02-01 - NFL - Brett Favre survives ankle surgery for the 3rd time!

Amazingly Brett Favre is heading back to the NFL for another season. (This will be an unprecedented 20th year for the aging NFL quarterback!) I don't think it was a surprise to anyone who has watched professional football in recent years. Last year, Brett Favre "willed" the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC Championship game. (vs. the New Orleans Saints) Favre, at the age of 40, was instrumental in leading the team into the end-zone for offensive points, but unfortunately was also the reason the Saints had any hopes of winning this game. As the regulation clock was winding down, Brett Favre over-confident as ever, rolled to the right as a hole opened up, but instead of running for it he threw the football across his body that was then intercepted by a Saints' defensiveman. This outcome forced the game into overtime and New Orleans' seized the opportunity and won the NFC Championship game.

Brett Favre did not show any signs of aging. He had one of the his BEST NFL years' at the dinosaur age of 40 years. His statistics for some of the best seasons over his career are as follows: (Career-Stats)

Season	Team	Yds	TD	Int	Rating
2009	Minnesota Vikings	4,202	33	7	107.2
2007	Green Bay Packers	4,155	28	15	95.7
1997	Green Bay Packers	3,867	35	16	92.6
**Notes** 2009 - Brett Favre comes back from his "2nd retirement" to pass in one of his career best seasons. 2007 - Brett Favre throws for 4,155 yards in his last season as a Green Bay Packer. He was "let go" by the Packer Front Office for a rising young star. (Aaron Rodgers) 1997 - The year that Brett Favre wins his only NFL Championship.

Having survived numerous injuries over the course of his career, Brett Favre has achieved another monumental feat. He has started in 285 consecutive games as an NFL quarterback. Brett Favre's latest surgery (ankle) will allow him to hopefully fix a nagging injury that has plagued him throughout his career. I'll run through and list a timeline of just his ankle injuries: (Full-List)

February 27, 1996
December 18, 2002
September 07, 2005
November 15, 2006
September 26, 2008
October 09, 2009

Interesting Nugget:

Brett Favre developed an addiction to painkillers. While recovering from his 1st ankle surgery in a Green Bay hospital, Favre suffered a seizure. He later admitted that he was addicted to painkillers and voluntarily entered himself into a substance-abuse program. At a press conference, for going public with his addiction, Brett Favre is quoted as saying, "I'm 26 years old, I just threw 38 touchdown passes in one year, and I'm the NFL MVP." "People look at me and say, I'd love to be that guy. 'But if they knew what it took to be that guy, they wouldn't love to be him, I can guarantee you that. I'm entering a treatment center tomorrow. Would they love that?"