![]() ![]() I think Brett’s comments probably make sense if the coaches aren’t taking the necessary precautions, but I think there’s a lot of values, a lot of things that can be learned by kids in terms of teamwork and selflessness – a lot of the things that are great about football - I think they can still be learned at a young age with kids playing football. I think there’s certainly a right and wrong way to do it. They started playing football in fifth grade. I have a 13-year-old son and a 12-year-old son. I think some of the best lessons I’ve learned throughout my life go back to youth football. Learn how to throw and be good at playing quarterback, because that’s the only way you’re gonna play. And the day he retired, we ran to him and said, “Alright, we want to play football!” So he said at the time, and he was kind of ahead of the curve, he said, “Alright, you can play football, but you have to play quarterback. And he said to us, “Look, you can play football when I retire.” He just thought that we would forget that we wanted to play football. Matthew and I were begging my dad to let us play football. Ironically, my father played nine years in the NFL as a tight end, and he didn’t want us to play football. I certainly respect everyone’s opinions in terms of what they want to do with their kids. What are your thoughts about Brett Favre’s recent comments that kids shouldn’t play tackle football until they’re 14 years old? But undoubtedly it would be my dad in terms of just work ethic, responsibility and things of that nature. For a kid, when you don’t know any different, you kind of take it for granted. But what was modeled to me at a young age is that my father, who obviously had been very involved in football, just the work ethic, the kind of man that he was – still is – was something that was just modeled for me. In some cases, it might be the exact opposite. As I’ve gotten older and gotten to know some guys and their experience with their fathers, it’s not always the case that their dad is their mentor. My biggest mentor growing up was undoubtedly my father. ![]()
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