Should Brett Favre have retired?!?

i too am not packers fan but one thing i would like to say is he announced his retired some two years ago he should have sticked to it ... or he should have not made any announcements of that sort ... with this half-way decision it may affect his performance

hope1976~ Great points and very true about all the records. Longest running starting QB, most passing TD, no missed games, etc... The list is so long it is hard to keep up with. One fact is never going to change ~ Brett Favre is one of the greatest Quarterbacks that I can think of, even if I wasn't a Packers fan. He has set a lot of records, and has the potential to set a lot more this up coming season. Another fact is that whether he retires this year, next year, or the year after, he will be missed greatly by his fans, team mates, and the NFL alike. Thanks for your response!

Brett never said he was going to retire. He only said that he was thinking about it. I am positive that the day he actually does retire he will stick to it. And all of us fans will be very sad.

I think Greenbay is going to do very well NOW!!! Maybe they are going to start that vengeance thing now. I sure hope they can keep up this winning stuff! I will be very happy if they do. I'm in a fantasy league and I am going to keep picking them. I have my heart set on them. I'm a girl that doesn't know much about football but I do enjoy a good game and they have played them so far. I'm still smiling about the EAGLES VICTORY! I was not expecting that to happen!!!!! GO GREENBAY! Keep up the GREAT SCORES AND WINS!!!

Good points but I do have to admit that he has been looking pretty good so far this season! Always nice to see the old team start out the year at 3-0! HOpefully we can stay on this same track after sunday! lol

Yes Favre still has the skills and the ability to get us Packer fans to the playoffs. Heck we would have been there this year if the Giants would have lost there last regular season game! Now that was a comeback season if I ever saw one! Go Packers! I think that Aaron Rodgers will do ok once he comes into a game, but I do also think that we need to get another QB in this years draft picks. I think we can do better than him. Don't ask me who, though. Weapons on the offense would be a great thing for the team and some protection in the pocket would be even better for Favre in what is said to be his last year in the game and hopefully we can all hope to see a Last GREAT season from Favre! Thanks for the response cvdrpepper53

I have a hard time letting him go. He is the Green Bay Packers to me. Aaron Rodgers has big shoes to fill. He also doesn't have a fall back receiver to rely on, which kinda forces him into an uncomfortable position.

I think, as long as he physically is able to play then he should. Warren Moon played into his 40s and didn't have half the talent Favre does.

I always forget about Warren Moon and just how old he really was!!! I guess I was to young to really remember that all that much.

My husband is rooting in the background that you are absolutely correct about the not being on a winning team. Brett Favre has never worried about being on a winning team. Not that he wouldn't like to win, he is just there to help out the other players. Thank you for the very good point!

It is starting to look like I may have opened mouth inserted foot with talk of having him retire. I definitely can't complain of the stats that he is putting up this season so far. Hopefully it will stay that way. :)

shamuscott~ Part of me is glad that he is still around too! I love watching Favre play, but I also feel that he should step back and think of letting someone else step up and take the controls for a while. I do have to give kudoz to Mike McCarthy for his coaching job this last year, things did really turn around, but as they always say, you can only go so far with what you have. Sherman was used to Brett being an all-star and not getting old, as some people tend to think. When you have the youngest offensive line in the NFL you have to expect rookie mistakes and blunders and that is what we got. Did we expect any less, or more? Not really. Good points and thanks much for the response!

I agree that he should have retired two years ago. I have said the same thing for two years that he should have went out with a bang instead of a whimper, but as a true fan, I am still holding out that one little glimmer of hope that he will pull of that one last little miracle and give us Favre fans something to really remember him by before he leaves. The replacement still learns alot whether out on the field or not, but I do happen to agree that his replacement should have been out there a lot more than he has been utilized in the last couple of years. I can only think of a couple of times that he WAS used to be honest with you. Thanks for the response!

Thanks for your response dabratcarol ~ that is pretty much what I was getting at too. I feel that he should let someone else step up and take over the team now that they have had a chance to play together for a while and the coach to have a chance to be a coach.