On Wednesday FedEx and the NFL announced that Brett Favre had been voted FedEx Air Player of the Year. The announcement was made at a press conference in Arizona, where Fred Taylor was also named FedEx Ground Player of the Year. The winners were selected through a vote on NFL.com. FedEx is donating $25,000 to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in honor of Favre's great play.
In what was speculated to be his final season, Favre led the youngest team in the NFL to a No. 2 seed in the NFC with a 13-3 record. Favre completed 356 of 535 passes for a 66.5 completion percentage, while finishing fourth in the league with 4,155 yards. Favre broke John Elway's record for most wins by a quarterback (148), Dan Marino's for most career touchdown passes (420), and Marino's record for most career passing yards (61,361). Favre was nominated for six FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week Awards, winning five times.
Favre beat out Tom Brady of the New England Patriots and Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys to win the award.
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