Brett Favre is popular

Are you ready for some favre-ball! A Favring favre party!

Brett Favre is popular.  Don’t even think about trying to forget that…the media won’t let you.  Just last week, Favre led his Vikings to a last minute TD win over the San Fransisco 49ers.  Every week, regardless of what Adrian Peterson does, the headlines always say “Favre led Vikings do ____.”  People apparently love Brett Favre, even if yours truly  was tired of every Favre story that would come out this season, before the season even started.  Need proof?

Brett Favre’s jersey remained the top seller between April 1 through Sept. 30, according to sales figures from NFLShop.com.

Fellow 3-0 quarterbacks Mark Sanchez (Jets); Eli Manning (Giants); and Joe Flacco (Baltimore Ravens) have all seen their jersey sales spike according to the latest figures. Sanchez is now up to 4 from 7; Manning is up to 7 from 10 and Flacco is ranked 14 from 17.

No Miami Dolphins jerseys ranked in the Top 25, but the NFL says Ronnie Brown is now in the top 50. And despite their 0-3 start, Dolphins gear is close to cracking the Top 10 in team sales. The league only releases the rank of the Top 25 players and Top 10 teams.

Below the Top 10 best-selling jerseys and team gear:

1. Brett Favre
2. Troy Polamalu
3. Jay Cutler
4. Mark Sanchez
5. Michael Vick
6. Tony Romo
7. Eli Manning
8. Tom Brady
9. Ben Roethlisberger
10. Adrian Peterson
1. Pittsburgh Steelers
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Minnesota Vikings
4. Chicago Bears
5. New York Giants
6. Philadelphia Eagles
7. New England Patriots
8. Green Bay Packers
9. San Francisco 49ers
10. Washington Redskins

(via Sarah Talalay’s Business of Sports)

How’s that? You may remember that Favre had already held the jersey record back in August…and it looks like those September sales have continued to roll in.  But that’s just the fans…if only some large sports network could get behind this young, up and coming star…then maybe he could get some attention thrown his way…

ESPN hopes to hype records for its Green Bay-Minnesota game Monday night. Literally. ESPN, says spokesman Mike Soltys, will announce that on next Monday’s broadcast of its ESPN2 SportsNation (5 p.m. ET), it will try to set a record for the most mentions of Brett Favre on a TV show — with Guinness World Records now looking for the current record. (via USA Today)

The fact that Sports Nation is actually pushing to be the most annoying show on television is confusing.  I guess everybody wants to be known for being good at something though, right?

All of that being said, do I expect this to be the highest rated Monday Night Football game ever? Yes.  Especially if the game is close.  ESPN has done a great job of hyping this game; even to those of us that don’t want to watch it.  Combine that with the fact that Packers/Vikings always pulls in ratings, the fantasy football aspect, and the various other stars in the contest?  Records should be set tonight.

I don’t think Brett Favre would have it any other Favring way.

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Category: Football