Since first being named the starter of the Green Bay Packers before playing the
Pittsburgh Steelers on September 27, 1992,
Brett Favre has never missed a game.
[118] He is currently in first place for the
most consecutive starts by a quarterback in the NFL and one of only five quarterbacks to have started over 100 consecutive games in NFL history. He failed to finish a game due to injury on only six occasions since taking control of the Packers as quarterback.
[119] Besides Favre, there is only one other active streak of 100 or more games among quarterbacks, that of
Peyton Manning. Since the beginning of Favre's consecutive start streak, 212 other quarterbacks have started in the NFL,
[120][121] 12 of them being back-ups to Favre at one point.
[118] Among his former backups are:
Don Majkowski,
Ty Detmer,
Kurt Warner,
Mark Brunell,
Steve Bono,
Doug Pederson,
Matt Hasselbeck,
Danny Wuerffel,
Aaron Brooks,
J.T. O'Sullivan, and current Packers starter
Aaron Rodgers. Two veteran backups to Favre never started another NFL game:
Jim McMahon, and
T.J. Rubley. The consecutive starts streak is widely considered one of the most notable streaks in sports, so much so that the
Pro Football Hall of Fame has as an exhibit displaying the jersey Favre wore during his record breaking 117th consecutive start as a quarterback, and a section of their website devoted to what the Hall of Fame calls an "Iron Man".
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In 2009, Favre surpassed
Jim Marshall for starts at any position with his record-breaking 271st start as a quarterback as the Vikings played the Lions.
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