Brett showing age is not a factor

The Old man is still getting it done

OK. I heard a good one yesterday during the Vikings and Cowboys game. Somebody said forty year old Brett Favre is proving 40 is the new 30. Not sure what that means but I am sure of one thing and that is that age doesn’t matter when it comes to NFL quarterbacks this year. The oldest one in the league is also one of the best. One that is about to join him in whatever quarterbacks do in retirement, may well have been the second best

It wasn’t very many years ago, about 20 now, that Jeff Charles, voice of the East Carolina Pirates, proclaimed in a game against Southern Mississippi that Brett Favre had the potential to be one of the great ones. He showed that much talent leading a team that lacked the talent overall to make a statement on the national level.

Soon there after Favre walked the sidelines as a backup for the Atlanta Falcons. That is what players drafted late in the second round usually do. His first year in the league he played in two games. It wasn’t until he went to Green Bay he began a career that included eleven trips to the pro bowl, so far. No one said he is done yet.

Favre isn’t the only “senior citizen” who made an impact this year. Kurt Warner, leader of the Cardinals, is 38. To bad the two couldn’t make it to the Super Bowl. It now looks like Warner, who has the best name in the league, may retire but there is no official word yet.

Bottom line is age is literally in the mind for both of these two and a handful of others. Throughout his career Favre has been pounded by three hundred pound lineman and made every start. Many of those games were in unthinkable conditions of Green Bay winters. His mind got him past many injuries. When it is 20 below there is automatically a certain element of mind over matter to get ready to lead a football team.

It is that same mind that is leading the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl this year. It is also the same one that will bring him back next year, if that is what he wants. One thing for sure is nothing is going to stop him from making his best effort as long as the Vikings stay in the playoff hunt. It should be fun to watch. Here’s to the old man holding up the Lombardi trophy in a few weeks.