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Kurt Warner: Brett Favre has tarnished his legacy

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Brett Favre may still have the credentials to earn induction into the Hall of Fame. But Kurt Warner said the troubles of his final three NFL seasons may blemish the legacy of the NFL's first-ever three-time MVP.

Warner, the former NFL QB-turned-NFL Network analyst, said on NFL Total Access on Monday that Favre -- who said Sunday he intends to retire, a day before he was sued for alleged sexual harassment by two female massage therapists -- had tarnished the good feelings around his legendary NFL career.

CAPTIONBy Andrew Weber, US Presswire

"Not only this season, but the last few seasons, going back and forth (on retirement) and bouncing to a few different teams," Warner said. "I think about it, and I have to really think hard to think back to when he was a Green Bay Packer and when he played his best football and was in Super Bowls and when he became the Brett Favre we all know."

Favre played for the New York Jets in 2008 after ending a brief retirement. He retired again, and then played the next two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.

He was fined $50,000 last week by the NFL for a failure to cooperate in an investigation into allegations that he send inappropriate voicemails and photos to former Jets gameday host Jenn Sterger. On Monday, former Jets massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole sued him alleging sexual harassment.

And in 2010, he had one of his worst seasons ever for the 6-10 Vikings, and ended his streak of consecutive games started at 297 because of injuries.

All of that, Warner said, combined to obscure the

"To me, when I think of Favre, the first thing I think of his the chaos that's happened the last couple of years," Warner said. "Hopefully, within a couple of years, people will forget that and remember the kind of player he was on the field. I think in the short-term, he definitely hurt his legacy."

Favre's 2009 campaign with the Vikings was one of his best, however, and he earned consideration for another MVP award and led the Vikings to the NFC title game.

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