Brett Farve's 269 Consecutive Starts*

ALL of these NFL players are taking something to deal with the abuse the league puts on them. Him going nearly 300 straight is crazy, but not illegal or anything.

 

Well yea they all have cortisone shots and stuff, but just listen to some of the interviews online. You'll notice every once in a while some reporter asks hows the injury and the player might say something along the lines of "I took something" or "they did something" which to me says they shot me full of pain killers. Cortisone is different than narcotic prescriptions only because they decreasing inflammation of irritated tissues. But they still knock out pain the same as vicodin relaxes muscle fading the pain.

 

I would think that the fact that he was loopy on painkillers for all those years would make the consecutive starts record all that more impressive. I can't take two Vicodin and tie my shoes.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/features/favre/flashbacks/bitter_pill/
this link is great.

 

spelling police says you spell his name Favre*

 

from the previously posted link.

it looks like there is a lot of pain mismanagement in the NFL. I don't think Favre is tainted for it. You think Steve McNair never took painkillers or injections?