Since retiring, Brett Favre has repeatedly stated publicly that he suffered hundreds, maybe thousands, of concussions during his football career.
Favre reiterated this belief in the interview. Outkick Ricky Cobb This week. The full interview will air Friday at 11 a.m. ET.
One of Favre's most infamous concussions came in 2004. The Packers New York Giants player Favre suffered a head injury and threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Javon Walker, though it was later reported that Favre did not remember throwing the pass due to a concussion.
Favre would not admit how many concussions he suffered during his playing career or shortly after retiring, but he has become more aware of the impact sports have on the brain in recent years.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre (number 4) attempts a pass during a game against the New York Giants at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on October 3, 2004. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
After Favre retired, he met with Dr. Bennett Omalu, a renowned researcher in brain health, a forensic scientist and neuropathologist who was the first to identify and publish research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American football.
Oamaru was famously portrayed by Will Smith in the 2015 film Concussion.
Favre's conversation with Omalu gave the former quarterback a sobering answer to a question he'd been wondering.
“I had a conference call with him years ago and we had a short conversation afterwards,” Favre told Cobb. “I asked him, 'When's a good time to play tackle football?' And he kind of laughed and said, 'I know Americans don't want to hear this, but there's no good time for a human being to play tackle football.'”
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre heads to the sideline after throwing an intercepted pass to Julius Peppers of the Chicago Bears during the first quarter of an NFC, NFL football game at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on December 20, 2010. (Reuters/Eric Miller)
Oamaru performed the famous autopsy of former Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Mike Webster in 2002, which helped bring renewed awareness of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurological disease linked to chronic head trauma.
However, in January 2020, The Washington Post Omalu has consistently exaggerated her own accomplishments and greatly exaggerated the known risks of CTE and contact sports, contributing to misunderstandings about the disease, according to interviews with more than 50 experts in neurodegenerative diseases and brain injuries and a review of more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.
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On September 26, 2004, during a game at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, Green Bay Packers player Brett Favre (number 4) suffered a leg injury on the play after throwing the ball while being chased by Indianapolis Colts player Dwight Freeney (number 93). (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Still, Favre has spoken out many times in recent years about the dangers of football.
In 2021, Favre appeared on the “Today” show to deliver a PSA for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, in which Favre urged parents to keep their children away from tackle football until they are 14 years old.
“I don't know how many concussions I had, I don't know what effect it had. I don't have any answers,” he said in 2021. “I wasn't a great student, but I still remember things like, 'Why do I remember that?' But I can't remember anybody I played with for six years in Green Bay… but I recognize faces. Those types of questions make me question things.”
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