Teflon Favre's Fall From Innocence

 
Is it over yet? Is it safe to come outside? With the apocalypse upon us these days, I try to play it pretty safe. How can I be so sure that the apocalypse is imminent you ask? Well I'm pretty sure it says in the Good Book something about the world not lasting too much longer after Brett Favre is actually disparaged by the major print media. I mean I never thought it would be in my lifetime, not with John Madden's idol worship and the traditional print media's collective blind eye to the Great One's physical foibles. But Favre managed to gack away his public sainthood like any number of postseason passes landing ever so comfortably in the arms of an opposing secondary. Thousands of years from now when anthropologists are studying our civilization and are seeking to split the NFL into PF (Pre-Favrian) and AF (After Favre) eras, what will be their reference point?  Behold the moment that will serve as the paradigm shift for all things football:   The Greta Interview This ... [link]

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