Brett Favre finally called it quits today, fresh off one of the best seasons of a first-ballot Hall of Fame career. We'll have much more on the man we once dubbed "Old Yeller" in the hours and days ahead. But here's a quick look at a Brett Favre retrospective from the Cold, Hard Football Facts archives.
Favre retires with the 18th best passer rating in NFL history.
Favre chimes in at No. 10 on the most accurate list of great quarterbacks ever published.
Favre’s last game ended with a chilling defeat in front of the home crowd in the NFC championship game.
In the middle of the 2007 playoffs, we sized up No. 4’s accomplishments vs. those of the First Family of Football.
One voter caused an uproar when he said that Favre deserved to be named NFL MVP in 2007.
No. 4 was knocked out of commission in the NFC’s biggest regular-season game of 2007.
Somehow, the player we once dubbed Old Yeller turned in a career performance at age 38.
We sized up Favre and Starr in this Tale o’ the Tape.
One angry Brett Favre fan blasted his critics at the start of the 2007 season.
We were ready to put Brett Favre out of his misery, in this CHFF classic from 2006.
Favre’s place in the hierarchy of Super Bowl quarterbacks
