Brett Favre as a member of the Chicago Bears? Try not to bring this up around Brad Maynard.
For the record, this whole Brett Favre fiasco is annoying, and is kinda turning us off to him.
In any case, the good folks over at the Chicago Tribune – playing on the (obvious) notion that the Bears’ QBs suck, and that Brett Favre would be an upgrade – came up with the photoshop dandy you see to the right.
Brett Favre as a member of the Chicago Bears? Sure, Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton aren’t exactly, well, what you would call “good,” but isn’t the idea of a Packers legend as a member of the Bears blasphemy in the Chicago area? Heck, it’s already a given that heart failure would skyrocket among Wisconsin’s populace.
Amazingly, No. 4 isn’t among the zillions of numbers the Bears have retired.
However, Bears punter Brad Maynard tells us it has been in use since at least 2001.
Favre ending up as a Bear is doubtful if you ask the folks here at TJNB. But the idea leads us to the following question:
Under the Unofficial Number Priority Hierarchy, would Favre be entitled to No. 4 as a member of the Bears?
The number’s not retired, but it is being worn. And it is being worn by a veteran — an 11-year veteran at that — not a rookie or an early-career player. However, this is football and the guy wearing it is a punter, while Favre’s an ever-important QB. Additionally, Favre is sort of a legend. But on the other hand, he’s spent his career leading the charge for the Bears’ biggest rival.
While we don’t think it should really be this simple, the likelihood is that if the Bears did acquire Favre, team GM Jerry Angelo would pass him a No. 4 Bears jersey at his introductory press conference probably right around the same time Maynard would be showing up to his locker at camp or practice only to find some other number adorning his jersey.
Sorry Brad.
