OUR BOY FAVRE!

Brett Favre breaks Dan Marino's career passing record to become the NFL leader with 61,405 yards. A simple slant pattern to his favorite receiver gave Brett Favre another record in a milestone season and clinched a first-round playoff bye for the Green Bay Packers. Favre threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns, eclipsing Dan Marino's career record of 61,361 to become the NFL leader in yards passing, in a 33-14 victory over the St. Louis Rams (3-11). Favre, in his 17th season, now has 61,405 yards passing. Green Bay (12-2) needed only to win to secure the bye after Seattle lost to Carolina, 13-10. When the 38-year-old Favre set the record on a seven-yard toss to Donald Driver on the Packers' first drive of the fourth quarter, he had all the fans rooting for him in a sold-out Edward Jones Dome that appeared half-filled with Packers fans.
The game was halted for a few minutes as the record was acknowledged. Driver hugged Favre, who shook hands with referee Ron Winter.
Quoteworthy: "I've said this all along: I've never considered myself to be in the same league as Dan Marino." -- Brett Favre, Packers quarterback

YA HEARD!??

Brett Favre's standout season for the resurgent Green Bay Packers has earned him the title of 2007 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, making him the fourth quarterback to win the award in its 53-year history. The 38-year-old Favre joins fellow quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw (1979), Joe Montana (1990) and Tom Brady (2005) as recipients of the award, given to an athlete who symbolizes the ideals of sportsmanship. Favre, a three-time NFL MVP, said in the cover story of the magazine's Dec. 10th issue that leadership is about finding ways to raise his team's level of play."You do that by setting an example, by doing things the right way. I've always shown up, I've always been prepared, I practice every day," Favre said. "I practice hard. I study. No matter what happens on the field, I never point blame at anybody else. Everything I do comes back to leadership, the example I want to set." Favre has started a quarterback-record 249 consecutive games, and this year surpassed Dan Marino for career touchdown passes and pass attempts. He is 450 yards away from breaking Marino's career record of 61,361 yards. Favre has had one of the best seasons of his 17-year career, completing 67.4 percent of his passes for 3,412 yards with 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He's on pace to surpass his career marks in completion percentage, yards passing and fewest interceptions per attempts. The magazine also recognized Favre's history of philanthropy, including his Fourward Foundation that's donated more than $4 million to charities in Wisconsin and Mississippi and assisted Mississippi's Gulf Coast counties after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

COME BACK FAVRE...

At risk of sounding like a complete homo here, I literally love Brett Favre (pause). It may be just wishful thinking, but I think in the next couple of weeks, Ted Thompson and the Packers organization are going to come back to their senses and let Brett do his thing. When you get right down to brass tacks, they HAVE to let him play. I mean, I'm not so blinded by my Favre-goggles to realize that he has fucked this thing up royally. I feel Absolutely horrible for Aaron Rodgers, but after all's said and done, The Packers CANNOT let Favre go. The man IS the Packers. I'm completely sickened by the current situation but I still have faith that come opening day, Sept. 8th, against the Vikings, our boy is gonna be back out there killin' those motherfuckers like he's done for the past 17 years. We need one more Superbowl run (or 2 or 3) before he hangs it up for good and I can be at peace.

FAVRE TO RETURN IN 2007!!!!!

"Brett Favre informed me this morning that he plans to return for a 17th NFL season," General Manager Ted Thompson said. "The Packers are excited by his decision and look forward to a successful 2007 campaign." With Favre's return, the Packers hope to continue the success they were building at the end of 2006, when they finished the season with a four-game winning streak to reach the .500 mark at 8-8. "I am so excited about coming back," Favre told the Biloxi Sun Herald newspaper. "We have a good nucleus of young players. We were 8-8 last year and that's encouraging. "My offensive line looks good, the defense played good down the stretch. I'm excited about playing for a talented young football team."

LOA PRESENTS: A VERY SPECIAL WALK DOWN FAVRE MEMORY LANE

All this Favre drama is really making me nostalgic about what Brett Favre has meant to diehard cheesheads everywhere for the past 17 years. I'm fed up with the rollercoaster-esque mindfuck he's put us through since he announced his 'retirement' several months ago... But I can't say I'm not excited to see our boy back out there for another season (or more) doing what he does. Football just won't be the same without him. Here's a compilation of all of the LOA Favre-related posts from the last couple of years. Take a few moments to re-live the glory.

FAVRE

You may have been wondering why acknowledgement of Brett Favre's retirement has not been made thus far on LOA. I'm not sure how many official stages of grief there are, but I know for the last 2 days I've been solidly locked down in the denial stage... Brett Favre retiring is like finding out your dog died, there's no Santa Claus, no Easter Bunny and getting kicked in the genitals all at once. It's a little overwhelming to think that it's all over... For those of us who live and breathe Packers football, this is nothing short of tragic. For the last 17 seasons, Brett Favre has inspired us all and will be the standard in which all future QBs will be judged. I just wanted to say thanks for the memories Brett, you are a true LOA gangster. (Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to go curl up in the fetal position while sucking my thumb, and cry my eyes out.)

FAVRE; DOIN' IT & DOIN' IT (& DOIN' IT WELL)

Brett Favre picked a near-perfect way to become the winningest quarterback in NFL history. Favre hit his first 14 passes of the second half and threw three touchdown passes to rally the Green Bay Packers to a 35-13 victory over Eli Manning and the New York Giants on Sunday. The victory was the 149th of Favre's 17-year career and gave him one more than Hall of Famer John Elway.

GODDAMMIT FAVRE...

DUDE... You're my favorite athlete of all time, so I'm cutting you a lot of slack here... But fucking come on already... You're seriously fucking my shit up right now. I'd finally come to terms with your hasty 'retirement'. I was fully embracing our boy Aaron Rogers as the heir apparent at starting QB for the green and gold. And now; just when I've landed in a good spot mentally, Favre's got the itch to play again... I mean, It'd be crazy for GM Ted Thompson to say no to that, especially based on last year's amazing season (sans Giants game), but wow dude... Shit timing on your part. You're basically making everybody screw the pooch here. Make up your fucking mind already. If you come back you better come for at least 2 more seasons and you better justify all of this with a freaking Superbowl! Sorry Aaron Rodgers, that sucks, but it is Favre we're talking about...

FUCK BRETT FAVRE

Brett Favre is dead to me.
Instead of referring to Benedict Arnold when referencing the slimiest of traitors, please use the term "pulling a Brett Favre" from now on. I waited for a few weeks to even acknowledge this sonofabitch because I figured the odds of him (re-re-re)retiring (again) were high enough where I might not even need to waste my breath on his trifling ass. But it looks like he's actually going through with it; doing the unthinkable...-the unspeakable... -the unforgivable!! -Playing for the loathsome division rival Minnesota Vikings. Talk about a sellout. I know the guy wants to play, and I don't begrudge him that... But the Vikings?? Seriously; come on dude... -The vikings... -Really?
Here's to you setting the league record for most interceptions in one season, and leading the Vikes to their worst record ever...

Eat shit and die asshole.

NOPE...

Sorry Vikings fans. It looks like you're gonna have to pin your postseason hopes on either Tarvaris Jackson or something called 'Sage Rosenfels' at the quarterback position. Just 2 days before the beginning of training camp, my former boy Brett Favre, decided to remain retired (we'll see) and forgo the opportunity to stab thousands of loyal Packer fans, who supported him during his 16 year tenure in Green Bay, in their collective hearts... Thanks...-I guess. I dunno, part of me was actually kindof looking forward to watching the surreal drama of the whole thing unfold. Kinda like when Hulk Hogan switched over to being a bad guy and thought it'd be a dope idea to dye his gay little moustache black in order to signify the switchover. In the case of Favre, I think things would have gotten really ugly had he suited up for the Vikes, -far beyond my proposed pregame bonfire of all of Green Bay Favre-related Memorabilia when they faced Minnesota on November 1st at Lambeau. Anyways, basically what I'm trying to say is 'Suck it Vikings fans, and may your season be filled with misery and disappointment' (not that you aren't acustomed to this already).

"ENJOY...THE SEASON!" -Mike Tice

FAVRE -DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK!!!

Seriously; give it up... -Our boy is nice!! a belated congratulations to Brett Favre for surpassing Dan Marino as the NFL's all-time leader in TD passes with 422. Aaaaawwwww SNAP!! The Pack is off to a 4 and 0 start... -Who want's some -WHAT!-WHAT!! -Bring it muthafuckas!!!

NEW LOA SCREENSAVER!

Enduring a season of Brett "Pants on the Ground" Favre playing for the Vikngs and sweeping my Packers was TOTALLY worth it! Especially considering the spectacular fashion in which he singlehandedly flushed their season down the toilet with his standard late-game interception; -snatching defeat from the jaws of certain victory. This might be just the dagger to drive Favre back into his 29th retirement. Yawn...

I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY TED THOMPSON...

People might think that just because I'm the editor in chief of the world's most popular news and entertainment blog, I would be above admitting when I'm wrong.  You may remember back in August of 2008, I made some inflammatory comments about Packers General Manager Ted Thompson's decision to ship Favre to the Jets, in favor of handing the team over to a then unproven Aaron Rodgers. Well, we all know how that turned out... -Currently Rodgers is the Superbowl MVP and considered by many to be the best QB in the league. Meanwhile, your boy Favre is curled up in the fetal position wondering how he went from being the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ to a pariah in less than 3 seasons. I just wanted to man up and admit that I was wrong.  I should have never doubted your great football mind. Once again, you have shown an proven you know what the-fuck you're doing (I.E. Randall Cobb).  Godspeed Ted Thompson!

CONNECTICUT BOY ALWAYS IN FAVRE JERSEY FINALLY SEES GAME

A boy who hasn't stopped wearing his Brett Favre jersey since Christmas four years ago has finally attended his first Green Bay Packers game. David Witthoft, 11, of Ridgefield, Conn., traveled with his family to Lambeau Field to watch the Packers' 34-13 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Witthoft admits he will probably soon have to hang up the jersey, which he got for Christmas in 2003. "I thought I would keep wearing it as long as I could get it over my head," Witthoft told the Green Bay Press-Gazette after the game. "But I'll probably take it off in the next year, certainly. Then I'll hang it up in a frame or maybe send it to the [Packers] Hall of Fame." His mother, Carolyn, washes the jersey every two days and has had to mend it.

GREEN AND YELLOW MEDLEY

Prophetic and Pizzle putting in work for the squad. Well done gentlemen!

At first I wanted to title this one beginning with the 'Horrible Rap Friday'label, but after watching it, I honestly think J Byrd is actually kind of talented. I know that on paper, a tween white kid rapping about his favorite football team sounds like a disaster in the making, but credit where credit is due, J Byrd kinda brought it... And the fact that he's coming correct on the Packers, you already know my thoughts on that...
Go Packers!

As far as judging this one on a purely rap level, this shit is pretty horrible. But I'm gonna still give him his props, because his heart is in the right place, and he's got this raw, drunken, Wisconsin, sports fan venom in him that is really appealing. Nice Jabs at Brett Favre and all the other NFC north teams.

I Never Thought I'd See the Day

"In Minnesota I finally feel like I'm home" - Brett Favre

Wow. Shits about to get real interesting.

(sand) Wich Boy -"Throw Some Cheese On It"

Peep the Favre jersey (good lookin out big Stu doin big thangs. Holla at your boy)

BOW THE FUCK DOWN

I take pride in the Chicago Bears sending this clown's career to thugz mansion. Cory Wooten putting Brett Favre's pants and face on the ground is a memory I'll cherish for the rest of my life. I'm gonna let Boyz II Men ride this fool out...

RAP MASTERPIECE: OUTKAST B.O.B.

There just can't be enough said about how great Outkast is/ was. If life was fair, 
Brett Favre's dumb ass would fucking retire already, and Outkast would put out 
20 more albums. 

SUCK IT FAVRE.

Aaron Rodgers just took a steaming dump on your legacy.