Good Riddance

It finally looks like Brett Farve is going to be put out to pasture and I could not be happier. I am convinced that the Metrodome roof did not colapse on Sunday because of a blizzard but because it could not stand to see Brett Farve throw one more interception. For all of his good ole boy appeal, this guy is deep down is one of the biggest phonies in the NFL. If the mainstream media could have stayed off of his nuts for half of a news cycle they would be able to see it like I see it. This year he got a 2 million dollar raise and did not go to training camp. Anybody else they would be considered lazy & greedy, but when it is Farve, he just doesn't need as much practice as everybody else. Maybe he would have been in a little better shape for this season if he had gone to traing camp instead of throwing the ball around with high school kids in Mississippi. If Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning can show up for training camp and lead thier teams with Super Bowl rings earned in this THIS decade, who the hell is Brett Farve to skip training camp?

For all 507 touchdowns he has thrown, this guy has not won been to or won a Super Bowl since the Playstation 1 was the shit, and everyone still talks about how great he is. I'm not saying 507 touchdowns is not impressive but if you are going to bring that up you also have to bring up that he is the all time leader in interceptions as well with 334. I am almost convinced he has hung around these last few years not to solidify his legacy, but to put all of numbers out of reach of the only active player who could break all of his records, Peyton Manning. The only record Manning has no chance of breaking is Farve's record number of interceptions. He would have to throw almost 28 a year for he next five years to do that.

Watching Brett Farve play football this year has been like watching Muhammad Ali fight Larry Holmes in 1980. After 20 years, there have been flashes of past brilliance but the ability to be effective as an elite quarterback has been beaten out of him. If he has any class or sense he will not put that uniform again and save himself the embarrasment of getting knocked out of another game. For all of my hate, I acknowledge the guy is a first ballot shoe in for the Hall Of Fame but since I saw him crying like a bitch at the after a win over the Bears at the end of the 2006 season he has also been a hall of fame drama queen.