nativefalcon Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Falcons lost Favre to city night lifeBy Furman Bisher | Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 07:38 PM The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFurman Bisher Frankly, you could cover Brett Favre s career as a Falcon on a postcard. In fact, maybe no more than a postage stamp. He came, was rarely seen, gone after one season, and Atlanta hasn t been able to shake him out of its hairy memory to this day.When he retired from the Packers on Tuesday, it was black-type front page stuff. Kings and queens have vacated thrones with less of a stir. And there in the background of his NFL biography loomed the ever-pathetic image of the heavy-handed, intolerant Falcons who in barroom myth ran off the mudcat from Mississippi, described by all the crooning broadcast voices as one of the greatest, if not the greatest of all quarterbacks of all time. You should forgive them, for they are short of perspective that comes with vintage. In their grasp for ear-ringing superlatives, they forget, or are unaware, that there was an Otto Graham, a Johnny Unitas, a Bobby Layne, a Joe Montana, and more who could sing in that choir of the greatest. Make no bones about it, Favre had the same kind of stuff, and records that back him up. But throughout it all, the Falcons weren t able to shake the image as the dullards who dumped him.They have one substantial authority on the subject who backs them up Favre himself. This is the way it was: Here was a small-town guy from Kiln, Miss., present-day population 2,040 (it has sprawled since Brett was a kid), who had never been to town before. Atlanta was the new rage of the South. Temptations on every corner. Open bars. Booze on the hoof. He should have been in Green Bay, larger than Kiln, but his kind of town.In a book under his byline, he takes the blame. I drank Atlanta up, he says. He later spent some time in a center that wrings out drunks.He missed the sitting for the first team picture. Hung over, he was late. He wasn t married yet, and Atlanta was already a magnet for southern beauties looking for a big time. Jerry Glanville was the Falcons coach, and he was looking for a quarterback to back up Chris Miller, who had a good career going. Ken Herock had drafted Favre out of Southern Miss, and Favre was the GM s boy. Glanville soon had enough of Favre s libertine life pattern and demanded that he be traded. Herock resisted.The story is that Glanville asked that his offensive coach, June Jones (the same), be allowed to cast the deciding vote. Jones was with Glanville, and the deal was made. Favre went to Green Bay for the Packers first-round draft pick in 1992, and the Falcons drafted another player from Southern Miss, Tony Smith, a running back. He lasted a season.Favre got the news sitting at his parents table in Kiln usually he could be found at the Broke Stroke, the town social center eating crawdads and drinking beer. His career in Atlanta amounted to five passes, two caught by the other team zero yards. The Packers saw what in this country playboy? Ken Herock was borne out. Glanville could build a case for himself, but on the other hand, had he not been able to see the talent raging inside this Cajun from Kiln? Put the whip to him, send him on the field instead of clumping along with Billy Joe Tolliver as his backup? Truth is, Glanville didn t like him, didn t like his habits, didn t like his addiction to the playboy life. Curse Glanville, if you choose, he who often rode onto the field aboard a motorcycle, but what he missed was one of the greatest, if not the greatest quarterback of all time. Favre himself gives the Falcons a pass. And in passing, let it be said that his presence on the national scene has corrupted the preferred Cajun pronunciation of the name it s Fov, not Farve. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-bl...ns_lost_fa.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Williams Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I can vouche for this. I'm a huge Favre fan. We're the same age... I lived in the ATL back then and loved the pick when it was made....I think Bob Whitfield was drafted the same year...it was a **** good draft.. However, for those who remember we had Chris Miller, probowl QB and at that time he was the man! Favre was imature and livin the Buckhead nightlife...my girlfriend (now my wife of 15 years) ran into Brett often....and partied with him quite a bit back in the day.. I don't hold it against him, he was a kid...the same way I can't hold it against the Falcons Orginization for trading him away. I would love nothing better to then have had Brett Favre as the Falcon QB for the lat 17 years, but no one can predict the future...and at the time, we made the right choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV.2000 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Brett said himself not long ago, that he wasn't really serious about football when he came to the Falcons. He said that he was a party animal. Brett would show up for pratice blowed away. Glanville didn't cut Brett, because he liked him. Brett may have been a problem child but he had the Brett Favre charm. So they shiped him off to Greenbay. Mainly because Glanville said, "He can't stay out all night up there, because ain't noth'in open." Greenbay just wanted him to hold the clip board. ATLANTA DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GIVING AWAY ....... AND GREENBAY ..... HAD NO CLUE AS TO WHAT THEY WERE GETTING. AND YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconforce Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 It may sound stupid, but Atlanta and J. Glanville probably saved Brett's life. Brett was not in a good place mentally when he was traded, He was headed for trouble., if not already there. I agree with Twill and Rev.....I too was hangin in b'head back in the day and Brett was no stanger. Still love him and wish he'd stayed a Falcon though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcornplaya Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Boy is Bisher smart, it only took him 17 years to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV.2000 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 popcornplaya (3/4/2008)Boy is Bisher smart, it only took him 17 years to figure it out.:w00t::w00t::w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Freddie Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 popcornplaya (3/4/2008)Boy is Bisher smart, it only took him 17 years to figure it out.Bisher can personally testify that dinosaurs taste like chicken. He should have retired, not years, but decades ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpjumper Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 He's better than Terrence Moore, but thats not saying a whole lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV.2000 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 stumpjumper (3/5/2008)He's better than Terrence Moore, but thats not saying a whole lot.TERRENCE LIVES FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BELITTLE THE FALCONS. WHEN HE FIRST WENT TO THAT PAPER, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "THIS GUY WON'T BE HERE LONG." BUT HE'S STILL HERE, AND HE'S STILL DOING A JOB ON US. MAYBE THE GUYS JUST LUCKY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robpanama Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thats what happened to me when I went to the big city.l Just takes the wake call to turn it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Jewell Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Sorry Guys I was listening to the Afternoon Saloon when Ken Herock called in and said that Brett was a strong armed sob that he loved to death. Jerry Glanville didn't like and he said that as long as he was here in Atlanta he would never get a snap. The Buckhead Brett was just him being from a small town in Mississippi, coming to a big city. He also talked about how trading him to Green Bay got us Tony Smith from Southern Miss also. Ken said that he would stand on the field and throw the ball into the press box in Anaheim when they played the L.A. Rams. Said he had an incredible strong arm with lots of control. So thank Glanville for getting rid of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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