Yes but you guys are failing to take into consideration that since Favre played, the rules on battering quarterbacks have changed. In fact quarterbacks are now permitted to be sissies, to dive and you can't touch them unless they leave the pocket and attempt to gain yardage and if they dive, no hits to the head and you can't lead with your shoulder in any manner in hitting them!!!!!!!!!!!! Favre's head was battered mercilessly. Favre was a crash test dummy back in the day.
These rules changes are designed to allow all QBs to do the very thing that Favre did well, which was to continue to play games. Given the complete removal of violence from the game of football as it relates to quarterbacks, the new rules on concussions, the new helmets that are being used, the Favre record will be challenged. If the old rules had been left alone, it wouldn't be. But it is a new game of virtual flag football for the modern NFL quarterback who cannot really be touched.
All the rules now favor the offense, protecting the QB and allowing passes to be completed. The old days of brutalizing QBs so they could not play the next week are over. Long playing game streaks will be amassed if you can't touch the QB.
These rules changes are designed to allow all QBs to do the very thing that Favre did well, which was to continue to play games. Given the complete removal of violence from the game of football as it relates to quarterbacks, the new rules on concussions, the new helmets that are being used, the Favre record will be challenged. If the old rules had been left alone, it wouldn't be. But it is a new game of virtual flag football for the modern NFL quarterback who cannot really be touched.
All the rules now favor the offense, protecting the QB and allowing passes to be completed. The old days of brutalizing QBs so they could not play the next week are over. Long playing game streaks will be amassed if you can't touch the QB.
