Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #488663 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Brett's Career in Green Bay

Many fans revere Brett Favre, and they have lots of reasons to do so:

--contributions to Packers' history
--record streak of playing in consecutive games
--toughness under adversity
--come-from-behind wins
--aw-shucks manner
--longevity as the Packers' starting quarterback

If you feel that way, you'll love this book. It shares those perspectives well and in detail, beautifully illustrated by momentous and iconic photographs of Brett at his best.

If you don't like the way that Brett unretired a few months after retiring to join the green and white in the New Jersey swampland, then this book might feel a little like a twist to the gut.

I'm not from Wisconsin and have never been a Packers' fan. But I have always admired the Packers. I think that the franchise and fans stand for very special qualities in professional football, ones exemplified by Vince Lombardi.

Why does a player decide to stop being a legend in his own town and head off in the twilight of his career for a so-so year somewhere else? I guess they are still able to get the job done (at least in their own minds).

Brett at his best for the Jets looked pretty good. Yes, he still threw lots of crazy interceptions . . . but that's part of his gunslinger persona. He looked bad at the end of the season, and you have to think he was hurt. A lot of blood will hit the floor in New Jersey as a result, with coach Eric "Mangenius" Mangini already gone. The quarterback the Jets dumped, Chad Pennington, had a much better season in Miami with the former 1-15 Dolphins than Brett did for the former wild card Jets. How the mighty can fall in one year. It's worth thinking about.

Where will Brett be next season? Who knows?

I do hope he will think about his legacy in Green Bay before deciding.