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Brett Favre's Ankle Will Not Be Overshadowed

With so much talk about Dwight Freeney's ankle this week, there was no chance we would get all the way to Sunday without something leaking out about how banged up Brett Favre was after the NFC Championship game.

"You want to see a bad ankle? We'll show you a bad ankle."

I'm assuming that's how the conversation went between Favre's agent Bus Cook and Clarion Ledger writer Rick Cleveland. Cleveland, whose blog covers "All things Mississippi…and some beyond," was talking with Cook about Colts DT – and Mississippi native – Antonio Johnson when he asked about the health of Favre.

"Beat up," Bus answered. "You should see the photos of his ankle and his hamstring the day after the game."

I said I'd like to do just that. Cook e-mailed them. Brace yourself.


It is pretty gruesome. In fact, it's probably a good thing the Saints beat the Vikings or we'd be dealing with never-ending stories about the ankles of two huge stars in the Super Bowl. Frankly, I'm not sure America is ready for that much below-the-calf speculation. Obviously Cleveland is in the pro-Favre camp, as his next line reads:
That he even finished the game is testament to why he is football's all-time iron man, the toughest football player I've ever seen. Now I ask you: How many guys would have played with that?
My guess, in the NFC title game, would be all of them. But Favre did have a hammy problem, too (that photo, linked through, is pretty nasty as well). So he's got Freeney totally beat on injuries this week. Of course, Freeney actually needs to play on Sunday, while Favre's only appearance during the Super Bowl will be in an ad for Hyundai, so it seems all the media attention is focused on the right ankle.

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by snowhill on Feb 3, 2010 9:45 AM EST reply actions  

cool…now i’d like to hear more football morons say "favre should have ran for a few yards to get into field goal range". really jacka$$es ???

by lordhlatts on Feb 3, 2010 10:09 AM EST reply actions  

That looks like about 1000 mg a day of Oxycontin right there, folks

by L'etat, c'est moi on Feb 3, 2010 10:29 AM EST reply actions  

yeah good thing the Vikes didn’t put a bodyguard ie fullback ie Kleinsasser to protect their gem. sloppy game along with sloppy coaching. brett just tried to be HERO for the 200th time this year and the last fling failed. it all points back to AP’s fumbles in my eyes.

by Sayitaintsosa23 on Feb 3, 2010 11:01 AM EST reply actions  

Lets not forget the play Favre got hurt on . Should have been a penality for hitting the QB below the knees . Fifteen yards and a first down . Worst non call I’ve seen this year . Most likely cost the Vikings the game . After seeing this picture , we all know why this rule was put in place .

by riverv on Feb 3, 2010 11:16 AM EST reply actions  

Um, wasn’t he running when he threw the interception??? Didn’t he run at least 5 yard laterally out of the pocket? Couldn’t he have gone another 5 yards, after all, the closets defender was 15 yards away? What does AP’s fumbleitis have to do with the game winning drive? Sure without his fumbles they could have put the game out of reach and Favre woudn’t have been in that situation, but the bottom line is he was, and big time players win big time games, period!!! 3 years in a row??? I haven’t seen choking like that since Linda Lovelace’s last movie…

by steelcrazy2 on Feb 3, 2010 11:20 AM EST reply actions  

Nothing self-serving about releasing pictures of your poor ankle. What a loser. 75% of players have bruises after playing a game. They just don’t take pictures to show us how tough they are. Naturally, all the Favre puppets think this is perfectly normal behavior and only enhances this hack’s reputation, which I guess it sort of does. His reputation for being a self-centered egomaniac.

by ChiAdam on Feb 3, 2010 11:26 AM EST reply actions  

what a wuss. sending out pictures of your bruises??? poor brett (I might have stunk up the game, but I was HURT) farve………

by tcndeb on Feb 3, 2010 12:10 PM EST reply actions  

The Rams Jack Youngblood played the 1979 playoffs and Super Bowl with a broken leg. Of course, there are no pictures becuz Jack was a badass who didn’t need to let everyone know how tuff he was. Ex-Buc Chris Simms played a game with a ruptured spleen. Those both sound worse than a bruised ankle.

by Paul Brown's Ghost on Feb 3, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions  

Most of these "guys" posting negative comments on here about Favre and how he should have played and this and that…are probably most likely overweight, unemployed, non-athletic coach potatoes, who have never played a sport, much less picked up a football in their life. They think athleticism is getting off their butts and putting in the latest edition of Madden into their XBOX, not Wii that is too much activity. They are the kind of people who call into work when their bellies hurt, then mock someone who is actually hurting. Get a life, you are no athlete, and surely can not tell Favre or anyone else, how they are feeling or if they can play. Now, get off the couch, put down the ham sandwich, put up the soda and go exercise.

by chamberlain1970 on Feb 4, 2010 7:28 AM EST reply actions  

Also, it was not Favre who took or released the photo. It was asked for by the blog writer to Favre’s agent…not Favre. Learn to read an article, instead of making up your own storyline.

by chamberlain1970 on Feb 4, 2010 7:31 AM EST reply actions  

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