Green Bay Blues: Brett Favre Retires

Brett Favre has announced today that he will be retiring from the Green Bay Packers football team. For the past five years, there have been rumors once a year that this would happen, and, now, it has finally come true. Every Packer fan remembers the last play of his career as an interception in the NFC Championship game. If this was me, I wouldn't have wanted to go out this way. He goes out on a good note, though, with every QB record under his belt and a winning season to end his career. "He was a great ball player," said Chris Grinstead when interviewed by a Bleacher Report writer. "He will be missed." There is no doubt that Aaron Rodgers will be feeling the pressure for the next few years, as he is left in the wake of a future Hall of Famer. He showed a decent performance at Dallas when Favre went down with an arm injury, but can he do it for a whole season? He also has a problem with injuries, so Ted Thompson might want to draft or trade for a solid backup to take the ... (link)