Brett Favre's DARKEST SECRET The NFL Wants You To Forget

[@justsomemincedgarlic]

If you are too young to know who Brett Favre is, you need to immediately stop this video and go watch this man’s highlights and micd up moments. He’s the reason I fell in love with nfl football. The Gunslinger.

[@gabo8954]

I truly dislike the Packers but damn watching brett favre play is just amazing. Probably the most entretaining QB of all time no doubt. That dude played a very exciting brand of football, not only the long balls, but the scrambles & everything he did was fun tu watch

[@jpmnky]

I was fortunate enough to see his entire career. He was my favorite quarterback after Joe Montana retired.

[@imfamiliar.]

I'm twelve and I know who he is, I don't know how anybody can't know who he is. (Unless you're dead of course.)

[@justsomemincedgarlic]

@@jpmnky I’m 30 now, but I was 12 years old when he played the game after his dad died and I still remember it like it was yesterday. It was the most incredible thing I’ve seen done on a football field. To go out there and play is one thing, but to play the way he did that game is just insane. Truly a legend.

[@CorYxKeNshun]

I'm young and love Brett Favre, so I agree if you haven't seen this guy you've been missing out on a legend

[@robertandrews6915]

What was Favre's darkest secret that the nfl wants me to forget? Was more of a recap of favre's last years.

[@ek9589]

thought this was going to be about his painkiller addiction

[@Morpheus903]

@@ek9589 That's likely something that Brett himself would like to forget. Addiction is wicked, and if you've ever experienced it, you understand what I mean.

[@daviddeking2676]

As a life-long Vikings fan, it wasn't easy seeing Favre in a Vikings uniform after so many years as an opponent. His first year as a Viking was magical and he definitely didn't play as old as he really was. I'm happy that he has mended his relationship with the Packers although I know some Packer fans that are still upset with him playing for the Vikings.

[@ihcterra4625]

As a Packer fan, after Favre stuck it to the fans and tried to sabotage the Packers, I'd have been happy if Favre never came back to the Packers and retired as a Viking. Let them retire his number. Piss on him. I was sick of him in 2005 and 2006 when he sandbagged the team over Mike Sherman getting demoted and fired. I though Favre and his chronic choking was a perfect match for the Vikings and their post season curse. 2009 ended exactly the way I predicted it would.

[@yourmomshouselol]

Too bad it's illegal for the Vikings to do well defensively post season 😭

[@ihcterra4625]

@James Andrews Favre was pissed that Sherman was demoted and fired for mismanaging the team. For drafting guys like Punter BJ Sander, Ahmad "oven mitts" Carrol, "too small" Jamal Adams and signing "Joe Johnson for $3.2 mil per sack. Favre sandbagged the team to get cut in '05 and '06. When that didn't work, after he sandbagged the Packers by ignoring a wide open 1st down throw to a TE and threw a late weak pass to a covered Driver to choke away the NFCCG at home, he fake retired. He was never asked to retire. He was asked what his plans were so the team could make roster and contract decisions. He fake retired with the plan of waiting until camp started and then coming back to put the Packers over the cap and roster limits. Thompson had room on the cap for Favre's unplanned 12 mil, and got a roster exemption, so they didn't have to cut him and he could come back. That is when Favre proved it was all a scam to break his contract by demanding a trade. The comeback wasn't about playing, it was about getting out of a contract. When he was playing for the Jets, he went to the rest of the NFC North and offered to decode Mccarthy's playbook. The Bears said no, but the Lions accepted the help. We know he was already talking to Chilly and Bevil in Minnesota because they admitted it. The fake retirement thing was probably Chilly's idea in the first place. Favre choked in the post season whenever the game was on the line and the ball was in his hands. The Vikings deserved him and in 2009, they got just that. Favre isn't even the 4th best QB in Packer history. Anyone who really knows Packer history well would tell you that. Just because you were an impressionable child when Fave was playing, doesn't mean you remember him accurately.

[@lovedc4ever678]

Yeah, especially since he kicked the Packers' ass. Both times!

[@ihcterra4625]

@@lovedc4ever678 I thought it was a fair trade. The 2 losses by the Packers, that didn't keep them out of the playoffs, helped build a feeling of inevitability and destiny for Vikings fans. They were sure it was finally the year they were going to win it all. They could smell Super Bowl glory in the air. Every win against a bad opponent, every game that turned on a dropped Favre INT reinforced the expectation of finally getting the ring... only to have their hearts sink into their stomachs as they realize Favre did it again. Another soul crushing interception on a stupid play. Only from such lofty heights is the dull thud of your hopes and dreams hitting the ground so satisfying. It was indeed a magical season.

[@Radditz68]

I thought Favre looked good in Vikings purple. From what I remember, he had wanted to go there to begin with but the packers refused to trade him to a divisional rival. for obs reasons.

[@MOOSEPRIME98]

I believe still he would have won the super bowl with his first year in Minnesota

[@brandonhardman222]

Say if he had randy moss over there 🤔🤔🤔what you think would happened then

[@thisistobis5138]

The reason the Vikings are purple is from choking

[@xtlm]

That game was basically rigged. Not only was there Bountygate, but just look at the calls the refs made and didn't make. Yeah he threw that pick but it should have never come to that.

[@nooneforreal]

Yeah, we all wanted that fantasy story. But it didnt happen. Thats the beauty of ALL sports. and you are all correct. He threw them, It happened, its done. Brett Farve is still a boss. Lets not get away from that here.

[@nooneforreal]

I mean.. when was the last Vikings SB win?

[@ryanw.miller3855]

Love to see the Favre content. I've been a huge Favre fan and Packers fan since I was a kid. We've been very fortunate in Green Bay to have back to back legends behind center.

[@gabo8954]

I dunno if its fortunate or unfortunate, those 2 and only 2 SBs to stand for is actually pretty bad in my book. You shouldve got at least 5 SBs from both these tremendous QBs.

[@pika9752]

and who else has really done that much better in that time? besides tom brady

[@mikehawk6120]

@@pika9752 There's someone who's working on it... 3 years, 2 SBs, 1 ring, is pretty good right?

[@jerryschramm4399]

Signing with the Vikings was not "The ultimate act of betrayal." If he had signed with the Bears, THAT would have been unforgivable. And (I have to say it!) unbearable.

[@WeHaveTheRansom]

He thought about it

[@JFish44]

Skol

[@noyou113]

As a Vikings fan, how do u still consider the bears your biggest rival? They’ve sucked for 40 years.

[@WeHaveTheRansom]

@@noyou113 been to a Superbowl and multiple NFC championships unlike Minnesota so nice try

[@noyou113]

@@WeHaveTheRansom vikings have been to 4 Super Bowls and 14 nfc championship games. Bears have only been to 9 nfc championship games. Sure the bears had that one season where they won it, but that was 40 years ago. Vikings have like the 7th highest winning percentage ever and 6th most playoff appearances.

[@buzzed638]

And now he has stolen millions from people in need to build a volleyball court

[@fool4143]

Anyone who watched the Minnesota Vikings vs Saints need to realize that Favre did not lose that game. Yes he threw the interception at the end but the vikings were killing the saints all game until Adrian Peterson fumbled a handful of times and whoever that receiver was that fumbled I believe at the 10 maybe 20 yard line. Favre will always be a top 3 player to me because I remember when he threw that touchdown pass to Andre Rison in the super bowl at the start. It was so magical for my 7 year old brain. Lol my dad even to this day on packer game day will still say, "Put FAVRE on the field dammit."

[@hubbs5759]

Well, aside from being an interception machine, he also stole millions of dollars from Mississippi welfare program....which is absolutely pathetic and disgusting.

[@santosmoreno27]

The Vikings are not Greenbay’s biggest rival just cuz Wisco and UM are rivals. The bears are. (even if it hasn’t rly looked like a rivalry recently)

[@gabo8954]

From the Vikings perspective they are, but I agree from the Packers perspective the Bears are the biggest ribal.

[@GARBO96]

Well we all know that this definitely was not the worst decision he ever made

[@maxzmoose7459]

5:50 did he mean to put a Vikings clip of him

[@SamVanDam]

That might be the first time I've heard someone pronounce the "j" in Majkowski

[@vitamind-skool]

I’m sure someone else mentioned this, but just in case, it was Tracy Porter who intercepted Favre, not Malcolm Jenkins. I mainly remember this because he also picked off Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl right after this. Dope video though!!!

[@SnuggieMaple]

It’s crazy how similar Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers are

[@AssiduousNostalgia]

It's funny how Brett Farve's Jet season was ended by a former Jet, Chad Pennington.

[@jamalthedog5005]

I appreciate the video bro!! Not many people talk about favre anymore thanks!!

[@TaylorDaSwift]

Should of won it all with Minnesota. The NFL had other plans for a certain dirty franchise. That franchise still deserves more heartbreak than they've recently received

[@ihcterra4625]

The Vikings have a long history of post season disappointment, almost like they were cursed or something. Losing 4 Super Bowls, Gary Anderson etc. Going out and getting a QB with the most post season chokes in the history of the NFL is kind of asking for it. When the season was on the line and the ball was in Favre's hands, you knew he was going to throw a pick. It ended exactly as I predicted. I thought they deserve each other.

[@TheDizzleHawke]

Should *have

[@ihcterra4625]

@@TheDizzleHawke "Should've" would also be correct. I think that is the origin of the confusion for most people. They hear it as "should of" instead of the contraction. If they have never seen it written, they may not understand what they are hearing. Much like the confusion between "their" and "they're".

[@TheDizzleHawke]

@@ihcterra4625 naw. It’s just bad grammar.

[@cindeezy247]

My favorite Brett Favre performance will always be Something About Mary. 🤣

[@burnbabylonburn78]

Is that hair gel?

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

Yes 👍🏻 same here, I concur 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@andrewwolf4963]

😂😂😂

[@iamgoated6785]

5:45 Mahomes isn’t dramatic his family is

[@jamesvinson7439]

Regardless of Mike's video, I have a lot of respect for the man named Brett Favre. He was the toughest signal caller during my years of playing football and following the top league. It was special to watch him succeed in a league with several gun slingers.

[@jamesvinson7439]

somebody like this one so Brett, another guy, and myself can buy a hat for the league's sake.

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

True information about Brett Favre: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKSyanqBeqt9o80

[@davidking4838]

Bret played a year with the Jets, I don't know if that is a dark secret but most fans have indeed forgot about it.

[@jakeman202]

I thought this was going to be about the cell phone

[@roberthussey595]

Talking about the auto accident, at the 3:20 mark they said he landed behind the backseat...In a 4 door sedan, that would’ve been in the trunk...

[@patrickevans3797]

What I liked about Brett Favre was when he signed and played for the Vikings ,he gave his all, he played against New Orleans with an ankle that other people wouldn't even try to walk on, he wasn't a fake or a phony

[@hellasketch6523]

I got really into football in my teens when I was about 17 years old. I’m 29 now. Back then I only knew Brett for playing with the Vikings but I loved his personality. My favorite QB is Vick and I only knew him from playing with the Eagles haha

[@robertandrews6915]

I don't even remember favres time with Minnesota nor do I remember much about Vick being with the eagles except the "dream team" thing. Also find it weird he's allowed to be a broadcaster after all the dogs he killed in some very horrible way. He's just despicable to me and I doubt I'll ever see him any other way.

[@hellasketch6523]

@@robertandrews6915 you’re free to feel how you want. It was a pretty unfortunate that someone would do that, still doesn’t change him being my favorite QB!

[@wrenstark6320]

@@hellasketch6523 just shows that you don’t mind a person killing dogs as long as he’s fun to watch on field, honestly such a sad answer lmao

[@hellasketch6523]

@@wrenstark6320 you’re kind of a weirdo dude lol. Go somewhere else

[@lonetrap]

Same with me except i knew him from playing with tbe vikings. Funny cause vick is still my 2nd favorite qb of all time

[@droach5241]

Brett Favre was NOT the Aaron Rodgers before Aaron Rodgers… Brett Favre has the NFL Interception record and Aaron Rodgers is the most accurate QB of ALL TIME

[@nicholas.alan85]

Dude.. I live in Wisconsin. I'm a die hard Favre fan.. Do not say "all the fans were sick of his retire/unretire drama. I would say MOST of us wanted him to return and we were pissed at Green Bay for letting him walk. It wasn't until he threw the purple nurple on that I was over and done. We all love him again here in Wisconsin BTW...

[@lovedc4ever678]

Well, he hasn't worn the purple nurple for quite a while and I would say he paid the price for putting that on. Packer fans need to respect the price he paid to keep playing at a high level.

[@kidscarj5978]

Facts

[@cretejake34301]

The intersection that he threw in the NFL Championship game let's not Malcolm Jenkins it was Tracy Porter from the New Orleans Saints

[@thomasmattson2389]

The actual facts for Bret's final your done in GB was this. Packers played the Giants in the playoffs. In overtime Bret threw up a duck, it looked like anyone could get it, nice and high. The pass was intercepted. Giants ran three plays got five yards and then kicked a field goal and won. Apparently after right the game McCarthy went nuts and told Bret he was done in GB. From my understating Bret was told not to throw the ball. The weather was at least ten below and the Giants had more fight. I was at the game. If you watch Bret's final GB I'm retiring speech go look at his wife and see who she is staring at. She was pissed. Have a good one.

[@gabo8954]

What was the darkest secret?

[@rossington1680]

“Less than 2 months after the accident and 2 hand fulls of Vicodin” He left that part out.

[@bradydoesstuff5302]

Make a video on the bounty gate

[@b-lew777]

so what is his darkest secret.. i dont get it

[@thehatetank9057]

When watching this all happen back in the day I wondered if the retirement stuff was to avoid NFL drug testing. Specifically if he was roiding up to heal then making a comeback. I would do that to keep doing what I love.

[@Dakobah20]

wow been a packer fan since 96, didn't know about his car wreck, good information you dug up, great video!

[@sushiplug7180]

You nailed saying “controversy” this time, good shit man

[@solascriptura-e7t]

I have an Atlanta Falcons Brett Favre jersey....bootleg, from South Korea, though LoL @4:52

[@3jimp]

We called him Mr excitement - never a dull Moment

[@SkolBuddy420]

Never forget bountygate. The saints are the most disgraceful NFL franchise, their one sliver of a chance at a super bowl in their entire history had to come with one of the worst scandals ever. Don’t know how people can be saints fans.

[@altonbouligny587]

Who dat 🌚

[@SkolBuddy420]

@@altonbouligny587 exactly

[@normalisntcomingback.Jesusis]

You think that's bad look into the saints and the catholic church now that's bad..

[@criminalgaming1709]

It was Tracey Porter that picked off Favre not Jenkins

[@andreamicucci2396]

It sure was my friend #WhoDat...something we dont get to say alot nowadays 😔

[@criminalgaming1709]

@@andreamicucci2396 yeah the Vikings owns the saints now

[@polumathes9729]

I love Favre. He was my first favorite football player when I was a wii little sport. But….. his retirement back and forth, his signing with a rival team, and his post-career anti-football crusade despite playing until his damn 40’s have all really, really soured me on the guy in the last decade. (Little over but still). I wish him the best. He was fun to watch and I’ll never forget him as long GOD will permit me. But my goodness, the man is so frustrating.

[@nicholasmartin6480]

The day he signed on as a viking and my kids being born where the best days of my life. It still makes me smile.

[@hoff4301]

I like these documentary videos, keep it up

[@arod316]

You forgot to mention that there was a clause in his trade to the jets, that if they trade him to minnesota, they would have to send the packers 4 first round draft picks

[@elijahmccourtney1438]

Regardless of what happened, he’s one of the greatest QBs to play the game

[@jpmnky]

Exactly. And time has made all that post 2007 stuff not matter all that much.

[@lovedc4ever678]

@@TheTillmanSneakerReview Well, I hope I live to see the QB that can break Farve's consecutive start stat. I'm 55 and if I live to be 95, I don't think I ever will. Favre held tons of NFL stats for years. Stats are meant to be broken. Especially nowadays but it was tough breaking lots of his.

[@adamdavis2760]

I learned something today, and that is that con, tro and versy are apparently three separate words

[@rickwarner4102]

Being from minnesota i hated him as a packer...l hated him as a viking after his interception against the saints that cost us a possible 1st super-bowl win...But i respect the hell out of this man for how he played the game...

[@rupturegg8564]

Bountygate and refs not calling calls got Favre injured to his ankle and ruined our chance of a Super Bowl. Saints had the media on there side cause of Katrina and it ruined every other teams chances too

[@ASCX770]

I grew up being a packer fan cuz of Brett. Packer org did him wrong too by trading him to jets when they should of trade him to a better team he wants. But it was Brett's fault too for saying he wants to retire and decide to comeback towards the beginning on the season. Brett will always be a Packer.

[@iisharkyii9492]

I love these videos

[@jschang29]

The NFL is a business. Players play for their own reasons. I can't blame him knowing he could still play and not knowing if or when he is going to retire. He's definitely one of the most entertaining QBs I have watched play the game. I don't care for these guys off the field too much because we never know what's true or false but when it comes to football, he was great on the field.

[@ihcterra4625]

He didn't want to retire. He wanted to force his way out of Green Bay and he had a contract. He tried to get them to cut him by sucking for '05 and '06. When that didn't work, he fake retired and waited until the Packers had their roster set so he could come back, put them over the roster limit and drop 12 mil on their cap. When that didn't work, he forced them to just trade him to the Jets, so he could fake retire on them. After he ran to the rest of the NFC and gave them his playbook to sabotage the Packers.

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

When you have made football your life, sacrificed a lot/almost everything for it from an early age. i guess it's hard to want to ever give it up. Much like Brady is no doubt thinking now - You're a long time retired.

[@alextafoya3053]

i see that all the negative Accomplishments were left out. for example How he has defrauded people and refused to pay back. Personally I Don't think that this Greedy Man was a Good Man and that's the reason why he is NOT on a National TV Network.

[@tufgbhw6986]

Turn on the subtitles at 14:11 It says "to keep red fart retired"

[@rossedwardmiller]

It was so weird seeing him in the falcons “too legit to quit” mini doc.

[@larryphillips1870]

Brett Favre is the man who made me a Packers fan from Texas. 😆 🤣

[@kiondregraham3977]

It's been a long time since the Packers have had to worry about selling season tickets

[@namata305]

Lowkey these NFL stories (especially Favre’s) are better than what we see in the NBA

[@lovedc4ever678]

Well, to make a long story short. I know everything about Brett Favre because the first time I remember seeing him sling a football as a Packer, I said "There's the next John Elway". My NFL hero since 1983-1984 and whom I credit with my love of the NFL. So....there isn't much more you can tell me. First John Elway and then Brett Favre, made me believers in the NFL and I am so dang glad they did!

[@larryhoover3741]

tracy porter caught that interception on brett for the saints game bro, tracy also caught the one peyton threw in the end zone 💯

[@uMADden]

He was so good with Minny that one NFC championship game he gave it his all against the bounty hunted New Orleans

[@quaviolewisjriii3756]

I never noticed how much a young Brett Favre looks like a younger Canelo Alvarez lol

[@700.tylone]

I can’t believe that you came from 13.7k when I started watching you, it’s really insane

[@jamieward2880]

Don mah kowski , i thought you said mitch kowski ,😆 🤣 😂

[@jasonmckenzie2542]

As a Steelers fan we should trade for a veteran wr to teach the wr’s and sign o line and draft a qb

[@tmt411]

He played because he loved the game and yes he wanted to beat his old team, his battle with Vicodin and his many come back victories, he had an amazing career

[@tobinbarrette1141]

Let it go

[@penguinrea0088]

Keep God first

[@pokeliciousnchill2932]

2009 was the season for the Vikes to win the Superbowl, as a Vikings fan I still get super pissed about that NFC championship game. Such a rigged game.

[@jeffreysmith5230]

Those decades he played where some really fun years dude. That was real football. He was a real Mississippi pimp and play just like that.

[@mikegardner5319]

So we're ignoring the cheerleader incident

[@dalespringerwilson4233]

Has a lifelong Packers fan, it's 62 years old I was kind of pissed when he went to the Vikings. But forgive and forget he'll always be a Packer !

[@creativethinker6691]

I was at the game in playoffs where he crushed the cowboys as a viking!!! SKOL!!!! A guy I went to highschool with was his personal trainer for years and years in green bay

[@mitch_lifeoregondayz2449]

Do a video on his current affairs please

[@guitarwhelp]

Nothing about any of this is a secret or dark. Again with the sensationalism

[@holdmybeer7621]

Brett Favre is quoted as saying it is possible that throughout his entire NFL career he has suffered thousands of concussions. "The human head is not designed to do what rams do," said Favre. It will be a very dark day in the NFL if his legacy becomes one of CTE

[@TheBlindingwhite]

From the gunslinger into the waffler

[@michaelpaulaguilar9741]

That Favre Vikings season was amazing

[@truettjohnson7230]

Farve was the toughest man to play QB in the NFL in the last 50 years!!!!

[@jjww30]

If you had any idea the dumpster fire Favre pulled the Packers from, you’d understand how a few flirts with retirement were no big deal.

[@KYLEJACKO86]

Mike always on just dropped a video dropped another salute

[@2uzu]

Nah bro say what really happened in that Vikings-Saints game. Bountygate and the refs finessed us out of a super bowl. The refs literally admitted they missed the call on live tv the day after the game.

[@ryancoleman4543]

As hard as it might be to remember, this is a career and paycheck for players. Loyalty to self and family wins out over team and fans sometimes. Who know what his addiction did to his finances and marriage. No matter the team, it was great to watch him play when it wasn’t against my team, like Brady

[@papp4075]

Good video

[@usnationalist8150]

I don’t get where people think it’s so bad what he did, packers wanted to go with Rodgers and Bret Farve wasn't going to be a back up if the packers didn’t release him. I don’t see this as a big deal.

[@tonydetoro1147]

This guy played when football was a gladiator sport. If he played under the rules today. Forget about about. He would still be playing breaking. Records.

[@dallasraisbeck7297]

No dislikes. Nice, this is a rarity for YT videos now days. Good work as always Mike

[@markjob7736]

You're joking....right?

[@dallasraisbeck7297]

@@markjob7736 either I'm not paying attention or I'm simply wrong. Definitely not joking. Why you gotta come at me like that

[@markjob7736]

@@dallasraisbeck7297 KZbin stopped showing dislikes a week ago because too many feelings get hurt. You're good man.

[@dallasraisbeck7297]

Seriously...wtf stupid

[@rebeccahancock7406]

One of the most arrogant, selfish, superior, racist, cheater and all around awful human being, I believe. The truth needs to start coming out about him.

[@juliangarcia1221]

I'm definitely not too young cuz I was able to watch Brett Favre in his final years with Green Bay and his years with Minnesota

[@Seánasadventure]

This isn’t really dark….it’s just Brett farves classic story. I can think of a few darker moments involving text messages. NOW THAT is a story the nfl wants you to forget. Not hating I love farve, but I kept waiting for “Farves darkest secret the nfl wants you to forget” then the video ended and I still don’t understand what part of this video was dark. It felt like watching a pg movie that was pretending to be r rated.

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video

[@ElvisRose_]

Brett Favre taught me a valuable lesson that your perception of a celebrity could be totally wrong. I don't put any stock in how players behave outside of the four quarters of the game. A player can have any attitude they want when they aren't on the field as long as it doesn't translate on the field.

[@redreeler4905]

You celebrate Mahome I don't, and many more don't!!!

[@dennisrowe3860]

If the league had tailored it’s quarterback safety rules before bounty gate, he would still be playing. Just like Brady.

[@nickmckee7293]

Controversy- con-tro-versey

[@rubenparkerjr1531]

I'm so glad Green Bay won the Super Bowl his last year lol

[@caseywiggins63]

He didn't want to retire he didn't want to attend training camp. He said that for years and would try to come back to play towards the latest that he could come back

[@TheeRomantic]

Funny to see the falcons make another huge mistake

[@strick8008]

You should do a video about the "shortest" debacle of Farves career 🤣

[@mylesanderson1445]

Thanks JA for giving him the convincing him to come back for a strong year!