Why can't he just go away?

A coworker of mine is a die hard Green Bay Packers fan and by association a die hard Brett Favre fan. Over the past couple years, we've had many discussions about Mr. Favre as he has provided a lot of water cooler talk for football fans around the world, and his opinion has progressed in an interesting path. See below:

After initial retirement and Packers going with Aaron Rodgers: "Oh yeah, Brett got a raw deal. He deserved better than that. I hope he stays retired though."

After he returned with the Jets: "Good for him. He was treated poorly and I think it's okay that he went to a team in a different conference. He obviously still wants it."

After his season ends in tears after a horrendous performance, murdering the Jets (and Patriots season): "He just needs to retire."

After he "retires" again: "It needed to happen. I'm glad he finally did it."

Yesterday after Favre showed up at Vikings practice and signed: "He's dead to me. I hope when he goes into the Hall of Fame they make him wear a Jets or Vikings uniform. I cannot stand that guy."

Has an athlete ever went from deification by a fanbase to complete and utter derision from the same faster? Seriously, who would sign with the bitter rival of his long time team at the twilight of his career? He really, really needed to end his career, and now he's going to spend another year making bad decisions and ruining a new team's playoff hopes. I really cannot wait until he finally disappears, and I can think of a number of people who agree with me in that regard.

No Christmas present for me

Thanks for nothing guys

For my team, the New England Patriots, to make the playoffs they needed a couple things to happen. They needed to win their game (they did 13 to 0) and they needed either Baltimore to lose to the Jaguars (not going to happen) or the Dolphins to lose to the Jets. That was a possibility.

While watching the game, it seemed perfectly possible, as the defense of the Jets held the Dolphins to 24 points and overall they were moving the ball well enough. I was starting to actually think the Pats may make it.

Of course, I forgot that Brett Favre was the Jets QB, and it all went downhill from there. The Pats season went up in smoke as "Evil Brett" came out to play, throwing three interceptions (including two absolutely stupid ones - one for a backbreaking touchdown return by the Dolphins) and making all kinds of other stupid decisions (not to Brett: bounce passes are legal in basketball, not football).

In a season that was at best troubled for Brett, he ended the season with a one game representation of his entire season. Sure he occasionally made good plays, but he killed his team with the stupid ones that surrounded them. Just goes to show you that Brett really is the ultimate feast or famine player, as today he not only killed the Jets season but the Patriots one as well.

Let's hope he retires, as the path of destruction he left behind may be the legacy he deserves. Congrats to Chad Pennington on getting the ultimate revenge, and here's pulling for the Dolphins, Falcons, and Cardinals in the playoffs (although to be fair, none of them really have a chance).