Brett Favre Says He Needs a Break; Ponders Possible Retirement

OK, so not really. But the man being deified in the New York area would like everyone to know that he's really just a man. A 38-year-old man, to be exact.

"My arm is kind of dragging a little bit today,'' said Favre ... "It's really not sore. Fatigued. To be honest with you, I'm kind of surprised I half feel good. I've been able to make it through every practice so far.
"I think maybe this afternoon I'm going to talk to Eric (Mangini) about it, limiting my throws. I didn't throw the ball very well this morning. No pain. But I'm 38 years old. I have to be fatigued a little bit.''

Wait, so are you trying to tell me that Brett Favre is not, as i've been led to believe, just a kid out there?

Though Favre was working out and preparing to play even as he was retired, there's no way that his routine was adequate for a season in the NFL. And there's certainly no way it matched the intense program Mike McCarthy assigned Favre last year after seasons of lax offseason work led to the down years of Favre's career. Coincidence that McCarthy's plan came before a career season?

Favre would like to play Saturday to get that game feeling, but it doesn't change the fact that the team's savior already has a tired arm and he hasn't even learned the entire offense yet. Just add it onto the list of things giving me a bad feeling about how this season goes down in East Rutherford.