Brett Favre: Colin Kaepernick Will Get Hero Status Like Pat Tillman

Brett Favre made a bold statement over the weekend by putting Colin Kaepernick and Pat Tillman in the same sentence as two names that will go down in the history of the game for having "hero status" for what they stood for. In case you forgot, or Favre forgot, Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers to test free agency; Pat Tillman opted out of a $1.2 million contract to go Special Forces and was sent to Iraq for the initial invasion and then redeployed to Afghanistan where he was killed by friendly fire during a firefight, according to a U.S. Department of Defense report.

According to a 2005 Associated Press report, Pat Tillman was offered, after serving in the Iraqi war, the opportunity to be discharged by the military to go back to his life in the NFL, but he declined. "He said 'No, I'm going to stay. I owe them three years. I'll do one more tour."