The Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers soap opera continues with new daily updates and 24/7 coverage. Today, details are emerging that the Packers are offering Favre around $20 million to stay retired.
The smartest decision for Brett is to take the money and stay in Mississippi. The reason can be summarized by two words: Madden Curse.
That’s right; No. 4 is this year’s cover athlete for EA Sports Madden NFL ’09 video game. Favre is a good choice coming off one of his best years statistically. In a record setting year he threw for 28 touchdowns, 4,155 yards with his highest completion percentage ever (66.5).
However, Brett just needs to examine what’s happened to other Madden cover athletes to see a dark omen.
In 2003, quarterback Michael Vick broke his leg just one day after the Madden game hit store shelves.
Two years later, another quarterback Donovan McNabb, suffered a sports hernia in the opening week and ended up throwing nine interceptions in nine games (one more than the previous season). Not to mention, there was all that drama with Terrell Owens that split Philadelphia apart.
Even league MVP’s have fallen to the curse. Running back Shaun Alexander had a monster 2005 season, rushing for a record 27 touchdowns and 1,880 yards. After gracing the Madden cover, Alexander broke his foot missing six games in ‘06 and then last year cracked his wrist and averaged a career low 3.5 yards per carry.
If the Packers are being serious with their million dollar offer, Favre should take the opportunity to preserve his legacy and move on with life.
2 comments:
I totally agree. The only itch this guy needs to scratch is the one on his butt after he's spent a long afternoon in the 'ole La-Z-Boy. Take the $20 million, save yourself the humiliation of going to another team and sucking (which he inevitably would), and avoid the Madden Curse. Sounds like 21,000,002 perfect reasons to stay retired.
If Brett really wants to continue playing ball, he should stick to the backyard variety. I mean commercials of course. The man was born to sell jeans, trucks and meat. He's the all-american icon that REAL MEN need...perfect for television. :-)
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