But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was.

Some analysts such as Mike Freeman of The New York Times expressed the opinion that Favre allowed himself to be sacked in order to allow Strahan to set the record. He holds many NFL records including most career touchdown passes most career passing yards most career pass completions most career pass attempts most career interceptions thrown most consecutive starts by a player most consecutive starts by a quarterback most career victories as a starting quarterback most sacked and most fumbles. The Packers lost the NFC Championship game to the Dallas Cowboys marking the third year in a row the Packers season was ended by the Cowboys in the playoffs.

He made an NFL record 297 consecutive starts (321 including playoffs). He is the only player to win the AP Most Valuable Player three consecutive times (1995–97).