Greatest Ever?

When thinking of the elite teams in today's NFL the teams that generally come to mind are the Patriots, Colts, and Cowboys. There is one team, however, that is 9-1 and not on too many people's radar. They are the Green Bay Packers. Led by the ageless Brett Favre, the Packers are this year's Cinderella Darlings.

Brett Favre, who for the last 16 or so seasons has been contemplating retirement, has forced the Packers to make decisions for the future. The biggest example of this is when the team drafted Aaron Rodgers, who has yet to start a game. Meanwhile amid all the will Brett stay or will Brett go, the Packers find themselves atop the NFC North and with one of the best records in the league. The season has only added to the mystique of Favre's career. It has led me to ask whether or not Favre is the greatest quarterback of all time? Let's examine all the essential details

Rings: Favre has a Superbowl ring leading the Packers to a Superbowl win over the Patriots (feels weird to say). He has another Superbowl appearance in which he lost and was outplayed by counterpart John Elway. So he has more Rings than Marino and as many rings as Peyton Manning.

Stats: Favre has broken or is on his way to breaking all the prestigious Qb stat records in the game. He has the record for most TD Passes, yardage and wins and there are certainly to be more records broken.

Teammates: here is the most crucial part of the greatest quarterback ever argument. Who did he throw to and hand off to. Sure Marino wins for least talent behind him, but Favre is pretty close and has a ring to show for it. Favre never had a hall of fame target to throw to, you could argue Sterling Sharpe, but he does not have longevity in his favor. He certainly didn't have Jerry Rice or John Taylor to throw to like Joe Montana did. Favre didn't have Jim Brown running the ball for him either. Edgar Bennett, Dorsey Levens, and a couple good years from Ahman Green is the cast of characters. Elway had Terrell Davis, who for his short career, had hall of fame numbers. Elway also had a hall of fame tight end in Shannon Sharpe.

When this season is over for Green Bay regardless of how they fare in the playoffs, all the Favre retirement speculation will begin, but maybe this year there will be a sub plot of Favre being the greatest quarterback of all time.