Brett Favre Announces Retirement, Ends Career with New York Jets

New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre will not be back in 2009, telling the team that he will retire for the second time in less than a year.

Favre had his agent, James “Bus” Cook, inform the Jets of his retirement and on Wednesday the team acknowledged they had received the notification.

The 39-year-old Favre played just one season for the Jets after playing 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and a rookie year that had him playing in an Atlanta Falcons jersey. After announcing his retirement 11 months ago Favre opted to play one more year and after a deal with the Packers couldn’t be worked out he signed with the Jets.

It appeared as it would be a storybook season for Favre as the Jets jumped to a 9-3 record but they dropped their final four games and failed to make the playoffs. He was then criticized by several players for underperforming late in the season but Favre shrugged those comments off, attributing them to frustration and admitting that he had run out of steam.

Over his 18-year career Favre was a ten-time Pro Bowl selection, named the NFL MVP three times and led the Packers a Super Bowl title. He finishes his career with the most passing touchdowns at 464, most passing yards at 65,127, most completions at 5,720. Favre also strung together the most consecutive games started by a quarterback at 269 games, 291 games when including playoffs.

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