John Madden, Al Michaels Talk About the Only NFL Story That Matters: Brett Favre

Peter King has competition for the title of Brett Favre's Biggest Fan. Tonight, NBC will carry the season opener between the Redskins and Giants, which means that Al Michaels and John Madden will have three hours to talk about all the things that make Favre great (pray for overtime because, frankly, three hours just isn't enough time to do that eulogy justice).

The announcers spoke recently about the off-season goings-on that eventually led to Favre landing in New York, and, predictably, they were shocked at how events unfolded.

"It still does look weird," Michaels said. "It's Joe Montana in a Kansas City uniform. It's Wayne Gretzky in a Los Angeles Kings uniform. It's Michael Jordan in a Washington Wizards uniform. It's that kind of a thing. It's going to take a while to get used to, especially here in New York, seeing posters and a lot of stuff in the newspapers." ...

"I was really surprised the way this whole thing came down," Madden said. "I was surprised first of all when he retired. He always told me that as long as he was healthy and he had a chance to win, he'd keep playing. Obviously he was healthy and they were in the championship game, so they had a good team."

And that brings the grand total of Americans who actually thought Favre had retired when he gave that tearful retirement press conference to one.

Madden's naiveté aside, he makes a point many Packers fans have been lamenting since Favre was traded to the Jets: "Who would you rather have, Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre as your quarterback or Aaron Rodgers and two rookies?" Madden said. "That to me would be easy. I mean I would (have) worked something out to keep him there."

And that's hard to argue, but here's a thought: maybe Favre should've made up his mind about his future before he re-un-re-retired. Again. It makes you a lot less selfish-seeming. Personally, I think the Packers will still be a playoff team this season, but this assumes Aaron Rodgers can stay healthy, which to date, has been an issue.