Finally got the internet hooked up...have you heard the news about Favre?

So I've recently put a new roof over my head, after being homeless for the better part of two weeks. I think I slept in seven different beds, one of those being the front seat of my car, in ten days. Over the course of that time, I've had ideas for a number of different blog posts. However, you can imagine that I didn't exactly have a reliable internet connection, so most of those ideas I've either forgotten or aren't really applicable anymore. The one thing I do want to ramble about is Brett Favre. I'm not really sure exactly how I feel about this situation, but I'll start writing and see where I end up.

I really don't see Favre as the diva/egomaniac type that he sometimes gets portrayed as. It wasn't only Packers fans that could see his excitement and passion for the game, whether it is booking it upfield after tossing a long TD to Andre Rison in Super Bowl XXXI or throwing snowballs at a referee. We knew he loved the game. Since his starts streak began in 1992 through about 2006, He was absolutely beloved by Wisconsin and the nation.

2007 was when things began to sour. Sure, the Packers had a great 13-3 season but the interception he threw against the Giants was the sign for Packers Nation that they needed to part ways with #4. The retirement that followed the season should have been his walk off into the sunset. He had a great season, retired with little shame, and would be revered and deified around Wisconsin, Mississippi, and most of the country for the rest of his life. However, I think Favre felt like the Packers were forcing him out. I wouldn't say that he was forced out by Ted Thompson and Co., but it was clear to them, and to most logical fans, that the Packers needed to go in a different direction. When Favre asked for his release and Thompson wouldn't give it to him, things definitely went sour.

I honestly think that the 2008 season was an eff-you to the Packers front office. He went to play with the Jets, basically to show Green Bay that he still could. After that season, he really was ready to retire and would have done so had Darrell Bevell not come calling. The two had worked together in Green Bay from 2003-05, so they had a relationship that Favre had with very few other people still working in the NFL. That, combined with the fact that the Vikings had a very solid roster, was the reason Favre came back in 2009. I don't think last year was a stick-it-to-the-Packers year at all.

2010: Favre's banged up, his mind wants to play, but for the first time in his life his body may not be able to. He feels loyal to his teammates, as the Vikings are revving up for one of their most promising seasons in history. He wants to be a part of that. And for the first time, he's realizing he might not be able to. I certainly believe that he'd play if he's healthy. I also believe that it's not about the money. He could have so much fun on an explosive offense with a suffocating defense that will get him the ball even more.

Do I think he needs to walk away? Absolutely. Images of Favre not being able to be the gunslinger that he once was would make Packers fans initially happy, but would taint the image they have of him running down the field at the Superdome, smiling and showing his braces to the world, happy as can be. They don't want to see the silver-haired man grimacing after every throw. Brett, I understand the end of your career. But it's really time to call it quits right now.