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Three years ago this week, Brett Favre was winding down his final season with the Packers -- one that would end in the NFC championship game. Had he retired at the end of that season -- as he originally tearfully announced he would -- Favre's No. 4 would most likely already be retired by the Packers, and he would be universally regarded as one of the greats to play the game.
Instead, Favre came back. And started his career -- and reputation -- on a downward spiral that -- despite a magical season in 2009 -- made him a pariah in Green Bay and a late-night television punchline, known more for his alleged lewd text messages and continual retirements and un-retirements than his dozens of NFL records.
So, do the last thee seasons taint 15 years of shear brilliance for the NFL's ultimate gunslinger, whose streak of 297 consecutive starts came to an end on Monday night when he was inactive in the Vikings' 21-3 loss to the Giants?
That's just one question of many we posed to our group of NFL experts as they take their weekly seats around the FanHouse Roundtable.
Brett Favre went from revered to pretty much reviled in many places in three short -- or depending on your perspective, long -- seasons. Has anyone done more at the end of their career to destroy their reputation?
Dan Graziano: Roger Clemens?
Chris Harry: Michael Vick. But unlike Vick, Favre won't have a chance to redeem himself.
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