Brett Favre Claims His Instagram Was Hacked After NFL Comeback Message Posted on His Account

As wild as it would have been to ponder, former Green Bay Packers legend and Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre will not be returning to the NFL as a 50-year-old.

After a bizarre Instagram post featuring him hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in 1996 proclaimed that he was ready to un-retire once again and come back to the NFL for the 2020 season, Favre later deleted the post and announced that his Instagram account was hacked and a football return was definitely not in the cards.

Brett Favre tells TMZ that his account was hacked. Which is what we thought may have happened. But couldn't rule out a comeback attempt with Favre's history. https://t.co/LHfUKybdFr
— Nick Veronica (@NickVeronica) June 18, 2019

Favre has famously retired and then quickly reversed course in the past, so his recent track record meant that everyone had to read way too far into this no matter how ridiculous it seemed.

Considering that Favre, who turns 50 in October, is still throwing darts and probably has a stronger arm than at least some NFL quarterbacks, he looks like he could still chuck it up to Donald Driver and Antonio Freeman deep down field if he absolutely needed to. But at that age, every hit he'd take would spell danger. Let's be real about that, to say nothing of his mobility.

Had the G.O.A.T. Brett Favre out throwing today. I asked him to come out retirement to throw a pick to me. J/P cool guy... #TAT pic.twitter.com/FljsvBSIXh
— Robert Alford (@rockorocky) March 22, 2017

It's for the best that any man his age stays retired. The last two time Favre un-retired, we got that horrible Jets year and the unceremonious end to his career in Minnesota facing off against his beloved Packers as a division rival. Do we really want to run that back in even more grotesque fashion?

No. We do not.