Brett Favre wants to fight Parkinson’s disease with his former teammate Ahman Green.
Green announced on the “Go Long” podcast with Tyler Dunne on Wednesday that he’s been diagnosed with the disease, and Favre tells TMZ he wants to reunite to share his Parkinson’s experience.
“The amount of head/neurological issues among the former players is staggering,” Favre said.
Green delayed bringing his diagnoses to the public, waiting just over a year to do so. Favre shared his diagnosis in 2024.
“Last year, I got diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s,” Green said. “I had a little bit of the feet twitching when I’m in my sleep and stuff like that.”
“I 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 — it was January of 2025.”
Green said he chose to delay talking about Parkinson’s publicly because he wanted to let his family and friends know, and let them digest it, before he told everyone else.
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.
Green added he’s confident in the outlook and will continue to advocate for early diagnoses of the disease in former players.
“It needs to be up front,” Green said. “It needs to be a topic that’s always hit. And it’s not the end all.”
“To me, I have a jump ahead of it. Just like anybody discovering that they have some type of cancer in their body, I’m ahead of it right now.”
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.
During Green’s 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.
In 2003 he set Green Bay’s record for most rushing yards in a single regular season with 1,883.
