Terrell Owens isn’t letting go of his Brett Favre criticism.
The former NFL receiver took another public shot at the Green Bay Packers icon this week, tying Favre to the Mississippi Welfare Fund scandal while reacting to the recent Daejon Love case. Owens has been outspoken before, and on this occasion he made it clear he wasn’t backing off.
“I said what I said,” Owens tweeted. “@BrettFavre misappropriated tens of millions of dollars in welfare funds meant for poor families in Mississippi. Daejon Love: $1.3 million. ... in JAIL.
“Brett Favre and others: over $70 million. ... at home chilling like nothing happened.”
Owens expanded on that same theme during an appearance on “97.5 The Game,” using Love’s arrest for allegedly posing as a fake 49ers player as a springboard to bring up Favre. He argued that plenty of people have done worse than Love, and said the attention around the case should not obscure what he views as far bigger wrongdoing.
“There’s so many other things that so many people have done, far worse things than him and he’s getting the headlines for scamming some women out of $1.3 million,” Owens said.
“You look at what he’s done scamming women out of X amount of dollars. Brett Favre scammed a lot of people out of money too and he’s still walking around. So, if that’s the case, Brett Favre should be in jail too.”
Favre, who spent 20 years in the NFL and retired in 2011, has denied wrongdoing in connection with the Mississippi Welfare Fund scandal and has not faced criminal charges.
The former quarterback also revealed in 2024 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Earlier this year, in a January interview with TMZ, Favre said he still has not given up on fighting the disease.
“I have absolutely not given up hope and I am fighting till the end,” Favre said. “Yes I have progressed a little faster than I would have hoped at this point but I am extremely thankful and blessed!”
Over his 20-season NFL career, Favre finished with 71,838 passing yards and 508 touchdown passes.
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