Favre's a Selfish Jerk

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I know they'll never say it on the record so I'll say it for Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels: Brett Favre is a jackass. I don't know Brett. I've never met him. But what he's shown us over the last year and change leads me to believe Brett's a selfish-jerk. All of his "I'm retired. Wait, I still wanna play. I quit. I'm gonna come back. I'm finished. I'm having surgery. I'm done. Psych, I'm back." is BS. If Brett really wanted to play he should've been on the field working with his teammates like the rest of the guys in the league. But no, Brett believes he's bigger than the NFL so he can do what he wants when he wants. How else do you explain his behavior?

Without question Favre's resume is better than that of Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels combined, but Jackson and Rosenfels aren't jerking their team around. They've been in camp, training and building with their receivers. They've acted like teammates while the Favre talk has swirled around them. Meanwhile, Brett's treating the NFL like the PGA. He wants to play one week, take a week off. He'll tune-up for the majors (The games against the Packers.), and do what he feels is best for Brett Favre. Super Bowls are not won this way.

A couple of Jets players complained at the end of last season about Favre being a bad teammate. Brett's flip-flopping, last-minute decision in Minnesota probably has his new teammates torn on his return. I spoke to Adrian Peterson a few weeks before camp opened and asked him how he would feel if the Vikes brought in a famous running back to take his spot when he's already holding down the position. Purple Jesus said "If I was holding it down, it would bother me." The tone in his voice implied that the position was up for grabs in his mind. I wonder if he feels that way now that the Vikings have gone through training camp and two-a-days while Favre was hanging out with high school kids in Mississippi.

Back in 1993 the 49ers traded Joe Montana to the Kansas City Chiefs to clear the way for Steve Young to take over the team. The decision might've pissed off Montana, but he didn't try to work his way to St. Louis or Arizona so he could face the 'Niners twice a season. He sucked it up and took the Chiefs to the playoffs, and now we remember Joe as a 'Niner, and as the greatest QB of all-time. Brett should've studied Joe.



By H. Gore | August 18, 2009; 2:41 PM ET | Category: Brett Favre , Green Bay Packers , Minnesota Vikings Save & Share:

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