Nit-Wits and Neat Guys
For all the jerks in sports today, and they have multiplied at a frightening rate, Joe Horn, Latrell Spreewell, Rasheed (again?!) Wallace and all the rest, there are some guys whom it is just fun to watch because they are good at what they do and they are neat human beings.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me present Brett Favre.
I’ve always liked Favre because his definition of a receiver being open is that there is 1/4″ margin to get the ball in between three defenders. He has a gun for an arm and more often than not pulls off what he is trying to do.
His performance in the Monday night game when he threw 4 touchdown passes was magnificent only made the moreso by the act that his father had just died.
There are other quarterbacks with great arms, Jeff George comes to mind, who try to do the same things but can’t quite seem to pull it off.
What distinguishes Favre is his judgement both as a passer and in his arrogance. He knows, most of the time anyway, when to throw and when to hold, but he also has a brand of arrogance that says,” Just because I’m going to crush your manhood by completing this 3rd and 18 with an impossible down-and-out throw, then jump up and down because I’m happy doesn’t make it personal.”
And it doesn’t come across that way.
We have the privilege of watching someone who is very good at what he does, do it and enjoy it and not bash other people in the process.
It’s a nice experience.
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