Billy Joe Tolliver can’t recall laughing harder than when his new Atlanta Falcons teammate, Brett Favre, made an unannounced visit in a hotel hallway before a game versus Washington at the old RFK Stadium during the 1991 NFL season.
Tolliver stated, “I mean, I thought I was going to die, I’ve never laughed so hard.”
This could be the funniest Favre story shared here on the occasion of his No. 1 ranking.
The Athletics are ranked 22nd in the NFL 100.
To be honest, where Favre ranks on such a list doesn’t matter much to the players who played beside him in 302 games for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings over the course of 20 seasons.
The 71,838 yards passing, 508 touchdowns, and 336 interceptions don’t count as much to Favre’s football brothers as the teammate whose ability to connect with each of them off the field, regardless of background, inspired them on it.
“As a player, I don’t think you’ll ever see another Brett Favre, and here’s why,” said LeRoy Butler, a former Green Bay safety.
“When he got into this locker room, he fit in with everyone: the African-Americans, the white people, the older guys, the younger guys playing Atari and SEGA Genesis, the rookies, the coaches, the towel guys, the guys who walk around with the giant tweezers to pick up the dirty stuff — everybody.”
“He lived two houses down from the house I bought in Green Bay, so he had to drive by my house to go to his house,” said Tyrone Williams, a third-round pick in 1996, the year Favre won the second of his three consecutive MVP awards.
