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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief
It was pretty well known around Green Bay what a d-bag Favre was. He used to hit the bar scene hard in his younger days and was a known prick to everyone, and slept with anything with a pulse.
That said, I don't think that's much different from most professional athletes, especially back then. You can't tell me Troy Aikman was some kind of choir boy back in those days. Privileged athletes could get away with almost anything in the 80s and 90s, and they took full advantage of it. Seems like a cheap hit piece on the guy, but I certainly won't shed any tears for him.
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Read Pearlman's book on the Cowboys.
God almighty was Troy Aikman an idiot. I mean he still is an idiot, but it wasn't the hits that did that to him.
That dude's just very stupid.
I think he was haughty more than mean-spirited, though. It's sort of a distinction without a difference when you get down to it, but it's something.
It is sorta interesting how some of these guys who struggle to rub a couple braincells together are able to just see the game differently than most. I don't think Favre was strictly a 'cerebral' quarterback by any stretch, but there's obviously a difference between someone like him and a guy like Jamies or even Cutler.
He was aggressive, sure. Reckless even. But wasn't a stupid quarterback. And a guy like Aikman was very similar.
Dumb as a bag of hammers - still understood football better than far smarter guys.