People don’t understand the frustration he goes through every year and game. He wants to win so badly and gives 100%, and it frustrates the heck out of him to know they could be up by 30, yet it’s a close game, due to the idiotic coaching. I know exactly how he feels, because I feel the same way watching his games. Last year they ran the entire first half against the bears and were down 30, then threw the second half and scored about 35 points. He led the league in QB rating and they were undefeated (the refs stole the Pittsburgh game), Childress decided to run, they lost 3 of 4, they passed again and never lost again. The league admitted stealing the Saints game. Favre has won 9 championships. He is so frustrated by this (Mangini was the same for the Jets), that it seems it’s not worth coming back. It came out years later that he almost retired many years ago due to his frustration with Rosley. He’s not interested in stats or being the hero, he just wants to win. If he had coaches with a clue, his stats would be at least 30% better and perhaps more. The ankle was an issue, as was his bicep surgery last year. One year the Packers were 1-4 and Favre was not having a good year. Everyone said he was done and should retire. We had dinner with some friends that week, and I told them he was still great and if they let him throw, the team would be great. Rosley had a heart problem that week and would be out for many weeks. Sherman took over the playcalling and said at the time he would open up the offense and let Favre throw. The Packers won most of the games, made the playoffs, and were robbed by the refs in the Viking playoff game. He threw for over 4000 yards and 30 TDs in basically 11 games! The year he was with the Jets, despite emphasizing the run, a team that won 4 games the previous year was 8-3, had beaten 8-0 Tennessee and N.E. at N.E., and was the best team in the AFC, when he hurt his shoulder and tore his bicep. They lost 4 of 5 and just missed the playoffs. Even with those injuries, when they threw on first downs they got first downs, but they kept running! I don’t blame him at all. He gives his all, but others don’t get it and cause his teams to lose games. Despite all this, he still has the most wins, he has most records, his teams had the best winning percentage of any team in the 4 major sports for a 10-year period, etc.