{"id":22606,"date":"2026-07-31T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22606"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:00:49","slug":"brett-favre-wants-to-help-ahman-green-as-ex-teammates-both-fight-parkinsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22606","title":{"rendered":"Brett Favre wants to help Ahman Green as ex-teammates both fight Parkinson&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>Brett Favre wants to fight Parkinson\u2019s disease with his former teammate Ahman Green.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/30\/sports\/packers-great-ahman-green-reveals-parkinsons-diagnosis-at-49\/\">Green announced<\/a> on the \u201cGo Long\u201d podcast with Tyler Dunne on Wednesday that he\u2019s been diagnosed with the disease, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/30\/brett-favre-reacts-to-ahman-green-parkinsons-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Favre tells TMZ<\/a> he wants to reunite to share his Parkinson\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of head\/neurological issues among the former players is staggering,\u201d Favre said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40135320\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 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CNP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Green delayed bringing his diagnoses to the public, waiting just over a year to do so.<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/23\/sports\/brett-favre-opens-up-about-battle-with-parkinsons-disease-i-feel-like-a-board\/\"> Favre shared his diagnosis in 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, I got diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson\u2019s,\u201d Green said. \u201cI had a little bit of the feet twitching when I\u2019m in my sleep and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew something was going on long before that. I just got a hold of some doctors that I was able to get in contact with. Get the diagnostics, get the testing. And finally got it tested last \u2014 it was January of 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Green said he chose to delay talking about Parkinson\u2019s publicly because he wanted to let his family and friends know, and let them digest it, before he told everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>The all-time leading rusher for the Packers said he is trying to combat the disease through exercise, eating healthy, and taking medication. He said so far his symptoms include short-term memory loss and walking, talking, and twitching in his sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Green added he\u2019s confident in the outlook and will continue to advocate for early diagnoses of the disease in former players.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40135328\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.43618513;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40135328\" width=\"847\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/2016-nfl-hall-fame-inductee-25318107.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brett Favre 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And it\u2019s not the end all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, I have a jump ahead of it. Just like anybody discovering that they have some type of cancer in their body, I\u2019m ahead of it right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Green and Favre played together on the Packers from 2000 to 2006 after the running back was traded to Green Bay from the Seahawks in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>During Green\u2019s seven seasons with the Packers he was selected to the Pro Bowl four times, recording 9,036 scrimmage yards and 6,848 rushing yards in his first five seasons.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003 he set Green Bay\u2019s record for most rushing yards in a single regular season with 1,883.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brett Favre wants to fight Parkinson\u2019s disease with his former teammate Ahman Green. Green announced on the \u201cGo Long\u201d podcast with Tyler Dunne on Wednesday that he\u2019s been diagnosed with the disease, and Favre tells TMZ he wants to reunite to share his Parkinson\u2019s experience. \u201cThe amount of head\/neurological issues among the former players is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/newspress-collage-7bsm0739t-1785439009740.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1785424641&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}