I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.

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).