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It's over: Brett Favre deactivated for Vikings' game against Giants
am1500 ESPN ^ | Tom Pelissero

Posted on 12/13/2010 3:11:49 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB

Brett Favre was listed as inactive for the Minnesota Vikings' game against the New York Giants on Monday night -- snapping a legendary run of 297 consecutive starts (321 including playoffs) that dated to his first NFL start on Sept. 20, 1992.

Favre, 41, suffered a sprained sternoclavicular joint near his throwing shoulder on the third play of last weekend's win over Buffalo on a hit from Bills linebacker Arthur Moats. His practice time was extremely limited last week, but as late as Sunday afternoon, Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier said he expected Favre to try throwing before the game.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 297; chat; ends; favre; giants; injury; nfl; over; sports; starts; streak; vikings
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Time for all to tip their cap to an athletic Ironman. He handled the last few years poorly in his on again off again retirement, but proved in 2009 that he is still an elite. He finished second for MVP. Hopefully we’ll see him in their at least one more time before the end of the year.


21 posted on 12/13/2010 3:24:38 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Now we know for sure he’ll retire. No more streak to fluff. I said 4 years ago the year in which he finally missed a game would be his last.


22 posted on 12/13/2010 3:25:03 PM PST by discostu (Keyser Soze lives)
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To: Joe 6-pack

More material for whatsisname the comedian.


23 posted on 12/13/2010 3:25:57 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'd open it myself but I don't have any thumbs.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

No. If that were so, the headline would read “QB questionable:...”


24 posted on 12/13/2010 3:26:21 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: Joe 6-pack
John Madden has been placed on suicide watch.

Frank Caliendo's career just hit a major bump in the road!

25 posted on 12/13/2010 3:26:48 PM PST by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Good.


26 posted on 12/13/2010 3:27:20 PM PST by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: Past Your Eyes

The Pack could have used Brett yesterday.


27 posted on 12/13/2010 3:27:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
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To: mainepatsfan

28 posted on 12/13/2010 3:30:08 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("[T]here is nothing so aggravating [in life] as being condescended to by an idiot" ~ Ann Coulter)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

The dome collapse is the second biggest in MN this year after Favre.


29 posted on 12/13/2010 3:33:12 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I was 10 the last time he didn’t start a game. I have had more than enough Favre drama anyway.


30 posted on 12/13/2010 3:36:45 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Tallguy

Couldn’t think of his name.


31 posted on 12/13/2010 3:37:16 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'd open it myself but I don't have any thumbs.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

That would have ended his streak for sure.


32 posted on 12/13/2010 3:37:22 PM PST by Lando Lincoln (The Democratic Party recriminations have begun.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Like many before him, he clung to his youth, but he did play in 297 straight games in a league that all others average career length is 70 games total.


33 posted on 12/13/2010 3:46:06 PM PST by IamConservative (Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day. - Truman)
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To: IamConservative

The hit he took last game looked pretty tough.

Especially on a 41 year old QB.


34 posted on 12/13/2010 3:51:27 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: mainepatsfan

What were YOU doing in September, 1992???

The last weekend Brett Favre was NOT starting an NFL game??

Think about THAT for just a second....

Hat’s off Brett!

UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE!!!


35 posted on 12/13/2010 3:59:28 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim
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To: dfwgator
No, they needed their starting QB, who was knocked out because of a concussion.

I think Green Bay is glad to be rid of him and have a real quarterback.

36 posted on 12/13/2010 4:06:15 PM PST by GunRunner (10 Years of Freeping...)
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL....funny.


37 posted on 12/13/2010 4:07:32 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Guilty of being White.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Can’t they just let Brett throw a few interceptions with his good arm?


38 posted on 12/13/2010 4:08:18 PM PST by FDNYRHEROES (In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: SomeCallMeTim
What were YOU doing in September, 1992???

The last weekend Brett Favre was NOT starting an NFL game??

Think about THAT for just a second....

Hat’s off Brett!

UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE!!!

I was watching Favre come off the bench to lead the Packers to a come from behind win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

I'm a Bengals fan and I remember watching that game and being upset because the Bengals blew a big lead to lose the game. So I do remember the last football weekend that Favre didn't start at QB.
39 posted on 12/13/2010 4:09:04 PM PST by Ticonderoga34 (Free Obama's Birth Certificate!)
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To: darkangel82

God I feel old


40 posted on 12/13/2010 4:09:36 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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