I don’t have children, but I would bet Conn’s and Thitoff’s kids that if any other player in the NFL refused to leave a game that the media would loose their minds (I wanted a much stronger word there, but this is a family site and all). Mike Ditka would be on Monday Night Countdown claiming he would fight a player that did that to him…and he probably would. PTI would eviscerate said player…and rightfully so.

However, that player happened to be Brett Favre and *Rules 1-17 when covering the NFL is ‘Thou shall not question Brett Favre’. People can argue as much as they want about if taking Favre out was the right move, I don’t think it was, but the bottom line is that Brad Childress is the head coach. If the head coach tells you to sit, you sit. I think an even bigger issue is how at ease Favre was with admitting that Childress wanted to take him out and Favre basically told him to bugger off. That doesn’t show a whole lot of respect for the coach and when your quarterback doesn’t show much respect for the coach other players are likely to follow. If Randy Moss or Terrell Owens pulled such a move, they would be crucified.

After the Colts Week 15 win against the Jaguars, Peyton Manning was asked about the pull between an undefeated season Vs. resting for the play-offs. Manning simply said that he wanted to go for it, but that Caldwell was the coach and you do what the coach said. Favre probably would have responded with a laugh and reminded the interviewer that it was Favre who really ran things not some silly coach (yes, Favre would speak about himself in the third person).

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*Rule No. 18 when discussing Brett Favre is that you have to use the term ‘gunslinger’ some place.