Brett Favre is one of the NFL's all-time great QBs; however he had now become a caricature of himself. The latest in the Favre saga is an allegation that he "sexually harassed" a female employee of the NY Jets by sending her text messages and pictures of his "junk". Of course the allegations could be without merit but at this point Favre has generated far more buzz off the field than on it, on balance, over the last three seasons.
What has become evident, at least to me, over the past three years is that Favre is not some "good ole" country boy just looking to play some ball; I believe that he is a narcissist of epic proportions that is able to get away with his illness because of that slow southern drawl. Brett Favre is a guy who should have quit three years ago when he threw the pick in Lambeau Field that sealed the Packers NFC Title game loss to the Ny Giants.
When I look at Favre, unlike say a Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, I say "what is this guy going to do when he retires?” Favre is not charismatic or articulate enough to get a TV gig- well to be fair that never stopped Darryl "Moose" Johnson from doing games for Fox- thus he is left with the thought of hanging around the house in Mississippi with his wife and kids which obviously isn't good enough for a guy with the ego of Brett Favre.
Sadly, Favre was a great football player, there is no denying that. Rather than remembering Favre throwing TD passes, scrambling around and making plays, we are left to remember him grasping his elbow in pain, limping from his ankle injury suffered in last year's NFC Title game and potentially texting pictures of his genitals to young women. To coin a phrase from a hit song in the 1980s, Brett don't go away mad- just go away.
2 comments:
You nailed it yet again E. Here is a guy who could have left on top, sure it wasn't with another ring but he was at the top. Sadly he followed in the footsteps of Michael Jordan and Jerry Rice, two that hung around just a little longer than they should. The difference here is that eventually Michael and Jerry knew when to hang it up. I don't think this guy does. My question to all is if there was a charity for Drama or Indecisiveness, which would he be the poster child for?
An ego that's been fed heartily since reaching the age of double digits can be a hard thing to control. Some handle it better than others. I think you're right, we're seeing Favre wrestle with the idea of being out of the spotlight for the first time that he can even remember.
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