Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will officially be named a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2016 on Saturday night.
Although that’s inevitable, Favre says doesn’t see it that way.
“I would say nothing is ever a lock, but I’m honored to be here,” Favre told NFL Network. “I never dreamed of (how many) years (I would play). I dreamed of playing. I never dreamed of MVP. I never dreamed of Hall of Fame. I dreamed of playing and running out with my helmet off like I did in the Super Bowl. That’s all I ever dreamed of. All the other stuff — Pro Bowls, MVPs, Hall of Fame potentially — are things that are over and beyond what I ever dreamed of and I’m extremely thankful for that.”
That’s been the theme this week.
Humility.
Something we would have loved to see back in, I don’t know… 2008?
Perhaps the overwhelming adulation of the majority of Packers fans over the past year has softened the old man, though.
He went on to play the if-I-can-do-it-anyone-can card.
“It says anyone can make it,” Favre said. “My dad was my coach and we ran the wish-bone offense. We never threw. I came from a town not known for football and was kind of a forgotten recruit. Went to Southern Miss, played four years there and didn’t throw every much, but yet up until recently had every passing title good and bad. That’s what I would say to kids. It could happen to you.
“I wasn’t the biggest. I wasn’t the strongest. I wasn’t the fastest. I always felt like I had a better arm, but it can happen. For me, it’s proof that it can happen to anyone.”
I don’t know what’s going on here or who this guy is.
Perhaps a Minnesota Viking wearing Packers clothing.