I'm suffering from food coma right now so I can't muster up the energy to verbally assault Dan Shanoff. Instead, I will bring in one of his quotes and then open the floor to debate...
Dan Shanoff on Brett Favre:
"He's the NFL's Roger Clemens: On a contender, he could be an MVP candidate again. Can you imagine him on the Bears?"
Does anyone truly believe this? I certainly don't. I don't think he could be an MVP candidate on the Bears or any other team for that matter. Not only does he throw way too many interceptions but, as Bill Simmons would say, Favre's in Dan Marino mode -- he's just able-bodied enough to still think he's good so he tries too hard to make the plays that made him famous and doesn't recognize that pure arm strength doesn't make up for the fact that his release is a hair slower than it used to be. Bill Simmons said that three years ago. It rings more true with every passing game.
What is frightening is when Favre ends up on another team next year and experiences some success (relative to the crap he's been slinging since 2002). Then everyone will give Favre the Paterno treatment where everyone will rush to lynch those that ever doubted him and wanted to push him out. At the end of the day, does any team want a QB that might have a few wins left in the tank but ultimately can't get over the hump anymore? I'm sure the answer will be yes. That's the kind of short-sighted, afraid-of-change league the NFL has become.
Dan Shanoff on Brett Favre:
"He's the NFL's Roger Clemens: On a contender, he could be an MVP candidate again. Can you imagine him on the Bears?"
Does anyone truly believe this? I certainly don't. I don't think he could be an MVP candidate on the Bears or any other team for that matter. Not only does he throw way too many interceptions but, as Bill Simmons would say, Favre's in Dan Marino mode -- he's just able-bodied enough to still think he's good so he tries too hard to make the plays that made him famous and doesn't recognize that pure arm strength doesn't make up for the fact that his release is a hair slower than it used to be. Bill Simmons said that three years ago. It rings more true with every passing game.
What is frightening is when Favre ends up on another team next year and experiences some success (relative to the crap he's been slinging since 2002). Then everyone will give Favre the Paterno treatment where everyone will rush to lynch those that ever doubted him and wanted to push him out. At the end of the day, does any team want a QB that might have a few wins left in the tank but ultimately can't get over the hump anymore? I'm sure the answer will be yes. That's the kind of short-sighted, afraid-of-change league the NFL has become.
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