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Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
Read More at Wikipedia ›Even Brett Favre was amazed by what he did last season as a 40-year-old quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings.
In his 19th season, Favre threw for 4,202 yards and 33 touchdowns while setting career bests for completion rate (68.4), quarterback rating (107.2) and fewest interceptions (seven).Remarkable numbers at any age."Never in my wildest dreams when we sat here last year would I have thought I would've played the way I did," Favre said Wednesday after rejoining the Vikings. "I mean, look at 18 years previous. I never played that good."So Brett, can you do it again?Favre will turn 41 in October and is just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to play 20 seasons. George Blanda (26), Earl Morrall (21) and Vinny Testaverde (21) are the only QBs to play in more seasons than the gray-haired Favre.Favre led the Vikings to a 12-4 record and the NFC North title, then became the first 40-year-old quarterback to win a playoff game when Minnesota thumped Dallas at the Metrodome in January.The m...Being back on the field again meant plenty to Brett Favre, no matter if it was only for a few minutes.No matter that he completed one pass and also got clobbered on ...
Brett Favre's streak is over.His career might be, too.Favre stood on the sideline for the start of a game for the first time since 1992, rubbing his salt-and-pepper ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, who played the game with a boyish joy and bulldog determination, filed his retirement papers with the...
An unexpected postponement gave Brett Favre one more chance.A little extra time for his right shoulder to heal, another day for him to show he was healthy enough to ...
Brett Favre easily could be bitter about his one season as a New York Jet.The team fell apart down the stretch after an 8-3 start. The seemingly indestructible Favre...
As Brett Favre pondered his future this summer, three Minnesota Vikings players arrived at his Mississippi home with a last-ditch sales pitch to persuade the aging q...
Brett Favre should have quit while he was ahead. It's easy to see that now, but still hard to believe it would be confirmed by a few racy text messages instead of a ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings may have finally found their quarterback of the future: Brett Favre is now a grandfather.His 21-year-old daughter, Brittany,...
NFL quarterback Brett Favre has filed retirement papers, two sources told FOXSports.com Monday.While Favre could still change his mind, as he did during the 2008 and...
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has no intention of coming out of retirement.Favre said he was "done with football" when asked Wednesday if he might attem...
Deanna Favre, wife of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre , on Thursday declined to discuss the situation involving her husband's alleged propositioning of a J...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre said Thursday if he has taken his last snap it will have been "20 great years, good and bad" in the NF...
Brett Favre's flip-flopping is at full throttle, the surest sign yet that training camp is under way in Minnesota.Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Fa...
The arrest of Vikings quarterback Brett Favre's sister during a drug raid in southern Mississippi isn't the first time she's been in trouble with the law.Hancock Cou...
The former NY Jets employee who allegedly received penis photos from Brett Favre also claims she got a text message from the NFL legend in which he asks her for a vi...
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay posted on his Twitter account that he was in Brett Favre's hometown, but the quarterback's agent says he has not heard of any inte...
As far as Brett Favre was concerned, he was finished.Last we saw the 40-year-old quarterback in action, he was barely able to walk off the Superdome turf, his body a...
With barely a sign of a limp, Brett Favre extended his record consecutive starts streak to 292 games Sunday despite two fractures in his left foot.Favre injured his ...
Brett Favre took quite a pounding in Minnesota's 24-21 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.The 41-year-old quarterback will face another tough test in just a f...