Favre wonders if he really belongs in Hall of Fame

When he was a backup quarterback, which didn’t happen much during either his college or National Football League careers, he wished injury upon the starter so he could play.

Tony Dungy waves after he received his gold jacket at the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees’ dinner, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Canton, Ohio.

It’s impossible to look at Green Bay’s multi-decade run of dominance and not identify Favre the turning point in the franchise’s history. “As a coach, he came in and brought great credentials”. All of them are African Americans and have coached Super Bowl teams, with Tomlin winning a championship.

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“Nobody would buy a Packers helmet because the Packers were bad”, Evans said. And there are benefits to letting him get on the field, even briefly.

Harrison, an eight-time Pro Bowler and three-time First Team All-Pro, was one of the best receivers of his era and ranks Top 5 all-time in receptions and receiving touchdowns, as well as seventh in receiving yards.

Rumors of conversations between the Jets and Packers had swirled for a few days, and the tradewinds took on hurricane force as the Jets landed in Cleveland on Wednesday night, August 6, to word that the deal was going down. The Packers went 9-7 in 1992. The team made the playoffs in the 1993 season, but couldn’t get past the Cowboys for three seasons.

Favre found his niche at Green Bay, and turned around the once-proud franchise. Droves of Packers fan descended on Canton. Even older fans, such as his dad, rediscovered the team. Wolf made it happen when he took over as Green Bay’s general manager in November of that year, trading one of the Packers two first-round choices for Favre on February 11, 1992. After the 2008 season had ended, in mid January 2009, Favre told Jets’ general manager Mike Tannenbaum that they should consider heading in a different direction regarding the quarterback position. He had gotten a speeding ticket the night before, but delayed showing it to his dad.

“I was so impressed with how tough he is I remember one time a coach telling me when you get done playing the best compliment you can receive as a football player at any level is how tough you are, and that guys tough is all you want to hear right, what Favre did, the way he played hurt, he played banged up all the time, I mean I loved him, I loved playing with him”, Bowen said. They’re coming from all around the country to celebrate Favre’s big day. The following year he retired again, then joined the Vikings to play for two more seasons. They burned jerseys. The animosity approached hatred. “I think owners study the way he did things, not only football but other sports”.

“People don’t just like him because he’s in the Hall of Fame; it’s because he’s Brett Favre”.

“Despite what people may think, I don’t sit around the house and watch highlights of myself”, Favre said. “That’s what made him great”.

But Favre’s legacy is not what it could have been, O’Neill said. Because he went to the Vikings, he doesn’t have the stature of Starr, Green Bay’s other legendary quarterback.

The question has come up a few times about what percentage of Favre’s motivation for playing in Minnesota was driven by the opportunity it gave him to face his longtime team. In the longevity argument it’s Favre all day.

“(Expletive) the Vikings”, one fan in Packers gear said to the Journal Sentinel. That one’s a keepsake.

The artifacts were selected by the museum curators with no input from Favre, who finally saw the display on Friday while touring the Hall of Fame with one of his former coaches, Steve Mariucci. Players who win roster spots with one or two outstanding preseason performances can potentially earn lofty salaries in the National Football League down the line.

Two weeks later, to show her support for Favre during the wild-card game against the Seahawks, and as a tribute to “Big Irv”, Birling made a sign that said “We Believe”.