Jeff Falconio
Packers Gameday
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Brett's career couldn't end like it did, could it?  Favre just came off a career-defining year, taking the Packers farther than anyone had imagined.

But Favre knows, probably more than anyone in the NFL, that nothing is guaranteed. 

Simply put, Favre goes out on one of the highest notes of his career and that's something few athletes can say. 

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There’s no way to accurately judge this but Brett Favre may be the most popular quarterback in NFL history.

Others have won more Super Bowls or played in bigger markets, but Favre’s broad appeal sets him apart.

The reason fans love him is that they think he’s just like them.

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Wayne Larrivee
Voice of the Packers
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This guy, for over a decade, answered the bell for every single game.  Week in, week out. 

How do you replace the fact that you never had a starting quarterback since Brett Favre since 1992? 

Wow.

That's where you're gonna miss Brett Favre.

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So when Terry Bradshaw mentions that Brett Favre is the best he's ever seen, I believe him with all my heart.

The respect that he garners is a derivitive of his toughness, longevity, quality and style of play, and personality.

If you were to create a top 10 list for each of these categorys, Brett Favre would be the top player on the aggregate list.

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Bill Michaels
Packers Gameday
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Brett Favre is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.  There’s not a more deeply philosophical insight that I could add to what’s already been stated.

I hope you watched Brett and understood that you were seeing something that you’ll, most likely, never see again. 

Michael Jordan’s, Walter Payton’s, Johnny Unitas’, Babe Ruth’s, Warren Spahn’s…they just don’t come around every day.

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An NFL player's legacy can be told many ways.    

Stats.  Dog-eared newspaper accounts of gridiron feats and foibles.  Dramatic NFL Films pieces, put to music with lots of super slow-mo. 

I like mine told by those who played with the man.

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Dan O'Donnell
WI Sports Weekend
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We cry now over your retirement because you were man enough to cry after what you thought would be your last game at Lambeau two years ago. 

Our anguish now is so strong because your anguish was so real in that Monday Nighter a day after your dad died.

We cry, Brett, because we really could feel your pain.  Your glory too, but it was your struggles that made you human.

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Jay Sorgi
Packers Gameday
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As a quarterback, I'd still put Johnny Unitas (a fellow three-time MVP with more NFL titles and fewer mistake-prone tendencies) as number one.

But not as my favorite football player.  Or the most loved football player in the history of the game.

Easily, easily, that's Brett Favre.

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