Aug 15th 2008 9:00AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Jets, Packers, NFL FansI never thought I’d say this, but thank God for the Olympics. You might not realize it, but the gold-plated robot that is Michael Phelps is actually the only thing saving us from a continued barrage of 24-7 Brett Favre coverage.

But the fact of the matter is that once the Olympics cease to be, we will return to plenty of noise about Favre. As it turns out though, it is not entirely because he’s so gosh-darn popular. As Darren Rovell points out there are actual numbers to prove just how tired we all are of Favre.
The great folks at Davie Brown Index (DBI), who I think are the best indicators of who’s hot and who’s not, just sent me the new stats on Favre. Let’s look at the difference. (Note: The awareness is the only number in percentages, the rest are just scores.)

So, as you can see Brett, we do all in fact acknowledge your increased and painful presence in our life. However, I’d agree with all of these and probably knock down “appeal” and “trust” a little bit, just because he’s a crazed old athlete at this point with a fatigued arm.

Of course, there’s no way to tell how many times Laverneus Coles voted, so the results could be a little skewed. At least that’s the excuse I heard ESPN is running with.