In case you missed it earlier this week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has a Brett Favre locker on display that contains both a Green Bay Packers jersey and a Minnesota Vikings jersey.
Some mistakenly assumed this was Favre’s doing. That he was trolling Packers fans one last time.
It was the Hall of Fame’s decision and they tried to explain it on Thursday.
“No doubt Brett is referred to as a Green Bay Packers, but part of our job is to tell the whole history of the game, and our job is to tell the impact Brett Favre had on the history of the NFL,” Hall of Fame spokesman Pete Fierle said. “And some Packers fans are a little upset about that Vikings jersey in there, but that Vikings jersey, it is a jersey Brett Favre wore when he set the NFL record for most consecutive starts, and that to me is one of the most amazing records in the history of the NFL because we’re talking about a quarterback.”
That has to be among the stupidest things we’ve ever heard and it also is the exact opposite of what they do for other players.
First of all, Favre may have set the starts record with the Vikings, but he had the vast majority of those starts in Green Bay. He also had 16 of them with the New York Jets. As we pointed out earlier this week — where’s that jersey?
Second, look at that photo.
There’s Joe Montana’s locker to the left of Favre’s. He played his final two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was actually successful in both of those seasons, while Favre was only successful in one of his two Vikings’ seasons. Where is Joe Montana’s Chiefs jersey?
There’s a much more egregious example to the right of Favre.
Former Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene. He played for four teams. He played for the Los Angeles Rams for eight years, Pittsburgh for three, Carolina for three and San Francisco for one. And somehow Greene’s locker only has a Steelers jersey. Of his two first-team All Pro selections, one came with Pittsburgh and one with Carolina. He accrued 72.5 of his 160 career sacks with the Rams.
So, if you’re telling the story of Kevin Greene, clearly there should be Rams and Panthers jerseys in that locker.
Apparently, only Favre is special enough to be recognized as playing for more than one team. And only then, with completely flawed reasoning that applies to no one else.
And that’s why today, Pro Football Hall of Fame, we consider you a total and complete failure.