Brett Favre didn’t know what nickel defense was, as an NFL starting quarterback

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Most football fans believe star players know significantly more about the game than they do. Sometimes, they don’t. Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, in his third NFL season and second as the Green Bay starter, didn’t know some of the most fundamental aspects of defensive alignments in football. “I would always sit in these…

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