Jay, here.

With Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Brett Favre announcing his retirement yesterday, the first person I thought about was former Duck Josh Bidwell and what he thought about his former teammate.

Here are some of Josh’s thoughts on Favre’s retirement. If this isn’t enough for you, I’m sure Josh wouldn’t mind talking more about his career and his time with the Green Bay Packers at his book signing this weekend. Click here for more details.

Here’s Josh:

Now that Brett Favre’s career is officially over, I have to say that I am more excited than ever to be able to say that I played with one of the best players in NFL history. Brett was a lot of fun to watch during games for sure, but it was his personality off the field that made playing him so special. Not a lot of people got a chance to see just what a great guy he was off the field and got to interact with him in a non-football setting.

During my time as a Packer, I remember watching Brett make throws and improvise plays on a daily basis that I could only just laugh at and say, “Only Brett could have done that and got away with it.”

His off the field personality was just as candid as his on the field one. He never stopped joking around and had a story for everything, which made every golf round 3 hours of fun…I say 3 hours because Brett was the fastest golfer I ever have played with and he would get irritated if everyone else in the group was not as fast as he was.

I was a big fan watching Brett as I was growing up, and an even bigger fan as I was able to watch him in person. All good things must come to and end, but seeing Brett Favre retire makes me wish that it was not true. I will miss watching him play, but hang my hat on the fact that I can tell my children and my grandchildren that I got a chance to be a teammate of Brett Favre, one of the best the NFL has ever seen.

Josh Bidwell

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