What makes Brett Favre so Different?

By Waleo

Is it me or does Brett Favre receive special treatment when it comes to perception professionalism? Honestly what makes him different from players like Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco Johnson? Is it because he has one Superbowl ring? You know the one Desmond Howard got for him when with Howard’s Superbowl MVP performance against the New England Patriots scoring on a 99 yard kickoff return touchdown. Hmmm maybe, but when I see Brett Favre I see a guy who is no different than the so called “me guys.”

Why do you say? Well I’m glad to answer that question. To me, not a damn thing! The man is an attention hungry whore, just like Ochocinco and T.O. The difference is that during the offseason Ochocinco and T.O. are working hard. Please don’t let VH1 fool you they get their workouts in during the offseason. Favre acts like he’s going to retire every year just to miss training camp which is so juvenile. And now this year, he pushed back his surgery just so he could miss training camp. It’s ridiculous. Yeah I said it. He did it on purpose! Of course, if I was Adrian Peterson I would be pissed. AP is the real superstar of the team. He made Favre look good last year because AP was seeing eight or nine in the box. Favre saw man to man coverage all day. Instead of skipping training camp he should be working along side of AP trying to make his rapport with offense even better than it was last season.

Honestly could you see, Warren Moon, John Elway, Dan Marino, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, Randall Cunningham, Tom Brady, Donavan McNabb or even Peyton Manning pull this stunt consistently? Elway, Montana, and Marino, arguably the three best quarterbacks to ever play the game, played into their late 30’s and never pulled this crap. What makes Favre different from them? Is it because he’s a gunslinger or him patting teammates on the butt? Peyton Manning thrives for perfection and is everything you want in quarterback. He is always in training camp early, and he’s always prepared for anything. He is the best QB in the game. If the best QB in the game can attend training camp then I think Favre could try it. He uses to do it. I don’t want to hear age playing a role. Warren Moon took part in training camp and he played while he was 40. Joe Montana played for a while and he took a beating for years, but he would attend training camp. Let’s be real, Favre is a QB it’s not like he’s a running back where he is getting hit every play (especially playing for the Minnesota Vikings good O-Line). I’ve always learned in life that nobody is better than the next man or person. God created everyone equally. So what makes Favre better than most folks and why does it seem that he is untouchable to the media?

I know players like T.O and Ochocinco are thinking to themselves “man this dude skips camp and hijacks the media, and he gets so much love doing it but when we talk trash or dance in the endzone we are looked as me guys.” Come on now, T.O was loved by many of his teammates but he is depicted as a divider in the locker room. I find that kind of funny if you think about it. A guy who is liked in the locker room is a divider. LOL! It’s funny just writing it. Sure he doesn’t get along with quarterbacks, but Brett Favre has his list of detractors as well. Let me list a few, former teammate Thomas Jones, who couldn’t stand Favre’s interception ways, Green Bay General Manager Ted Thompson, who finally decided to take a stand and not buy into the Favre retirement hype, and Aaron Rodgers whom Favre said that he wouldn’t even groom to replace him while in Green Bay. He’s such a great guy that ESPN supports him.

I mean when he has ESPN on his side, man he can’t lose. But let T.O, Ochocino, or even a Randy Moss make a Favre move, I’m telling you the media outlets like ESPN would vilify them. Could you imagine if Randy Moss used retirement just to skip training camp? ESPN’s analyst would try to burry Moss. We are talking about one of the best WR to ever play the game. I have a message for ESPN, “I and many other people do not care if Favre is throwing footballs to kids in Mississippi or care if he is riding his tractor or whatever. You are better off re-airing the “Decision”. At least when Lebron made his “Decision” it was a mystery. With Favre, everybody knows the outcome already. He loves the attention. He is the ultimate me guy!

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