You can take this with as much of a grain of salt as my previous entry about the Royal's Magic Jumbotron of Destiny [1]. It seems that Brett Favre isn't retiring after all. Not only that, but he's not going to be the starting quarterback for the Packers... so what does this limbo mean for Favre [2]? He could become a member of the Packers' coaching staff, a back-up quarterback or he'll be traded to another team. It's unlikely that Favre would take a bench warmer spot and the Packers have said that he's not going to become a member of the coaching staff so that leaves only one thing... he'll be starting for the Chiefs this fall. The Chiefs are in need of a competent quarterback and Favre would be following in the Chiefs' "proud" tradition of picking up quarterbacks that are past their prime. You needn't look any further than Joe Montana and Trent Green to see what I mean.
When Joe Montana was traded to the Chiefs in 1993 I thought it was awesome at first, I mean, it's Joe Montana! However, this wasn't really the same Joe Montana that won four Super Bowls. What's more is that the Chiefs certainly weren't the 49ers that won those four Super Bowls with him. Needless to say, the Chiefs didn't win Super Bowls XXVII, XXVIII, XXIV or XXX (Steve Bono deserves the blame for those last two). Trent Green was a similar story. After "earning" a Super Bowl ring in St. Louis Green joined the Chiefs after a culling at the Rams in 2001. It can be argued that Trent Green wasn't really "past his prime" when he came to Chiefs but I still think he peaked in college. I mean, this guy was cut by the Chargers, then being cut by the British Columbia Lions, THEN he has the balls to reject a $12 million deal with the Redskins. Clearly senility set in early. Marcus Allen is another old timer that the Chiefs picked up in the 1990s. Although he wasn't a quarterback he did have a passion for opening Ford dealerships [3] which distracted him from football resulting in lackluster performance in the gridiron.
But back to Brett Favre. It should be noted that Favre only has one season left in him, max. Favre is featured on the cover of the Madden '09 game this year which means he's cursed. Well, technically the Madden game is cursed [4] but via the transitive hoodoo of curses it's Favre that'll suffer as a result. Vince Young and Daunte Culpepper were two quarterbacks that were injured the same year they appeared on the Madden cover. If Favre gets hurt this year he's pretty much done for. The Madden Curse isn't limited to injury though, Ray Lewis pretty much stabbed a dude to death and Michael Vick turned out to be a dog fighter (which is somehow worse). So chances are Favre will come to KC and either have his spine crushed just after the first snap, or it'll be revealed that he's a molester, like Peyton Manning. Whatever happens it'll be a heck of a way to end a career.