Mercifully, the 24-hour Favre news bonanza has died down. No doubt ESPN is now gearing up for the Michael Vick-released-from-prison media mushroom cloud that will hit us in a year or so.
A brief post mortem on this whole ridiculous episode if I may.
There is one person responsible for holding the sports world hostage for the last month, Brett Favre. That may seem obvious but there will be plenty that think the Packers are the guilty party in this respect. Not true.
The first mistake that was made was back in March when Favre announced to the world he was retiring, in March. You don't retire in March if you're a pro football player. Retire in August when you realize you have no interest whatsoever in participating in another season.
Even after he retired, the Packers checked with Favre repeatedly to make sure that he was staying retired. Brett told the Pack repeatedly he was not coming back.
Then he changed his mind, and rightfully so, the Packers were no longer interested in playing Brett Favre-retirement-roulette with the future Hall of Famer. Frankly, I don't blame them.
Favre then decided that if he can't play for Green Bay, he wants to play for Minnesota. Understandably, the Packers didn't want anything to do with facing a scorned Brett Favre twice a year for the next few years. Favre even admitted it was his "vindictive nature" that drew him towards the Vikings.
So it's off to the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets for Mr. Favre. It's weird to have bitched and moaned about this saga for the last month and to suddenly have it wind up in your lap. I have to admit a slight affinity for the Jets. It's probably just because I grew up rooting for a terrible AFC team (the Bengals). If nothing else, the Jets are a terrible AFC team.
In the words of my roommate, "The Jets season just got a whole lot more interesting."
How true.
It should be pointed out that none of the football greats that went elsewhere in the twilight of their career ever really accomplished much. Emmitt Smith didn't do squat with the Cardinals, Jerry Rice was merely mediocre with the Raiders and the Broncos. Joe Namath didn't do anything with the Rams.
Joe Montana obviously didn't take the KC Chiefs to the Superbowl. He did win two playoff games and made it to the AFC Championship game. I'm pretty sure the Jets would take the trade of what would become a second round draft pick to make the playoffs this year.
Does Favre have anything left in the tank? He was one of the best QB's in the league last year. What will happen? Don't worry, ESPN will not let us forget for a nanosecond that Favre has jumped to the Jets.
Oh, and all those idiots that are claiming they're 'not Packers fans' anymore? PU-LEASE. Or rather, bull-fuckin'-shit. You'll be pulling for Aaron Rodgers in no time. That's why you root for teams, and not individuals. Grow up.
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