Dear Brett,

Hi! First off, lemme just say that I'm one of your biggest fans. And I want to thank you. I started watching football because of you. I love the way you play and how excited you were after every TD you throw. It makes everyone watching you feel like a 10 year old again. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be so awesome at discussing and writing about football. I accredit my awesomeness to you, Mr. Favre.



Okay, enough of the mushy stuff. Let's get to the real reason why I'm writing you. I was watching NFL Total Access last night, and I noticed they mentioned, the Jets officially released you from the reserve-retired list. This now makes you a free agent. In the very next breath, the hosts came up with some scenario that you may come out of retirement again and possibly play for the Vikings.

For The Love Of Ray J, I beg you.. PLEASE STAY RETIRED!!!! Seriously... I love you as a player and your career speaks volumes. But it's time to hang up the shoulder pads and cleats for good. I watched you fight the Green Bay Packers about coming back AFTER you retired following the 2007 season. I watched you get reinstated and traded to the Jets as a last ditch attempt to have them push for the playoffs. I watched you go 8-3, and beating the then-undefeated Titans during that span. I then watched your team fizzle out like day old Coca Cola at the end of the season, going 1-4 in your last five games. I watched you ultimately go 9-7 and no playoff run.




I watched the legendary Brett Favre turn into a tired, inaccurate and injured QB. To be quite frank, you looked..... OLD. It was sad to me. Now, I've seen you go through your highest of highs and lowest of lows. I watched you during your prime, when you won 3 NFL MVP Awards in a row, the only QB to ever do so. I watched you when you won the Super Bowl, convincingly, over the Patriots. I also watched when you checked your self into rehab and when you lost the Super Bowl to the Broncos. But even through the tough times, watching you go through that was much less painful than watching you at the end of last season.




If the Vikings do call you, please ignore them. Ignore them, and anyone else that pulls at you to come back. We all know you love football dearly, and there will always be a spark for the sport inside you. But ignore them. Coming back was not a good look for you, and I can't imagine what another year of a possible comeback will look like.

Please save your legacy. Save the memories that I have of you. Please don't create new memories that are horrible. Don't make a mockery of your former self. The haters would love nothing more than to see you fall flat on your face while attempting yet another comeback.




Don't give them the satisfaction of laughing at you. Making fun of you. That will lead me to defend you and then possibly get into a bar brawl. And I'm sorry Brett, but I don't want to chip my nails or mess up my hair in order to defend your honor... mmkay?!

In my final words to you, let me say this in the only way I can. *sigh* I didn't want to do it like this.. but I have no choice.


Brett.... I love you but.... go sitcho azz down somewhere!!! And I say that with all of the NFL love I have for you, with the best intentions. Your NFL chapter has been written. It's time to start a new chapter in your life.


Sincerely,


The NFL Chick