It’s official: it looked like Brett Favre would continue his career in Tampa Bay as a Buccaneer, but in the end, he’s off to Manhattan to become a Jet. That’s right: Brett Favre is now a member of the New York Jets!
MSN/FOX Sports has a great Top 10 Memorable Moments, all good. I’ll never forget the day he started:
Legend begins: September 22, 1992
Favre replaces the injured Don Majkowski in the first quarter of a game against the Bengals at Lambeau. He leads two late scoring drives and caps a 24-23 comeback win with a 35-yard touchdown pass in the final seconds. The rest is history.
I was 15 years old in high school, working at the time at a convenience store on Sundays. Green Bay was one of the teams I liked, and I actually loved Dan Majkowski - I would keep track of the scores on the radio when they announced that Brett Favre - spelled Fav-ray, pronounced Farve - had replaced Majkowski. Indeed, the rest, as they say, is history.