Brett Favre joins NFL Network for Super Bowl XLVII coverage

[Scurrilous]

Three-time MVP quarterback to work on channel's pre-game coverage Sunday.

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"Brett Favre, once thought of as a likely star NFL TV analyst, will get a big on-air audition Sunday before Super Bowl XLVII is played between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans.

NFL Network, which has an 8½-hour pregame show, will use Favre as an analyst on its NFL GameDay Morning, which begins at 9 a.m. ET Sunday.

"I don't miss the grind and stress of day-to-day football, but I do miss my teammates and coaches," Favre, who retired after the 2010 NFL season, said in an email to The Associated Press.

Favre will be on the set with host Rich Eisen and former players Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner and Deion Sanders.

"We've been trying to get Brett into our shows for a while," NFLN executive producer Eric Weinberger told USA TODAY Sports. "We're thrilled he's ready to do it."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/01/30/brett-favre-nfl-network-super-bowl-xlvii-new-orleans/1877505/

[joeybee12]

1. Favor will retire on Saturday, then un-retire on Sunday in time for the game...nt

[madinmaryland]

3. So I guess you will be watching NFL Network for 8-1/2 hours on Sunday!!

[Auggie]

2. 8 1/2 hour pre-game show?

[bigwillq]

4. Ugh. I wasn't hoping Favre would return to whatever swamp he came from

and never be seen again.

[a kennedy]

5. D*mn, I usually enjoy the NFL network guys.....ugh, not watching now.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. While I don't have the ire toward Brett that most have--he's not exactly intelligent sounding.

And I think it's a big mistake.