297 straight games. That's the number that will officially be etched into the record books with Brett Favre's name next to it. I'm not going to hate on Favre in this post. It will be the only time I honor him. But first, I can't help but wonder -- is Yahoo on foreign drugs?
The above screen shot is from the Yahoo homepage. In the little tab, they have it correct: Brett Favre's streak ends. That would be a suitable name for the article; however, in the enlarged version, the title reads Water main breaks, encases house in ice. I searched for the metaphoric representation in the ensuing description, but it just doesn't make sense. When you click through to the story, it brings to you a regular old article honoring Favre's accomplishment. Weird. Those damned Yahooligans.
Anyway, I'll get this out of the way now. Brett Favre's accomplishment of 297 straight games started in the National Football League is incredible. Absolutely incredible. When you look at a league with such contact, a game with such intensity and grit, it's amazing that someone could go that long without missing a single start. Is he a coward, a backstabber, a choker in clutch time, a media whore, and a pain in the ass? Absolutely. But he's a warrior, I cannot deny him of that. As Vince Vaughn once said in Anchorman, "At the bottom of my gut, with every inch of me, I plain, straight hate you. But dammit, do I respect you!" Those words were directed toward Ron Burgundy. I sense I may not be alone in redirecting that quote toward Brett Favre today.
Still, my hopes and prayers are that this spells the beginning of the end for the Favre media craze. He's (hopefully... please, God, hopefully) retiring after this season, and he may have even played his last snap. The injury must be fairly serious for Favre to be inactive. Either way, the respect will start flying wild now. Nonetheless, I hope that America truly is tiring of the man and that he can just leave his legacy in history without dragging it years into the future. We'll reminisce about you when I'm a grandfather, Brett -- but let us all take a little while to free ourselves from that burden temporarily.
The above screen shot is from the Yahoo homepage. In the little tab, they have it correct: Brett Favre's streak ends. That would be a suitable name for the article; however, in the enlarged version, the title reads Water main breaks, encases house in ice. I searched for the metaphoric representation in the ensuing description, but it just doesn't make sense. When you click through to the story, it brings to you a regular old article honoring Favre's accomplishment. Weird. Those damned Yahooligans.
Anyway, I'll get this out of the way now. Brett Favre's accomplishment of 297 straight games started in the National Football League is incredible. Absolutely incredible. When you look at a league with such contact, a game with such intensity and grit, it's amazing that someone could go that long without missing a single start. Is he a coward, a backstabber, a choker in clutch time, a media whore, and a pain in the ass? Absolutely. But he's a warrior, I cannot deny him of that. As Vince Vaughn once said in Anchorman, "At the bottom of my gut, with every inch of me, I plain, straight hate you. But dammit, do I respect you!" Those words were directed toward Ron Burgundy. I sense I may not be alone in redirecting that quote toward Brett Favre today.
Still, my hopes and prayers are that this spells the beginning of the end for the Favre media craze. He's (hopefully... please, God, hopefully) retiring after this season, and he may have even played his last snap. The injury must be fairly serious for Favre to be inactive. Either way, the respect will start flying wild now. Nonetheless, I hope that America truly is tiring of the man and that he can just leave his legacy in history without dragging it years into the future. We'll reminisce about you when I'm a grandfather, Brett -- but let us all take a little while to free ourselves from that burden temporarily.
I think the bigger news is the fact that Vanessa Hudgens is on the market.
ReplyDeleteWow. I read this article looking for a story about how Brett couldn't get out of his house because it was encased in ice.
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