Brett Favre

Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi) has been the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers American football team in the National Football League since 1992. Many consider Favre one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL; he is all but guaranteed a spot in the Football Hall of Fame.

Records

Favre owns a number of team records, having printed his name into almost every passing category in the annals of Packers history. He has also broken several NFL records, most notably the consecutive games started by a quarterback streak. He is currently third in all-time in passing yards, behind only Dan Marino and John Elway, with over 50,000 passing yards.

Related Topics:
Dan Marino - John Elway

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Favre is closing in on a number of other NFL records and milestones. They include:

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• He is now a member of the 50,000 yards club (Marino holds the record with 61,361)
• Passing Touchdowns: 385 (Marino again holds the record of 420)
• Victories by Starting Quarterback: 136-72 (Elway holds the record of 148-82-1)
• Most seasons with 3,000 yards passing: tied with Marino at 13

Favre's most impressive record is perhaps his string of consecutive starts, the most by any quarterback. By the end of the 2004-05 regular season, Favre had set a record with 205 consecutive starts with Green Bay (225, including playoffs). During the first 200 straight games started by Favre, 178 other quarterbacks started in the NFL. In that time, the St. Louis Rams have played 13 different quarterbacks.

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