Brett Favre Calls it Quits to Bears Fans' Delight

 
Bears fans rejoice! Brett Favre who, for over a decade, has ripped the hearts out of our bodies and stomped on them like cigarette butts finally has called it a career. As a Bears fan, I celebrate today for many reasons.  Many of my associates live in Wisconsin, and today is a day of extraordinary doom for them.  I, being the small-minded person I am, am jumping on them.  Does that make me a lunkhead? The type of Bears meathead fan who celebrates a bad season for the Bears because they beat the Packers twice?  For one day, you bet your ass! Taking a quick look at the numbers you say to yourself that this Favre guy broke almost every single passing record in the NFL.  He started every game since people like John Candy, Ronald Reagan, and Abraham Lincoln were alive.  He led quarterbacks in numerous statistics in the late-1990s, including amount of vicodin taken in a given week.  He threw 442 touchdowns, ran for 13, and even had a 40-yard rush in ... [link]

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Favre tells Packers he's retiring

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that according to Favre's agent, Buss Cook, Favre informed Packers coach Mike McCarthy of his decision Monday night. Foxsports.com first reported Favre's decision.
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Brett Favre's Agent: 'I Know He Wants to Play One More Year'

So why did Brett Favre decide to retire? His agent, Bus Cook, suggests that Favre could have been convinced to stick around if he had thought the Packers were showing enough interest in him, but that the Packers' lukewarm feelings made Favre decide ...
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Breaking Nugget: #4 Packs It In | Draft Nuggets

After three offseasons of the annual “will he” or “won’t he”, we finally have our answer. Ladies and gentlemen turn out the lights, the party’s over. The NFL’s ironman, Brett Favre, announced today that he is retiring as the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers. After 17 seasons the NFL’s all time leader in touchdown passes, interceptions, passing yardage and consecutive starts leaves the ...
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Brett Favre's Voicemail for Chris Mortensen

Brett Favre has not called a press conference to explain his decision to retire as quarterback of the Green Bay Packers. But he did explain himself in a voicemail for Chris Mortensen: Favre discussed the stress of studying every week and ...
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