Brad Womack is the Bachelor's Version of Brett Favre

One of the guilty pleasures in our house is firing up the DVR late at night and indulging in the latest semi-real-world turmoil wrought by ABC's "The Bachelor" (Mondays at 9 pm ET). As we were watching the season premier recently, in which the much-hated Brad Womack returned to try once again to find love, I was struck by the similarities between Womack and the NFL's reigning soap opera starlet, Brett Favre.

• Both have an aversion to shaving, a perpetual whisker machine, or some other magic for effecting a permanently-grizzled 9-o'clock shadow.

• Both talk in a slow, halted southern drawl.

• Both are, apparently, athletic.

• Both bring a somewhat inappropriate gravitas to the table in rather ridiculous situations.

Womack : "I dumped two women near the altar. I've been through a lot of therapy, and now I'm ready to do it all again."

Favre : "Well, I'm retiring for real. Just wait. You won't see me on the field again ... until at least the last week of training camp."

• Both have (allegedly) mistreated women in what became very public forums.

• Both lead supersized lives. Favre was "convinced" to come out of retirement one more time by an unsolicited pay raise, and Womack was presented with 30 bachelorettes the second time around, up from the usual 25.

• As with Brett Favre, it appears that we'll never truly be free of Brad Womack.

• Brad has a twin brother. Could it be?

The list could go on, and we're likely to see more similarities as both "The Bachelor" season and the NFL off-season unfold. One important difference to note is that, while Womack has women lined up to date him even after all of his transgressions, Favre apparently must resort to a somewhat more unsavory path in his pursuit of companionship. Still, put some salt and pepper in his hair, blur the washboard abs a bit, and throw on some pads, and it's a good bet that Brad Womack could wear number 4 comfortably on a field near you. Brett Favre might just be willing to keep Brad's spot in "The Bachelor" house warm for him. Just don't expect to see the two of them together.