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Happy Birthday, Brett Favre!

 I never want to forget that he was my favorite player. Tom Brady eventually inspired joy, awe, and respect, and few dare even to doubt his place in the GOAT discussion. But before Brady, there was Favre. He was literally the people's quarterback. Even the fact that he's the all-time leader in interceptions thrown didn't seem to bother us. I think I liked him more.

By the way, I feel the same about Favre as I do President George W. Bush: Don't bother me with criticisms, because I don't care. I'm not his priest or the pope. Mrs. Favre hasn't abandoned him, so I figure I don't have to dig deeply into his life.

I usually don't get down about being disabled and a wheelchair user anyway, but Brett made me forget it all, anyway. And if it was effective propaganda, it worked. I felt a part of every success he had. With apologies to Peyton Manning, Brett Favre should have been the NFL MVP in 2009. If memory serves, he threw 33 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, with more than 4000 passing yards at the age of 40. A short time later, Favre was the only current NFL player to be a grandfather. Brady played well past 40, and he's earned every accolade. But if Brady could play to 45, it's because Favre was the last quarterback the defense was allowed to try to kill. Jim Kelly and Brett Favre: the toughest quarterbacks I've ever seen.

Brett is living with Parkinson's disease now, and I should pray for him. That's way worse than what I have. He and Alan Alda: two wildly different famous guys living with the same thing. Friends, both, in a way. Favre won a Super Bowl and played in two others, and 3 MVPs. He entered the NFL when I was 11, in his prime when I was a teenager, and finally left when I was 31. He's literally the NFL equivalent of Cal Ripken, Jr. in addition (like Cal) to being bigger than the streak.

Thanks, Brett.

(A previous version of this post misstated Favre's touchdowns and interceptions in 2009. I regret the error.)

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