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Thank God! Brett Favre Decides To Stay Retired

It's over! It's over! Thank the gods of football; it's over! The Brett Favre Saga which has gone on and on and on and on for sixteen months is finally over!!!!

Brett Favre announced that he will remain retired from football FOREVER! ESPN release.

Favre told ESPN that he is not physically cabable of playing this season; he complained of nagging knee, ankle and shoulder pain during his workouts with high school students in Mississippi.

This should serve as a big relief to Vikings fans and the Vikings ogainization. They will not have to be surprised, like the Jets were last fall, when they
traded for Vengeful Favre last August 7. Still, the Vikings might suffer a bit from the Favre fiasco.

They had to wait in suspended animation for months until Favre came to this obvious decision. Now, they can focus on training camp and their 2009 season. More important, all of us can actually focus on the other interesting stories that emerge over the next five weeks before the start of the regular season.

Favre's last season was not a good one with the Jets. It started off well enough, leading the Jets to a 8-3 record through Thanksgiving, and his Jets number 4 jersey became the number one selling product on the NFL market.

But injuries and locker room turmoil soon turned Favre's star presence in New York into a nightmare. The Jets lost four of their final five games with Favre throwing nine interceptions during that span. His painful,lasting video image was an interception he threw to a Dolphins linebacker in the season finale that resulted in a Dolphins touchdown. The Dolphins won the game 24-17, ending the Jets season and sending Chad Pennington and the Fish to a AFC East division title.
Au revoir, old warrior of the gridiron; we'll remember you most fondly in your earlier Hall of Fame incarnation.

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