Rodney Harrison Has Favre Fatigue

Like many NFL fans and observers, former Chargers and Patriots safety Rodney Harrison is getting sick of Brett Favre. And Harrison made his position known during a Wednesday appearance on The Dan Patrick Show. “From the player’s I’ve talked to, a lot of them seem to think Brett Favre is pretty selfish,” Harrison said. “Each and every offseason bringing so much attention to himself. It’s just really a disappointment to hear that time and time again. “If you’ve been in the league 13, 14, 15 years or so you know if you want to play. The circus shouldn’t have to go on for three to four years. It’s just a disappointment. Then the media they’re just so caught up and in love with Brett Favre covering this whole thing. It’s ridiculous because a lot of guys are doing good, positive things in the National Football League and those keep things keep getting overlooked.” Though we’re having trouble getting the official PFT Commodore 64 to play the audio of Harrison’s appearance, a reader told us that Harrison also said that he’d prefer playing against Favre than having him for a teammate, because Favre can be counted on to throw four or five balls per game that the secondary has a shot at intercepting. (Harrison also would have a better chance to blow out Favre’s knee, given the whole “red jersey” thing in practice.) Though we tend to agree with Harrison, when else has an elite player who still has gas in the tank positioned himself to play for one of the chief rivals of the team with which he became a living legend? It’s virtually unprecedented in the NFL. (It might be unprecedented in other pro sports -- we don’t know because we don’t pay attention to any of them. Except hockey. In May.) The fact that there’s a three-ring circus quality to the story has caused many to overlook the basic fact that the story is damn compelling, and that Favre playing for the Vikings will make the 2009 season even more intriguing.