I feel like Peter Finch in Network over the whole Brett Favre business. I'm not going to take it anymore. Unfortunately, I now live in Minneapolis, which means I'm in the belly of the beast. As I speak (or I suppose write in this case) there are 15 of my coworkers huddled around a TV set. Why you ask? Because the local news had their cameras at the airport to see Brit's plane land. And off the plane walked the old gunslinger. Oh he was limping too, because of course there were cameras. Gotta milk the angle. That's Favreology 101, when the cameras are on, put on your best John Wayne face.
It surprises me that no one has picked up on this parallel yet, but Brett Favre is Tom Cruise. Both had insanely successful and profitable careers, but later in those careers their true colors began to show. Tom got divorced and thought he would show people a different side of him. That side turned out to be the crazy side. And sure, people still like Tom, but not as many as in 1996. Brett was on top of the world, but couldn't let go. He kept wanting more and more, much like Cruise. But his colors shown after that NFC Championship loss to the Giants. It was his jumping on the couch moment. Crying, retiring, saying he wasn't loved anymore. And then Brett rebounded in his Mission Impossible: III performance last year. And now he's trying to convince you he's still a star. Well all I have to say after that long comparison is, I hope this season is like Valkyrie. And by Valkyrie I mean Julius Peppers breaks his legs.
Brett has always been a me guy, and I have no idea how that gets past fans. He doesn't care about you, he cares about your perception of him. He wants to be known as the everyman. And to this point he has done that. But I was hip to this trick back in 2006, and now 5 years later I have become indifferent. Actually, I will never be indifferent because of my hatred for the man. Nothing will please me more than Minnesota missing the playoffs. Their division has gotten exponentially better, and the Vikings schedule has gotten much more difficult. I honestly think they go 9-7 or 10-6 and miss the playoffs. And god help them if 2 of those losses are to the Bears. I will rub that in every ones faces
The last part of this saga is that he truly doesn't care for any of the other quarterbacks on the team. If I was Tavaris Jackson I would literally go to the coaching staff and tell them I was done. I don't care if I could get a job with another team or not. He is being jerked around by the staff saying "He's our guy," when they secretly have meetings with Favre. And to really twist the shank, his own team mates went to visit Favre and get him to come back. TEAM MATES!!!! The guys you are supposed to go to battle with would rather have another guy than you. They will practice with you, but when it comes to the game they want the other guy. I would leave if I was Jackson.
I realize that my views are jaded and a bit long winded. But to me it boils down to this: there are guys busting it all over the league to make roster spots, or starting lineups, or to just get better. And this guy waltzes in and expects the job handed to him. I honestly don't know what's worse, Favre or the team that enables him to do these things. It will play out I suppose, and I will probably watch. But I won't like it and will yell about it every chance I get.
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