at a glance… BRETT FAVRE - Packers

BRETT FAVRENFL’s best teams, since 9/27/92Brett Favre made his first start at quarterback – and first of a leaguerecord253 in consecutive fashion – Sept. 27, 1992, vs. Pittsburgh (left).The NFL’s top teams since that day:COMMUNITYADMIN. &COACHESVETERANSDRAFT &FREE AGENTS2007 REVIEWFAVRELAMBEAUFIELDMISC.The most durable quarterback everConsecutive Starts, Quarterbacks, All-Time253 Brett Favre, GB .........1992-2007160 Peyton Manning, Ind (current) . 1998-2007116 Ron Jaworski, Phi. ............ 1977-84110 Tom Brady, NE (current). ....... 2001-07107 Joe Ferguson, Buf. ............ 1977-8495 Dan Marino, Mia .............. 1987-9389 Roman Gabriel, LARm ......... 1965-72u In NFL history…Only about half the NFL teams publish consecutive starts intheir records section, partly because early press-box statisticiansdid not universally and consistently document startinglineups. Lineups were not recorded at every home and roadgame before 1962. Here are the longest starting streaks onrecord, as published in team media guides:270 Jim Marshall, Min. ............ 1961-79253 Brett Favre, GB .........1992-2007240 Mick Tingelhoff, Min. .......... 1962-78229 Bruce Matthews, HouO-Ten ... 1987-2001223 Will Shields, KC ............ 1993-2006210 Jim Otto, Oak ................ 1960-74207 Gene Upshaw, Oak ............ 1967-81202 Randall McDaniel, Min-TB .... 1989-2001194 Doug Dieken, CleB ............ 1971-84192 *Derrick Brooks, TB ......... 1996-2007192 Len Hauss, Was .............. 1964-77177 Aeneas Williams, Ari-StLR .... 1992-2002174 Winston Hill, NYJ ............. 1963-76* — active streakBrett Favre is the only athlete in the four major sports to havestarted every game for the same team since Sept. 27, 1992,through his retirement at the end of the 2007 season.Excluding the NFL, Cal Ripken Jr. and LouGehrig are the only athletes in major sportshistory to start every game for their teams overa span of at least 13 seasons. Ripken startedall 2,632 games of his streak, from 1982-1998,and Gehrig started every Yankees contest fromJuly 1925 until his illness in 1939.Because of frequent lineup changes andnumerous variables, the National HockeyLeague does not recognize consecutive startsstreaks. The record for most consecutive gamesplayed with the same team belongs to SteveLarmer (Chicago Blackhawks, 884 games,1982-93).No one in National BasketballAssociation history has completed 10 consecutiveyears of starting with the same team.A.C. Green holds the record for most consecutivegames played with 1,192 (1986-2001).Green played for four teams over that span.GehrigRipkenTeam W L T Pct Super Bowls Playoff App.Green Bay 160 93 0 .632 2 11Pittsburgh 156 96 1 .619 2 11Denver 152 101 0 .601 2 8New England 152 102 0 .598 5 10Indianapolis 146 107 0 .577 1 10Kansas City 143 110 0 .565 0 7Minnesota 141 112 0 .557 0 9Philadelphia 140 112 1 .555 1 9San Francisco 140 113 0 .553 1 9who began their careers since 1970 (min. 20 starts);Tom Brady (.867, 26-4), Joe Theismann (.773, 17-5) andMontana (.767, 33-10) ranked just ahead in Decemberwinning percentage…Owns 40 career fourth-quarter orovertime comebacks (which includes three postseasoncontests)…A game conductor of the highest caliber,led the Packers to a nearly perfect 56-2 regular-seasonrecord since 1992 in games where they had more rushingattempts than passing attempts.dominantly durableAs indestructible as football players come, started anNFL-quarterback-record 253 consecutive regular-seasoncontests (275 including playoffs) – 93 games (equivalentof better than five-and-a-half seasons) more than thenext closest streak among league QBs all-time, 160 byManning (1998-2007)…Only five active veterans acrossthe league — four of them kickers — have played asmany or more games than Favre (257): Morten Andersen(368), Jeff Feagles (320), Matt Stover (271), John Carney(266) and Junior Seau (also 257)…Played much of the2003 season with a broken thumb on his right (throwing)hand…In 2007 surpassed former Viking Mick Tingelhoff(240, 1962-78) for the second-longest recorded startingstreak of all-time, and retired trailing only another formerViking, Jim Marshall (270, 1961-79)…Actually played in255 consecutive regular-season contests, having seenaction in two contests as a reserve leading into his startingstreak…Ten more signal callers made their initial NFLstarts in 2007, meaning that a total of 212 league quarterbacksopened a game during Favre’s starting streak,which began Sept. 27, 1992…Furthermore, he is the onlyathlete in the four major sports to start every game forthe same team since that date, having been presented hisopportunity the previous week when Don Majkowski sufferedstrained ligaments in his left ankle midway throughthe first quarter of Cincinnati contest…During his remarkablerun, 17 different quarterbacks served as his backup inGreen Bay; chronologically, they were Majkowski (1992),Ty Detmer (1992-95), Mark Brunell (1993-94), T.J. Rubley(1995), Bob Gagliano (1995), Doug Pederson (1995-98,2001-04), Jim McMahon (1995-96), Steve Bono (1997),Rick Mirer (1998), Matt Hasselbeck (1999-2000), AaronBrooks (1999), Danny Wuerffel (2000), Henry Burris(2001), Craig Nall (2002-05, ’07), Aaron Rodgers (2005-07), Ingle Martin (2006) and Todd Bouman (2006); onlyseven times over the course of his streak did a backuphave to complete a game due to injury – Oct. 20, 1994,at Minnesota (hip), when Brunell wrapped up the contest;Nov. 5, 1995, at Minnesota (ankle), when Detmer subbedin before injuring his thumb and giving way to Rubley;Nov. 12, 2000, at Tampa Bay (ankle), when Hasselbeckwas called upon to finish the game; Oct. 20, 2002, vs.Washington (knee), when Pederson completed the contest;Oct. 3, 2004, vs. the New York Giants (concussion),when Pederson took over before suffering a rib injury andNall finished the game; Nov. 19, 2006, vs. New England(elbow), when Rodgers played the final 32 minutes andsustained a season-ending broken foot; and Nov. 29,508