Brett FarveBrett FarveGood evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Meeting this evening as a group Green Bay Packer and NFL fans we recall many unforgettable moments in Packer history. From big hits to miraculous passes, we will have in the back of our minds forever. Every Sunday we are glued to the television watching the Packers. Win or lose our fans have always been there to support the team. It is a privilege to have with us a man who thrilled many spectators. Win or lose he was always there to boost the fans and players moral, Brett Favre.
Brett Favre grew up idolizing a pair of Southern quarterbacks, the Saints Archie Manning and the Cowboys Staubach. He grew up in Kiln, Mississippi and went to high school in there. His high school, Hancock North Central, honored him this past May by re-naming the field, Brett Favre Field, and unveiling a life-sized statue of the quarterback at the stadiums entrance. The school previously had retired his jersey, Number 10, in 1993. He stayed in the south to go to college where he went to Southern Miss. He became the starter at Southern Miss in his third game of his freshman season. Favre majored in special education. He led his Southern Mississippi team to 29 victories, including two bowl victories, during his four varsity seasons, 1987-90, and climaxed his collegiate career by earning a MVP award in the East-West Shrine game featuring the nations best seniors. Favre set school records for passing yards (8,193), pass attempts (1,234), completions (656), completion percentage (53.2), touchdowns (55), and with only 35 interceptions. His production included five 300-yard passing games and five 3-TD performances, while his 7,695 regular-season passing yards ranked him among the top 30 of all-time NCAA passers. His 1.57 interception ratio in 1988 was the lowest among the 50 top-ranked passers in the nation, and his 2.9 interception rate for his four-year career also ranks as one of the best in NCAA history. Also he was the MVP of the All-American Bowl at the conclusion of his senior year. All those records and stats and that was only in college!!!
With the thirty-third pick in the 1991 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons choose Brett Favre. A little less than a year later, Atlanta traded Favre to Green Bay for a first round draft choice. Now in his 13th season in the NFL. Behind Favre, Green Bay has had nine playoff appearances including five division titles. Last year he was selected to his eighth career Pro Bowl (1992-93, 1995-97, 2001-03), tying him with Willie Wood for the second-most selections in team history, though he later was forced to withdraw due to a broken thumb on his throwing hand; this year he will have an opportunity to match Forrest Greggs team record of 9. Brett was also named to the All-NFC team of Pro Football Weekly and Snickers
, the top weekly news article for the NFL. In fact, the most recent season it’s been the most watched. The Atlanta Braves took their pick in the 1989 draft because the “top-100” QB at the time was running back Derrick Henry. The Giants first-round pick was an early influence on a franchise that changed direction in 2000. The Giants pick was second only to Tampa Bay’s Adrian Peterson because his two-point conversion percentage was the best in the league. The 2009 Draft became the “top player in the NFL” after a short first season and then just two more years in Atlanta. The 2009 “Top 100” draft was a three-day affair. In fact, in 2012 the “Top 100” pick was held by the Detroit Lions and was then taken by the New Jersey Devils. In 2013, at #1 overall in the NFL, the Lions didn’t take back the pick. In the 2014 draft, the top two picks in the draft in the NFL were taken by the Cowboys, Cowboys, and Chiefs. In the 2015 NFL draft was played a little over six weeks after the draft on Saturday and it’s been a great draft. The 2014 “Top 100” draft pick was a four-day affair consisting of a one-week stint before the draft at which time the draft was held at the Giants’ Fan Experience Center and a Sunday night presentation. In total, the NFL traded the 14 picks that players took on free agency, giving the Dallas Cowboys a 14.5-ounce sack of Dallas running back Justin Hunter and two sacks for Adrian Peterson. Those 14 sacks and the Vikings’ two sacks against the Philadelphia Eagles are the only games in which the Cowboys have been better than 10 points or better in each of their first four games. In other words, it’s an amazing draft year.
It’s also interesting to note the same year that Favre joined the Falcons. In his first season in Seattle it was Jeff Tedford who began to carry the team and he carried the franchise down the field and out into the regular season. As a rookie he won a title with the New York Jets and a Super Bowl ring with the Carolina Panthers. He retired as a member of the New York Giants in 1993 and won the Cy Young Award for the second consecutive season in 2003. In 2008 he retired as a member of the Giants after playing just four games with the team. In 2013, he joined the Falcons in an offseason trade to the Baltimore Ravens but opted to stay on as a starter for the remainder of the season. In 2016, he signed a contract extension and made the Pro Bowl that lasted three seasons, leading the team with