Favre retires, All-time QB debate resumes

Brett Favre has said he's retiring and the interception he threw in OT in the NFC championship at Lambeau Field will be his last NFL pass. He will sit very high on the all-time list of great QBs since he has all the statistically records and has a Super Bowl ring. Last year he received an MVP vote and tossed 28 TD passes in what will be his 17th and final season. Former teammates have been giving their thoughts throughout the day. Texans RB Ahman Green shared his thoughts (courtesy Texans PR)...

Overall impressions of Brett Favre

“I think back to my first year in Green Bay, it was a Monday Night game, Brett threw the ball to Antonio Freeman, who made the crazy catch in overtime. Before that Brett just kept everyone pumped up and reminded us that we had to make a play. He threw me one of his famous underhanded passes that game for a touchdown to keep us in the game. Stuff like that made him special.”

On your favorite memory of Favre

“My fondest memory was the game after his dad passed away on Monday Night against the Raiders. Everyone really pulled together in terms of moral support for him. He had a tragic loss and we knew what one person could go through and the range of feelings when you lose a family member. We just rallied behind him. He tried to talk the night before and he really couldn’t say much but we knew where he was coming from. From that point on we knew what we had to do as a team. He knew we were going to go out and give it everything thing we had for him.”

What he means to the city of Green Bay

“He means a lot. You tell me one guy who could come and change a lot about the town with just him being there. He felt on a good note. The people of Green Bay and the state of Wisconsin definitely knew what he was capable of.”

---------------more today as always------WEX

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