself... who has the right to slander someone like Brett Favre and in the same breath, be exalting the "change" in Michael Vick who does not have the record Brett has.
Do you really want to trash and tear down every single person who loves the sport of football enough to want to "play" the game with all he has?
Yes, Brett is done with this season but you insult a great football legend and an awesome person when you act as though Brett is a thing of the past. Brett Favre is never going to be done, and he will always bring fresh well played football whether he goes into coaching, or into playing for another team. No, don't put his name on any tomb stone people, it just ain't right no matter what way you look at it. Brett Favre deserves more respect than what the press and sport's announcers give him.

That's right winter; poor BF was the victim here.

As a pathetic has-been jock signing autographs in some parking garage during a grocery store grand opening.

I honestly believe the poor man had a midlife crisis, time and again, and I fear that his life is going to be cut short due to all these tragedies. And I don't believe it's going to be a pretty demise. :(

After being the "league joke" for so long... the change up for the Packers really was the advent of a quarterback, with passion. Brett Favre "WAS" the greatest thing to hit Green Bay in a lonnnng time.

It must be hard to be in the limelight, and when your body is beginning to fail you, how do you handle it? I really wish he would have STAYED retired the first time! His wife and daughters could have benefited by having Dad at home, taking care of his family. God knows, his wife needed him.

His ego has been the driving force, over the past 5 years. Some people just do NOT know when to just stop!

Rodgers is becoming a great quarterback. Look at all Favre went through... Green Bay snatched him up while he was in the throws of drug addiction to pain killers. Rodgers (as far as we know) is squeaky clean.

Brett, just GO HOME! You don't need the money, and your wife would probably like to know that SHE is still your partner, in EVERY sense of the word. Showing the "cranberries" over the wires, wth were you thinking?

atticusfinch, under your line of reasoning, it could be said Deanna Favre saved the franchise since she encouraged BF to get help with his addictions (twice) and stood by her man while he was out womanizing while in Green Bay. Otherwise he might just be another washed up has been (as he is careening towards being now).

1. "could not compete and could relocate" is sports speak used whenever a team wants a city to use tax money to biuld them a stadium. The Packers board would not relocate the team, espescially in the mid 90's when they were winning.

2. As someone who lived in GB at the time of the referendum, I can say it is likely it would have passed even without a Super Bowl win. It WAS good timing and planning on the team administration (Harlan, Wolf, etc.) to make the pitch when they did; but a division or conference championship would have probably been enough. The Packers are always popular in Brown County.

3. Giving BF sole credit for the team success of the 96 & 97 seasons is a stretch at best.

the media is partly to blame for this they seem to not want to let favre go. all the new s outlet favre this farve that. even when they came here to play , what did the headline say lambeau gets ready for favre. how about rodgers and the packer s get ready for the minnesota vikings instead? and as far as the vikings should of won by 7, blame there coach mccarthy was on the ball and threw the flag , and got some calls change , the vikings coach missed it . not the packers fault. you cant say just by that they would of lost by 7 , you dont know how the next play would of went or how the changed call would of changed the game.

They should have let Rodgers go. Packers would have been better off to recruit someone else that might be able to win.

haha. he won't. he won't even be able to walk, let alone pull his pants up...making it easier for him and his lewd text messages, I suppose. but eh. whatever.

U all crack me up. Did you even hear the whole story of y Brett left. He could of retired a Packer. Yes hes seen his better days but the way the packers treated him was crap. Hope he kicks their a_ _ next time!!!!

I think they had 2 to boo at, didn't they? favre AND moss? I think I would have boo'd too...and I'm normally a very nice person.

also...a lot of the time people think the Packers are "boo"ing but they are really saying "kuhn". I'm just sayin'...

Seeing as the game was played in New England, you would expect that.

justsaynotomath - He was booed on the field yesterday and they weren't playing the Packers!

ONE man does not a TEAM save....

Consider this--
Without a renovated Lambeau Field, the Packers (in their own words) "could not compete and could relocate"
To renovate LF, they had to pass a referendum
To pass a referendum, they needed to be very successful (Super Bowl), hence popular
Without Brett Favre, that likely would not have happened in a timely fashion to prevent drastic moves
It could be argued that he saved the franchise--give him a break

Favre taken out by a lacerated jaw. That will teach him to keep his trap (hip thrust) shut!

gonefishin, I agree about Brett's retirement AND that he may be the toughest player.

regardless, he's ruining both his legacy and reputation...and should have used his brain instead of resorting to creeper behavior...

Great player or greatest player? An exercise in truthiness. (Pardonne moi, Monsignor Colbert.)

Boat Loads of $$$$$$$$

I think waaay to much time & energy has been spent on this "Has Been". He's not playing for Green Bay nor Wisconsin anymore so lets get past this guy, & move on. If you can't move on, then get some Professional Help!

Missed this option: I won't.

Ok, I didn`t know about that, but a "moon" is far from a sexual assault.

I actually have thought about what that would be like if Peyton ever had an end in Indy such as Favre had in GB. That would not be pleasant. I had sympathy for the Packer fans as they had to "take a side" so to speak. If not then at least they had to be torn. The fact is that GB was going to lose Rodgers if Favre had been allowed to stay. The Pack did the right thing in my opinion, especially with Favre jerking them around.

his mantra: there may be no "I" in team, but there sure is a "ME".

I think he was a great player who should have retired with a great legacy and a great reputation. too late now.

Peyton Manning isn’t squeaky clean. In 2003 a lawsuit was resolved between Manning and a former Tennessee athletic trainer. The lawsuit was for defamation (from Manning’s book), but it stemmed from an incident in which Manning “mooned” the trainer. This “mooning” and various other incidents involving the athletic trainer led to a $300,000 lawsuit against the University of Tennessee.

He may not have any parking tickets, but there is this.

Favre may not be a great off-the-field role model, but you’d be hard pressed to find a better on-the-field role model than him. Off-the-field role models in professional sports are few and far between these days. The things you hear in the news are usually just the tip of the ice berg. You do enough digging on anyone and I am sure you’ll find a skeleton or two. Glen Coffee (a second year player that retired earlier this year, because God told him to go into ministry) was recently arrested for carrying a concealed firearm. Who would have thunk it?

All that aside; I still enjoy watching Favre play. I do think the Packers made the right decision with bringing Rodgers in when they did. I just wish it would have gone down much differently than it did. Needless to say; it was pretty ugly. I’ll always cheer for the Packers, but I find it hard to not cheer for Favre (unless he is playing against Green Bay).

To rjy83 who said: "Conversely players like Peyton Manning and Big Ben have committed real sexual assaults". Maybe Big Ben, but Peyton Manning has never ever been accused of anything improper in his career. Well, maybe making too many dorky commercials. :) I don`t think he has even had a parking ticket. Give me a break and get your facts straight. You obviously don`t know what you are talking about. Geez! Come on man!

On top of that, Peyton will eventually break every one of "Brent Faver`s" records. The Indy Star website currently has a "Manning Meter" which predicts the year and game in which he will break each and every one. He is only 34 yrs old btw.

"He had an MVP caliber season last year" - and yet he got 1 vote out of 50.

Onecooper - don't forget Bart Starr who won 5 championships (3 were pre-Super Bowl).

"One of the NFL's best ever" - I'm not sure I would put him in the top 10 QBs - Individual stats are impressive but championships won also figure in and 1 for 2 doesn't quite cut it. Maybe the top 15 or 25.

It was great having Brett on the Packers till the 06, 07 time when he even admitted he did not fit the team anymore. The Packers gave him his due by sticking with him like Elway but Brett went personal and decided to focus on himself instead of the team which he lived and breathed for so many years. He was an over the top team player and leader but also went over the top with his power and tried to be the coach/manager too. This is a train wreck that should not have happened because he does truely love the sport.He should have learned from Bart Starr on how to handle it off the field. I have heard many stories about Bart Starr and not one bad. That is a true MVP.

"Should have retired with his legacy in tact"? He had an MVP caliber season last year. Packer fans are just upset that he had the gall to play anywhere but GB. The problem is, he WAS forced out of GB and he wanted to continue to play. Whether or not it was the correct move can be debated, but both he and the Packers handled the whole divorce poorly.

As far as the sexting goes, if he actually did send pictures of his groin (which he denies) to a woman or several women, obviously it is in poor taste. I don't believe it illegal however. Conversely, players like Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlesberger have committed real sexual assaults. If you want to hate on a football player, choose one of them.

Favre is no angel but he's also not the devil that many make him out to be. I am grateful that he spent most of his career in GB and will remember him for what he is, one of the greatest Packers ever.

One of the NFL's best ever. But I certainly don't agree that he "gave" the fans anything. He has certainly made a tidy bunch of money for his efforts.

Obviously the people posting here like and support turncoats, pill poppers and sexters. What an example he's making for our children. And you seriously think one super bowl over an entire career is great? He’s no Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana who each had 4 super bowl rings. Think about it.

Boy there are some fans that forget all the games he won while being a Packer.I was a Packer supporter for over 60 years.But how Thompson and the coach handed Brett his walking papers was awfull.As they rail roaded him to get Thompsons choice player(Mr.Rogers) they would of let Brett go to the Vikings,instead sending him to the worst team at the time the Jets.Brett was then able to get to go to the Vikings.So Wisconsin stop your bitching and hope that Mr.Rogers will get the job done.Or untill they get rid of Thompson and the coach you will not be in the play offs.Vince is rolloing over in his grave.

Yes boombah, the Packers gave him the supporting cast and the chance he needed to excel. He was going nowhere in Atlanta. Yes he had great skills and durability but those mean nothing when you're sitting on the bench as a second stringer

Do you forget him retiring? He wasn't forced out, he wanted to leave. And then for his own personal glory he chose to continue playing. I believe as packer fans we should all say, GOOD RIDDANCE!!!

As I said in an earlier post..... BLAME THE FRICKEN MEDIA.. FOR ALL THIS HYPE... Brett Farve is and will be one of the greatest QB's that ever played the game ..plain and simple... I saw a poster the was shown during the game, i think it should be held true.. it went something like this... " it shouldn't matter what color 4 ( it shows green purple, and yellow #4) you wear.. We Love you Brett"

It does in my book.. they were the best ( and sometimes the worse) times of football I have ever seen.. from MVP to throw him under the bus.. he has always made Sundays more enjoyable in my eyes... looking forward to seeing you in the FOOTBALL Hall of Fame... (As a PACKER)

The packers made Brett? Thats an entertaining thought! Having a great supporting cast is good but what about his durability? his rocket arm? or his knowledge of the game? I would say he "made" a couple of players on the Green Bay Packers.

Let's remember that the Packers made Brett, not the other way around. Wolf and Holmgren gave him the opportunity and supporting cast to succeed, and succeed he did. He was a great player in his prime and did his part to win a Super Bowl (but he didn't win it all by himself). He also lost a Super Bowl when he choked in the last 2 minutes against the Broncos. He gave us some great memories and some hair tearing moments; so you take the good with the bad with Brett. He did NOT want to play for McCarthy because he couldn't push Mike around they way he did with Rhodes and Sherman, so he retired in the only way he knew how, in an overly dramatic fashion, the way he did everything in his career.

CHELLEANANDLOU & JUSTSAYNOTOMATH...WOW! You both said it SO perfectly!! All the "Favre Bashers"...should be ashamed of themselves. I heard all those people Boo'ing Sunday night..made me sick. Brett is the traitor!?!?! I think the bashers are! Yes, Packer fans, the "boo-ers" are definatly ignorant, as are all the people that overuse the phrases "drama queen...vi-queens...and all the many other names they have for him out there. The name calling should be reserved for the Packer management who forced him out of Green Bay. Brett did NOT want to leave.

For me it's two-fold, first and foremost a great player who brought so much to the Packers, Green Bay and Wisconsin. He gave Green Bay the best years of his life, gave us the best years of football we'd had since the 60s, broke record after record he's the most durable quarterback to ever play the game. Secondly, Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy forced him out of Green Bay, everything that followed THEIR choice to stab him in the back after all he had done for the Packers should be put behind him and buried. Packer fans who booed him last year for the Packer/Viking game at Lambeau should be banned from Lambeau. The booing of Brett after the game the Packers WON was rude, uncalled for, and just plain mean and disrespectful. Face it people, without Brett Favre in Green Bay for the 16 years he was the Packers would NOT be contenders for the NFC North, would not have yet another Super Bowl win under their caps, much less been able to sign some of the draft picks they have been able to sign in recent years.

Who??? ;)

very spoiled quarterback. He wants everything his way other wise he threatens to retire. needs to get over yourself.

One too many? You are so very kind. ;-)

How about none of the above, or...

As a great quarterback who threw one too many interceptions.

I chose the first. He should have retired long ago and not become such a "drama queen". I am not a football fan at all but he will be remembered by me as a person who did stupid stuff just to attract attention. JMO

Again where is the "who cares- was a great player though"option

How about: A great player...... Why the after thoughts? Can't he be just that and let the rest go? He did give Green Bay the best years of his life..