After several NFL offseason episodes every year, Brett Favre announces his retirement from Pro Football. But this time he swears it’s true. Seriously. No, really!
With 18 NFL Seasons played and 39 years old, Favre says the retirement is for good and there will be no more “surprise” comebacks. He stated that his time to leave has come, and he wants to put an end to his very successful NFL career. He just played one season with the New York Jets, and although he’s thankful for that opportunity, he said “I wish I could’ve played better down the stretch”. Brett Favre is starting to learn his limitations and, wisely, retires while he’s still in the spotlight as one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history.
Even though most of the football betting fans won’t believe this unless the 2009 NFL Season actually begins without him, everything points towards this as a true fact: His retirement paperwork has finally been filed in the NFL. This time we didn’t have all those tears and loud goodbyes (probably because Favre knows he’d look like a complete fool if he goes through all that drama for the second time to take it back a few weeks later). Just the certainty from the Jets QB about the definitive retirement.
So this means the Jets are probably losing their star after one season showing off the skills of Brett Favre. It’s likely that many football fans decide not to bet on the ‘Favre-less’ NY Jets. Do you think this will affect the team’s chances of getting to the next Super Bowl? Only time will tell… if the word ‘retirement’ does mean quitting Football this time for Favre.
