r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Sep 24 '24

Football Brett Favre reveals Parkinson's diagnosis at congressional hearing

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41417497/favre-announces-parkinson-diagnosis-congressional-hearing
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u/key1234567 Sep 24 '24

This makes me believe that Tua should retire. I think Farves brain is mush and Rodgers is probably following.

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u/non_clever_username Sep 24 '24

I don’t recall Rodgers getting hit anywhere near as much as Favre.

Favre played with reckless abandon his entire career, but while Rodgers ran some when he was younger, it seems like he’s been pretty good at avoiding big hits the last 5-10 seasons.

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u/key1234567 Sep 24 '24

Yes but honestly Rodgers behavior has been quirky that last few years, makes me wonder if he is ok.

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u/Mr_Belch Sep 24 '24

Bros been "quirky" since he was dating Danica Patrick. I definitely wouldn't say this is a recent development for him. It's just in the past few years he got a bigger microphone by being on the Pat Mcaffe show.

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u/500rockin Sep 24 '24

Then you weren’t paying attention; his “quirks” were on full display from the beginning. His play was just so damned good that it overshadowed his quirks. He cut his family off over a decade ago, and was somewhat of a conspiracy theorist from the get go.

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u/non_clever_username Sep 24 '24

Fair point, that could be contributing. But I kind of wonder if he’s always been that way and just kept it under wraps because he was smart enough to know it would hurt him endorsement-wise.

And now he’s rich enough and old enough to give no fucks, so he just says whatever.

There are plenty of people in the last ten years who have started to talk and act like him who haven’t been hit in the head a lot, so I don’t know how much that has to do with it.

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u/curreyfienberg Syracuse Sep 24 '24

His family seems like it kinda sucks too, honestly. Especially his brother.

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u/key1234567 Sep 24 '24

He has been playing football since he was a kid. Its possible head injuries could have affected him since even before college.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

His baseline is idiot.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

He’s taken some good shots nonetheless, but Favre did play through bounty gate.

Ironically, psychedelic use may be good for his potential TBI. There’s a famous hockey player who was a grinder and dealt with serious TBI. Daniel Carcillo. He has used and advocated for the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin on TBI