SI.com - Writers - Dr. Z: Favre a victim of his own unique skills - Tuesday March 4, 2008 3:03PM

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SI.com - Writers - Dr. Z: Favre a victim of his own unique skills - Tuesday March 4, 2008 3:03PM
Fire Jay Mariotti found this 3/5/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com [flag]
A few of us were standing around Brett Favre 's locker on the Friday before the Giants' playoff game, and he was telling stories of what it was like playing for his father at Hancock North Central High in Kiln, Miss."Last play of the game against Long Beach," he said. "One of those hot days ... everyone cramping up. I ran a draw to the left side. Missed the handoff, so I kept it and scored. My ... [link]

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For Once, Dr. Z Entertains Me Without Being Flagrantly Dumb
Published 3/5/2008 by larry b at Fire Jay Mariotti
... also calls out the media for constantly handling him with kid gloves. Now, I'm not a Favre/Packer hater. I acknowledge that he's great, and I really don't have anything horrible to say about him. The tone of what Dr. Z does here probably takes things a little too far; I mean, Favre has the all time win, TD and yardage titles in addition to a ring. It's a nearly peerless resume and should be treated as such. But I'm excited about this piece simply because it's such a breath of fresh air. ...

The Linc 3.6.08 - Wide Receivers on the brain
Published 3/6/2008 by JasonB <info@bleedinggreennation.com> at Bleeding Green Nation: Front Page Posts
... Finally, SI's Dr Z was maybe the lone nat'l media guy to go negative on Favre's retirement saying, "What could have been - Popularity, skills prevented Favre from true greatness" (SI.com) ...

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