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• Monday, October 31, 2005 09:41 AM

  Brett Favre, the Teflon Quarterback

  Sorry this is off-topic, but I just felt compelled.

  I will never understand why, in the sports media, some players simply cannot catch a break, and some will always have a free pass. I understand when a guy like Barry Bonds or Ryan Leaf gets blackballed; you have to play ball a little bit with the reporters, even if I feel the vitriol for Bonds can be a little over the top. But a guy like Brett Favre is simply invincible in the eyes of the media.

  Yesterday he threw five interceptions. FIVE. And you know what every story about the game said? "Brett Favre can't quite pull one out. Despite another gritty performance [and if I hear one more Brett Favre game described as gritty, I'll shoot my TV], Brett couldn't quite complete another amazing comeback."

  What? The man threw five interceptions! His team wouldn't have had to "pull one out" if he could have limited turnovers. He's always talked about as this "gunslinger", never mind the fact that he's as likely to shoot his own team in the foot.

  Favre has had some great games, of course. He won a championship. He's done some spectacular things with a football. He's also done some spectacularly stupid things with a football. The playoff game with the Eagles from awhile back is the perfect example. Everyone remembers 4th and 27, or whatever it was. What they don't remember is that the Packers had an excellent opportunity to win the game, and it was killed when Favre threw one of the worst passes I've ever seen in my life. And that isn't the only time Favre has ruined playoff games with bad throws.

  I just don't get it. No matter what he does, the guy's a saint in the eyes of the media.

  —Freddie Read Freddie's other letters
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