Original? No. True? Fuck yes.
Kissing Suzy Kolber has all but cornered the market on mocking Peter King, and I salute them for their great work in this field. However, I have to address this quote on my own. It infuriates me too much not to:
No matter what you think of Favre — and it’s no secret I think he’s the most charismatic and interesting player I’ve covered — you have to admire how he bleeds in front of us. He goes out and gets the snot knocked out of him (“We were determined to hit him over and over and make him feel it,” said none other than his old friend with the Packers, Saints safetyDarren Sharper), somehow survives, then makes a throw he never should have made.
See, Peter, no I fucking don’t. I DON’T have to admire shit about the fact that he “bleeds” in front of us. Let me explain why:
- Everybody on the damn field takes a beating and bleeds for us. It’s football. Favre doesn’t take half the beating his Offensive Lineman take. IT’S FOOTBALL, YOU MORON!!!
- He get’s paid 8 figures. There are hundreds upon thousands of people who would be exactly what he does if they had the talent. It’s a game. He gets an ungodly amount of money to play it. Part of that game is getting hit. So I don’t have to ADMIRE SHIT ABOUT A GUY WHO GETS PAID $15+ MILLION FOR HIS TROUBLES OF GETTING HIT IN A FOOTBALL GAME!!!
- He somehow survives because it isn’t that hard to survive. Hits to the head and helmet on a QB are illegal. He is wearing all kinds of state of the art padding to protect his body. In fact, the success rate of survival on QBs is 100%. Not one QB has died from being sacked. Not even David Carr.
Peter King, you have set the standard for heroism pretty damn low. Favre got hit in a football game, then ended his teams season with a truly atrocious decision and throw. By the way, this is the 3rd time Brett Favre has ended his and his teams season in the playoffs with an Interception while the game was either tied or within reach of one score. This is Peter King’s definition of what should be admired and regarded as heroic.
The sad part is Peter King represents the views of several sports media personalities and ESPN as a whole. It’s frustrating and ridiculous. I would like to read just one unbiased approach from a major media member to Favre and his actions on and off the field. Apparently that is way too much to ask. It’s like asking an inexperienced, smooth-talking idealist to run a huge superpower on the verge of serious economic collapse.
Fuck you, fat man.
You would be an abomination to sports writing if it wasn't already so bad.
Tags: Media Failures, Peter King, Peter King has no objectivity, Peter King is a douche bag, Peter King is a horrible sports writer, Peter King sucks
