Two former NFL players will forever be linked, first from a late-season sack in 2001 and next in five years when both will undoubtedly be first ballot entries into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Brett Favre announced his retirement first, and now Michael Strahan has followed him into “then afterlife.”

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Yep, that inevitable moment finally came last week; you told the world you were walking away from professional football. I guess many of us knew your retirement day would eventually arrive, but the reality of you not suiting up next season has yet to sink in. Without you, Brett, the game of football becomes just a little bit different--and NOT in a better way. All I can do now is send along my gratitude for 17 wonderful years, Mr. Favre; hear me out for just a bit. Thanks for becoming synonymous with that ONE franchise over the years, Brett; oh yeah, you threw five passes in a Falcons uniform when you were a struggling rookie, but once you arrived in Green Bay, you immersed yourself in the Packer tradition, won a Super Bowl, and went NOWHERE else. Your devotion to one team happily reminds me of another athlete named Brett--George of the Royals--another guy who truly understood the meaning of the term "loyalty."

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