Brett Favre will go down as one of the toughest quarterbacks to play the game, but even he admits being frightened about the memory loss he is experiencing in retirement.
"I think after 20 years, God only knows the toll," Favre, who played for the Falcons, Packers, Jets and Vikings, said in an interview with 570 Sports Talk in Washington on Thursday.
Favre's fears about brain trauma put another face on the concussion concerns that are rocking the NFL. The league recently settled a $765 million lawsuit with former players dealing with post-concussion issues, but still many viewed that as not doing enough for men whose health was ruined by football.
Favre is not at that point, but he has legitimate concerns about how his playing career will affect his life.
"I don't remember my daughter playing soccer, playing youth soccer, one summer," Favre told the station.
"I don't remember that. I got a pretty good memory, and I have a tendency like we all do to say, 'Where are my glasses?' and they're on your head. This was pretty shocking to me that I couldn't remember my daughter playing youth soccer, just one summer, I think. I remember her playing basketball, I remember her playing volleyball, so I kind of think maybe she only played a game or two. I think she played eight. So that's a little bit scary to me. For the first time in 44 years, that put a little fear in me."
Brett Favre lays on the turf after suffering a concussion on the final play of his career in 2010.Photo: AP
Favre won a Super Bowl with the Packers and played an astonishing 297 consecutive games in a row, but he was sacked 525 times, according to CBS News. Many of those occurred while the NFL was still in the dark ages of concussion treatment. Players now are likely to miss at least one game when they suffer a concussion; in the previous era, players might miss only a play or two before trotting back onto the field.
"When I first started playing, those first 10 years, they didn't keep a log like they do now, so there's no telling," said Favre, who said there was "no way in hell" he would return to the NFL after the quarterback-less Rams reached out to him this past week.
The NFL's answer to the concussion crisis has been to call penalties on plays in which a defender leads with his helmet, but most realize this is not a cure-all. And for Favre and countless other retired players, the increased safety standards are coming far too late.
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