Isn't Brett Favre one of the most selfish athletes ever?

I believe you're referring to the guy who played with busted ribs, a thumb torn up so badly that it will never heal, shoulder and biceps injuries that would've sidelined anyone else. His remark many of those times was, "I've got your backs!"

Selfish? Not a little bit.

He isn't, not by a million miles. There's an entire clique of angry people who dislike Favre. They jump on everything he says, dig around for the slightest negative inference, and magnify it a zillion times. In this case, there is no genuine negative implication, so hacks manufactured some.

I read and heard the entire interaction, and what he actually said about being "surprised" they hadn't won a championship earlier is, frankly, very high praise indeed. He assured those who would listen that Green Bay would win the last Super Bowl, quite some time before the bandwagon was fully organized.

Selfish? No. Nothing he said was an insult to anyone. Nor did it in any way inflate his reputation as a quarterback.

When he made the statement in 2007 about that team being the "most talented" he'd seen, he was attacked then, too, merely for complimenting his receiver corps. Some of the hack writers implied he was nuts.

They were wrong then, and they're wrong now.

Green Bay has had solid quarterback play now for about thirty years. Favre's tenure is over half that lengthy history, going back to Lynn Dickey, encompassing Don Majkowski, Favre, and Rodgers. Very few teams in history can make that claim. What's actually happening is that the ghouls who frequent the periphery of the contests are trying to make "bad guys" so that they appear to be shrewd analysts, which in fact, they are NOT.

Moreover, Rodgers apparently learned a lot about using resources, movement in the pocket, and reading keys from Favre. No, Favre was NOT paid to be his "mentor". But he was fortunate to be able to soak up what he did.

The truth doesn't diminish either player. And in fact, I, too, was surprised that Green Bay didn't chalk up their 13th Championship earlier.

Much of this is a concerted effort to diminish Favre's long history of starts, touchdown passes, and playing with pain and major injuries.

Again: This isn't even an ant hill, and making into a mountain is a particularly silly and ridiculous hog wash.

I'd suggest playing less attention to sensationalists looking for red flags on a "slow news day" and more to real events and genuine pronouncements.

Those comments are really quite bland, and in no way an insult to anyone.

The commentators add their own weird spin to a story which is really about Favre being surprised they didn't win the big one earlier. And by the way, so was I.

Favre started more games by far than any QB in NFL history. He wasn't perfect, but had a fantastic winning percentage, and really DID change the game with everything from shovel and jump passes to a whole, unique set of fakes and moves. Rodgers can only have gained by watching a genuine master.

No, he's not selfish. He's actually RIGHT, and in no way trying to insult anyone.

Only fools could find negativity in the real statement. Well, maybe cynical yellow journalism style hacks.....

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No.

Drivel is drivel.

And the crazy "analysis" is just plain stupid, coming from those who hate Favre. Favre was a Hall of Fame quarterback. Rodgers most likely will be. Those who see the world as "Favre vs. Rodgers" are just plain silly.

This is an area where picking sides is just plain ridiculous.

No, he isn't. But those who distort what was actually said might be the most selfish and corrupt commentators in sports history.

you also have to remember whos talking. steven a smith is crazy enough as it is. skip is unorthodox. now, put them against each other and you got the best sitcom in america. you can just tell how insane smith is just by looking at his reaction every time skip says more than 1 word... his face is priceless.

If your one of the greatest ever you have the right to talk