Brett Favre‘s streak of consecutive games played came to an end in 2010, and for some reason, nothing catastrophic ensued.

Steve Mariucci spouted a few. Jon Gruden lit some candles. John Madden put a couple extra onion slices on his afternoon cheeseburger in remembrance.

Somewhere, Jenn Sterger rolled her eyes.

Okay, a lot of people rolled their eyes. Oh the vaunted streak. Yes, by that time we were tired of hearing about. We were tired of hearing about everything related to Brett Favre, including his legendary toughness.

Even Favre’s dog was sick of Favre.
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Actually, it’s likely Brett Favre already has a pretty good idea what his punishment will be for sending those texts to Jets “team hostess” Jenn Sterger.  All along everyone, including probably Brett, assumed he would get a fine and not a suspension.  Now, per Jay Glazer, we have confirmation that Favre will indeed be hit in the pocket book but not forced to sit out any games.

So, with one week left in the season, the cloud of controversy that has hung black and nasty over Favre ever since Deadspin broke their icky story is finally being blown away.  Favre will not end his football career suspended and disgraced, but may instead bring it to a dignified close – by bumping sudden phenom Joe Webb from his starting job for the final game against Detroit.  If he can pass the concussion tests.

And as for Jenn Sterger?  Some want to cast her in the role of the wronged woman, including Sterger herself, but I don’t think this fits very well.  After all, the Deadspin story that supposedly humiliated Sterger and ruined her life would never have come to light had Sterger herself not revealed the existence of the texts.  In the end, Favre did nothing that rose above the level of the merely silly and vaguely gross.  Sterger’s attempt to inflate the mess into a sexual harassment case blew up in her face, and she has no one to blame but herself if her career in sports ends up being among the causalities of said explosion.

Update: The official proclamation has come down.  Favre will be fined $50,000…but not for any wrongdoing against Jenn Sterger.  Instead, Favre is receiving the fine because he failed to cooperate with the investigation.  He must’ve known all along that no one could prove anything so he just decided to save himself the extra embarrassment of admitting he did something.  When you’ve got millions, $50,000 is a small price to pay to avoid a little humiliation.

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Favre made it clear during his first press conference after returning this preseason that 2010 will be his last year as an NFL quarterback, and has repeated the statement several times since.  Along the way, his body has only gotten more battered, and his production more erratic.

At this point, it seems Favre will be lucky to still have a functioning right arm by the time the season ends.  So unless he learns to become a lefty thrower at this late date, the chances of his being physically able to play for one more year seem absurdly remote.  And I haven’t even mentioned the mental grind, which has clearly taken its toll on the 41-year-old grandfather.

Of course, there’s a very good reason why people keep expressing skepticism at Favre’s statements of intent:  he’s gone back on his word before.  This time, however, I don’t think it will matter whether Favre gets the old itch.  This time the choice has been taken out of his hands by Father Time…and Jenn Sterger.

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