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Vikings' Brett Favre at the Metrodome on September 26, 2010. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)Pro Football Hall of Fame former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant equates George Blanda, in terms of durability, with Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.
"The main thing he had is, he played every week, and he played effectively," Grant, 83, said of Blanda, who died this week at age 83 and played in the NFL until almost his 49th birthday.
Favre has started 288 straight NFL games, a record for a non-kicker.
"In order to be great, you have to have durability, and he had that durability," Grant said of Blanda, a hall of fame former quarterback-kicker. "And when he was done (starting) and was a backup, he'd go in there when you needed him and he could still handle the ball."
Blanda played 26 seasons in the NFL. Favre is in his 20th NFL season.
"If Favre could kick," Grant said, "he could play another 10 years."
Grant, meanwhile, continues to hunt and fish. He just returned from Saskatchewan, where he hunted ducks and geese, and today is headed to his lake home in Wisconsin in pursuit of grouse.
On Friday, Grant will travel to North Dakota for Saturday's opening of duck season.
Like Blanda and Favre, Grant still has durability.
"I still can go," he said.
