[Bette]

Why journalists deify the Green Bay Packers quarterback.

Brett Favre isn't just a future NFL Hall of Famer. The Green Bay Packers quarterback is also a regular dude. Just ask anybody who writes about Favre or talks about him on television. The Packers play Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs late on Sunday afternoon, a time slot that promises plenty of shots of Favre heroically framed in the rural Wisconsin gloaming while worshipful announcers compose loving odes to his talents as a player, husband, father, and man. It's enough to make you want to root for Randy Moss.
As the disconnect between multimillionaire athletes and ticket-buying fans widens, few players have retained the "jes' folks" status of the Packers star QB.

Because he's just a regular dude, Favre is one of us even when he screws up. Favre received almost no criticism last January when his boneheaded overtime heave cost the Packers last year's divisional playoff against Philadelphia.
Keep in mind, this is the same guy who went into the fetal position to allow Michael Strahan to break the single-season sack record.

[Lefty Noob]

I don't know about diefy, but the guy seems like the genuinely likeable sort. Image is everything, I guess.

[vincesanity82]

I think hes dreamy..

[Seahawker 562]

image is everything. thats why so many people like brady and romo etc.