Is Favre a Latter-Day Narcissus?

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Published: July 17, 2009

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... art is a unique throwing motion; his canvas is a 120-yard field.

His goal, the end zone.

This multiple record-holding quarterback is a true mythological figure-in-the-making.

His name is Brett Favre, a three-time AP NFL MVP.

His single Super Bowl victory—pedestrian when compared to Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, Tom Brady and Terry Bradshaw—and legendary statistics have been enhanced by his toughness, grit and longevity.

But, this hero has a fly in his ointment, and that is something he just cannot shake: A Super Bowl loss that just shouldn't' have been.

Oh, how the football gods torture him.

Thus, this 10-time Pro Bowler seeks in vain another golden ring.

Yet he is in love with his own image on the field.

He cannot bear to be retired.

Instead, as the latter-day Narcissus, this hero does not hail from Thespiae in Boeotia.

Nor is he renown for his beauty.

However, he is infamous for h...

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