The day Brett Favre retired was a national day of mourning.
Well, except for Vikings, Lions and Bears fans, and Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers.
The last three individuals are happy because Brady and Manning now get to chase Favre's records without worrying about him setting the bar even higher while Rodgers finally gets his crack.
As a Packers fan, Rodgers worries me. The guy's played sparingly, just 59 pass attempts in three years, and has had two significant injuries in his very short career. He did look good in the Dallas game last year. We just have to wonder if that was a sign of the future or an anomaly.
Both Brady and Manning are great quarterbacks, and both might pass Favre's passing records. While neither has missed a game yet, it's hard to believe either will endure another hundred games injury-free.

Back to Favre, though - I'll be at his induction ceremony in Canton in five years.
He has spoiled not only Packers fans, but all football fans, by simply playing every game and having the Packers as a winning, competitive team year in and year out during his entire career (2005 doesn't count).
His team had just one losing season in 16 years, including an NFL-record 13 straight winning seasons, and that by itself is an amazing accomplishment. He led the Packers to the playoffs 11 times and won seven division titles and a Super Bowl.
He's got more wins than anybody else, more touchdown passes, more yards, more MVPs and is easily the most universally-loved quarterback of the last 20 years.
Hell, he was the leading vote getter for the Pro Bowl - the ninth Pro Bowl of his career - in his final season. That's a sign of the respect the guy garnered during a fabulous season, which would have been an MVP season had it not been for Brady's 50 TDs.
Favre is retiring, but he will never be forgotten. A street in Green Bay bears his name, intersecting with Lombardi Boulevard. With so many former Green Bay players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Favre may be the greatest Packer ever, and arguably the greatest quarterback to ever step onto an NFL field.
All I'd love to say to the guy is thank you.