On Sunday afternoon the Green Bay Packers put the nail in the coffin of another team (dropping the Vikings to 3-7) and coach (Wade Phillips and now Brad Childress). The bigger question is if they were able to put an end to the career of a player - Brett Favre.
Favre threw one interception on Sunday to bring his season total to 17 and looked pretty awful in the process. Favre was booed by the hometown Vikings fans (would probably have been cheered for his efforts in Wisconsin) and Rodney Harrison of NBC thought that coach Childress should have pulled Favre for Tavaris Jackson. Childress didn't have the guts to do it, so that ended his tenure as Vikings coach on Monday morning.
Favre said after the game that he will need to "re-evaluate" his football future. Many people have taken this to mean that he might call it quits mid-season. If this happens it would only be a mild shock to the NFL and Vikings since Favre has been such an attention seeking media whore the last three seasons.
Everyone knows that Favre will retire either after week 12 with an "injury" or after the season, so the biggest question won't be if he goes into the Hall of Fame or not, but it will be if Green Bay Packers fans can forgive the gunslinger that gave the team 16 mighty seasons. The answer will be yes - eventually. No cheese head can forget the Super Bowl trophy, consecutive game streak, passing records, and the list goes on...
Favre sullied his reputation by leaving Green Bay in a huff for the NY Jets. Then, it got worse when he went to play for the rival Vikings. With all his indecision and flip flopping, Packers fans resented their former franchise player. That resentment was partially due to the fact that he was still good. Now that his career is winding down on a sour note, Packers fans don't have to resent him anymore, we can just remember the good times when number 4 was behind center.
By the time Favre puts on the mustard colored jacket on the Canton stage, my guess is that the crowd will be filled with Packers fans cheering him on.
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