To the legions of Brett Favre rumpswabs… and to Brett Favre himself… last night was vindication.  It was proof that the Packers were wrong not to take him back after he unretired on them for the 5th time.  It was revenge against all of us who’ve belittled him all these years for being a fraud and a complete me-first phony.  And it was another exhibit in the case that he’s a legend, a towering giant who bestrides the narrow football world like a colossus and we should think ourselves fortunate we’re allowed to breathe the same air as he.  But as one of the Founding Fathers of the anti-BrettFavre revolution, I’m not buying it.  What happened last night was exactly what we all knew would happen.  BrettFavre would play out of his tits and give us one of those unforgettable BrettFavre performances because that’s what BrettFavre does.  When it’s one of those games that’s all about BrettFavre, which last nights was.  There was nothing unexpected about it.  Just like we all know there’ll be a game later this year, or in the playoffs, when it won’t be about BrettFavre but about the Vikings needing him to manage the game, make good decisions and protect the ball in order for them to win, and he’ll BrettFavre it up by throwing 4 stupid picks.  Because that’s also what BrettFavre does.  Like I said, I wasn’t the least bit surprised about how BrettFavre played last night.

But I was surprised about one thing.  As much as I expected vast oceans of BrettFavre worship, I wasn’t prepared for the amount of ridiculous, over the top fawning ESPN gave us.  It was record-setting, even by the World Wide Leader’s standards.  BrettFavre couldn’t make a move without a camera shot of him.  They followed him down the tunnel.  They followed him on the sidelines.  With Green Bay lining up for a crucial 3rd down we got a shot of BrettFavre on his sacred knee.   For my money, Tirico, Jaworski and Gruden are the best team in the business.  But last night they threw whatever integrity they have aside, got down on their knees, stuck their tongues out and begged BrettFavre to bukakke them?  I’ve done the math on Gruden’s claim that when he was an assistant in Green Bay, BrettFavre would throw 5,000 passes a day.  Allowing for 10 per minute (1 every 6 seconds), he would’ve had to throw non-stop for 8.3 hours to pull that off.  But this is the level of hyperbole surrounding BrettFavre and it’s not going away until he does, which is never.  It’s like North Korean television saying Kim Jong Il shot 18 holes in one, only Kim doesn’t have steakhouse that gets free publicity.  Even God doesn’t get treated this well on the Gospel channel.  But then, God isn’t the fiery leader who’s just out there having fun and energizing a whole city the way BrettFavre is.