The St. Louis Rams seem a little desperate after losing quarterback Sam Bradford to a season-ending knee injury Sunday. According to reports, the team called former NFL QB Brett Favre on Sunday night, asking whether he would consider coming out of retirement.
In an interview with Sports Talk 570 Powered by ESPN in Washington, Favre was asked about the Rams’ inquiry but he said he is 100 percent sure that he will not play in the NFL again.
“It’s flattering, but you know there’s no way I’m going to do that,” Favre said. “I had a great career. I think if anything, the last year that I played was an obvious writing-on-the-wall vision for you, if you will. It was time.”
Favre said that happy and “content” with being able to spend more time with his family now that he’s done playing football.
“My family took a backseat for 20 years,” he said. “My 14-year-old daughter plays volleyball and is in the ninth grade and will be playing again the next three years. I’ve taken trips that I never thought I’d take. I’ve gone to Yellowstone and I’ve gone to Glacier National Park. … We’ve gone down to the Bahamas, we’ve done things that really everybody in my family just kind of waited for.”
Farve also said even if he wanted to play he couldn’t because his body won’t allow it.
“I’m like a yardstick, I’m so stiff,” he said. “So I’m just trying to … not stay in shape to play, but stay in shape to do everyday things, not only with my daughter and my wife and my grandson, but really just for me.”
