Someone Tell This Guy He Has Down Syndrome

I interrupt the normal tits, ass and all things nerd to bring you this tale of a down syndrome sports writer shitting on Brett Favre. Yes, that's right, shitting on Brett Favre. The title of the article is "Overhyped: Favre didn't deliver in second half of career". You will see where this goes in a minute. Sal Paol "I know nothing about football, or sports" antonio goes on to say in the article, "The truth is, Favre did little over the past decade to earn the gushing praise heaped upon him by our fawning brethren in the media." What the fuck is he talking about? You know what, I will explain in more detail the article and then provide my rant about how fucking stupid this is. Sal the Retard goes on to say that Brett wasn't even the best QB in Packers history. Who did he say was the best? Bart Starr. Wait, didn't he play 40 years ago? I am not saying that Bart was not a great QB, he is one of the best. Paolantonio says, "Favre isn't even the greatest quarterback in the history of the Packers. It's not even close. Bart Starr won five NFL championships -- four more than Favre -- and retired as the NFL's most accurate passer. " Wait again, wasn't that 40 years ago? Wasn't it a different game back then? Apparently, Sal is under the same impression as other idiots who follow football who think you can compare players from different eras. Comparing Brett Favre to Bart Starr is like comparing my great grandfather to my father. Comparing Brett to Tom Brady or Peyton Manning would be justifiable. It was a completely different game 40 years ago. Look at Terry Bradshaws' stats, he wouldn't even be a top 20 QB now. But I don't compare him to today's QB's beacause I am not an idiot. Joe Namath had horrible stats, but one Super Bowl victory...he is a legend because of that. So should we stop keeping track of stats so we can compare the greats QB's by the amount of Super Bowl rings they have?

Paolantonio continues to compare Favre to Starr. I do give him credit for at least picking a former Packer, but I still believe he is an ass. "But Starr still is the NFL record holder with a 104.8 career playoff passer rating, nearly 20 points higher than Favre's. That wasn't Vince Lombardi or Ray Nitschke throwing those passes for Starr, whose career postseason passer rating, by the way, is 38 points higher than Johnny Unitas", says Paolantonio. What the fuck does that mean really? He is talking about Starr and Favre, but he feels the need to bring up Lombardi, Nitschke(who was a defensive player, not sure how he fits into the argument) and Unitas. What is he trying to say, that Favre had Mike Holmgren or Mike Sherman pass for him? Doesn't make sense. Again, Bart played in a different era then Favre. Put Starr into the league now and he would get picked apart. The game has evolved into different defensive schemes, this part of his argument is completely retarded. I will not even comment on it.

He goes on to talk about Starr and Favres' playoff record. Favre was 12-10, Starr was 9-1. "Favre's career playoff record was 12-10. Starr's was 9-1 -- without the benefit of wild-card games. Favre threw 28 interceptions in 22 playoff games." What does "without the benefit of a wild card game" mean? I'm not sure that wild card games are even relavent. How is having a wild card game a benefit? Maybe Sal should explain that. He mentioned earlier that Starr has 5 Championships to Favre's one. The real stat should be Starr has two Super Bowl wins, Brett has one. Favre did not have Lombardi as his coach. He won one Super Bowl with Mike Holmgren. Did anyone expect them to make the playoffs with Mike fucking Sherman? No, but Brett got them there, he carried the team...he just didn't have the help.

This next quote angered me to no end, but I am sure it will anger Keinada just as much. Sal says, "Indeed, a decade after his last moments of glory, the football hype machine continues to paint Favre as a hallowed icon of Americana, a symbol of all that is right with sports, a Wild West gun-slinging good ol' boy. There's Brett on the farm! There's Brett with his family! There's Brett on the cover of Sports Illustrated! There's Brett throwing another overtime interception!" Listen, the guy has a lot of interceptions, I understand that. But he wasn't afraid to throw the deep pass or the pass to a receiver with three defenders on him. He was on the field each and every game to win. He didn't play for records, fame or money...he played to win Super Bowls. He is the greatest field general to ever play the game. Could Bart Starr take a completely F.U.B.A.R. play and turn it into a touchdown, long completion or a first down? No. He is remembered for his goal line QB sneak, considered one of the greatest plays in NFL history. So when Sal said that Starr is underappreciated and overlooked, he is wrong. He was part of the greatest games ever played....I wasn't alive back then and even I know what happened in that game. Starr sneaked into the endzone to win the game. A QB sneaks into the endzone now and its "Big deal". Wat an ass.

This just proves my point that ALL sportswriters know nothing about sports. They just talk out of their ass and write it down on paper. ESPN should be ashamed to even publish this article. Four days after his retirement press conference and someone decides to shit on a first ballot Hall of Famer? Absolutely no respect. Did Sal even watch the coverage of the press conference? Brett was obviously heart broken to retire, never to play the sport of football professionally. When Aikman or Elway or Marino retired, were any of them that upset? Wait, did they even have a press conference? I don't remember because I didn't watch it. Those goes couldn't hold a candle to Brett. Besides Minnesota Viking's fans, which Sal is obviously one of them, each and every NFL fan cried at least for a moment when Brett retired. He truely loved the game of football and you are going to try and take all of his accomplishments away from him? Fuck you Sal Paolantonio....go write about horse reacing.

Read the worst article ever here on ESPN


-Cambodion Monk-

A Sad Day for Football

"You try to smile, but in your eyes your sorrow shows. Yes, it shows.

I can't live, if living is without you. I can't give, I can't give anymore."

Today, March 4th, 2008, the Greatest Quarterback to ever play the Game has retired from professional football. Brett Favre, "The Gunslinger", has announced his retirement at age 38. Favre leaves the game with records for Most Completions (Career), Most Touchdowns Thrown (Career), Most Passing Yards (Career), and Most Consecutive Starts (Career) to name a few; and a Super Bowl Championship, a game in which he was awarded the Most Valuable Player. Similarly, Favre took three Associated Press M.V.P.'s., a feat that has never been duplicated.

But more so than these notable accomplishments, Favre will be remembered best for his personality and guile, both on and off the field. Suffering several personal tragedies over the course of his career, Favre repeatedly rose to the occasion by putting together unforgettable performances following off-field heartbreak. But even beyond these heroic efforts, Favre showed an entire generation of young fans what a true leader looks like on the gridiron. Though not without making his own share of mistakes, all legitimate football fans will forever remember his triumphs first, usually in the form of his dozens of bootleg plays whereby #4 turned a seemingly broken play into huge gains, almost always at critical points of the game. A warhorse, Favre's record of consecutive starts will most likely never be broken by any player, save kickers, as the distinguished field-general played through serious injuries in his unyielding desire to always give every last inch to win for his team, and his fans. A pure player, who seems like a throwback to a bygone era, what entranced fans most about Favre was his obvious love of the game itself; seeming more like he was throwing the ball around in a pick-up game on a dirt road in Kiln, Mississippi... when in fact he'd be leading former-Champion Packers down the field in the closing minutes on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. On a personal note, Favre's charisma was so magnetic, that I carried his jersey while viewing each Giants playoff game, including the game played against the Packers, if only in the hopes of imparting some of Favre's magic to the G-Men. And, for the record, look at the results.

From every true football fan, and especially from this Giants/Bills fan, Brett Favre will be forever missed. Already, Sundays seem more empty. He was always a consumate professional, and class-act, who was possessed of a unnerving natural affinity for the sport. Congratulations on a unbelievable career, Brett, and we all look forward to cheering for you in Canton, OH as you take the stage in the summer of 2013. There has never been, and probably will never be, another like you. - Keinada.

A commentary by CambodianMonk to follow...

Well, I have had almost a week to fully immerse myself in all things Brett Favre. I can still say that I have no idea what I am going to write in this blog. Maybe I took too long to come up with something or maybe it is still too painful to talk about. I watched the Giants DVD again last night. And I started crying as if my mother had just died. NO, I wasn't crying because the Giants won the SuperBowl....I wasn't even watching that part. I was watching the NFC Championship game. It was just sad to see Brett go out like that. I understand that it was the New York Football Giants and I would not trade their win for anything in the world. But there had to be some way for Brett to win that game and the Giants still go to the Super Bowl. You know, wishful thinking.

Aside from all of the records, the Super Bowl win and the 3 MVP's in a row, the most amazing thing about watching Brett play was HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME. As Marv Levy said, "HE was the last gunslinger". (That was for Keinada, as his love for Marv is far greater than his love for Natalie....he just won't admit it) He was on the football field, especially Lambeau, and he was having fun. The guy just loved to play. After watching his press conference the other day, you could see it. You could tell he was saying goodbye to the sport of football forever. There will no longer be Brett on the field on Sunday. I won't get to see him throw another pass or another touchdown. I won't see him throw an 80yd bomb down the field, chasing after it with on arm in the air, just to high five Antonio Freeman or Donald Driver or Mark Chamura or Rober Brooks or Sterling Sharpe or Greg Jennings. He was at that moment....A Fan. That's the way he was. Happier for the other guy then he was for himself.

I will probably get ridiculed for the gayness of this one but I, along with every other true football fan, will undoubtedly miss his smile. He was on the field every Sunday with the same damn sexy yet devious smile on his face. And when it came down to it, you were more afraid of playing him for that reason. You knew that if the Packers were down by 7 or less and Brett came on the field with the crazy smile and look of determination, your team was in trouble. Brett is the only QB that I would want with 2 mins left in the 4th with my team down by 7 or less.

When he was on the field, you would think that he was playing on a field in Mississippi with a bunch of his buddies on a Sunday afternoon. He would zing passes in between two defenders as if they weren't even there. Yes, he threw intercecptions and made mistakes, but tha made him seem more human. He wasn't afraid to throw the deep ball with two defenders on a receiver. He wasn't afraid to throw it over the middle or throw a screen during an all out blitz. In todays game, it seems that every QB is afraid to make a mistake, let alone the game ending mistake. But not Brett. He wasn't afraid to lay it all out on the field. He played the game the only way that he knew how. He played it his way and the fans let him know how much they loved that about him.

Like he said, "Little ol' Southern Miss, southern boy from Hancock County who had big dreams, no different than any other kid, to play here, and there's no better place to play." Well Brett, thank you for dreaming, because if you hadn't, I would have never seen you play. I wouldn't have seen so many plays that made me sa "what the....how the fuck did he make that work". YOU are THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. There will never be another field general who will match in you in charisma, heart, determination or gall. But most of all, there will never be another Favre, noone will be able to duplicate in the slightest what you were able to do. You are bigger then Lombardi now in Green Bay.

In closing, I would like to wish you and Deanna the best of luck in the future. I hope you don't stay away too long. Maybe you can replace Troy in the booth, you would get to see Eli play a little like you. You know the reckless abandon part. I will miss seeing you on a Sunday, having fun and just playing the game of footbal. Playing it the way it was meant to be played. Noone in the stands, no coaches....just you, some friends and the pigskin. From a New York Giants fan, Thank you for the memories, they will not be forgotten. And you will give us one more....Canton, OH in 2013...maybe sooner.

-Cambodian Monk-