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A-to-the-men. I still love to think back at all the conversations I had almost a year ago where people laughed at me for saying Favre shouldn’t retire. “He’s washed up!” or “He sucks now!” is all I heard for seven months. Now? Ok, so that Dallas game wasn’t pretty, but were choosing to ignore that here in the Goob household.

Ask people around Green Bay for their favorite Favre memory, and you’ll get countless anecdotes but rarely any hesitation. So many elite athletes captivate with their otherworldly physical gifts, but the common theme among the Favre highlights is the human element.

Mike McCarthy: “In ‘99, when I was quarterbacks coach, three of the first four games were comebacks in the final couple of minutes. The one that stands out was against Tampa Bay. There’s about a minute left, and we call this play where if the rush comes, Brett’s supposed to check down to the back. Of course, Tampa comes with everything they’ve got, but Brett just stands in there and throws a strike to Antonio Freeman for the winning touchdown, just as John Lynch and half the defense hits him in the jaw. On the sideline Brett’s a little woozy; he’s on oxygen; and I go up to him and say, ‘What happened to the check down?’ He says, ‘Dammit, I forgot all about that. But, hey, I made the throw.’ That’s Brett Favre in a nutshell — he’ll take the beating, but he’ll always make the throw

Brett Favre: Greatest Quarterback ever or Greatestest Quarterback ever? That’s a question for history to decide. Plus, I take it from the photo above that Favre moonlights as a super hero as well. Which means that not only is he awesome, but he has the best disguise ever. Clark Kent ain’t got nothing on Favre.