Now or then: Favre or Ripken

 

Published: October 5, 2006

The Monday Night Football crew this week debated the more impressive streak: Cal Ripken 's 2,632 consecutive baseball games played or Brett Favre 's current 225 consecutive quarterback starts.

The Monday Nighters picked Favre. I vote for Ripken.

It's a decent argument, either way. Baseball plays 10 times the games that football plays in a year, and if you multiply by 10 the NFL list, you see that Favre's str...


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