From the Sports Desk...This story had progressed beyond absurd into the surreal. As many of us slept last night, Brett Favre was traded to the New York Jets for a draft pick. (Exact terms of the deal are not yet released, but it's rumored to be a conditional 4th rounder.)
As far as this working, I'll give it an 11% chance. When diva-like Brett starts forcing balls and racking up picks and the Post and Daily News run FAVRE FLOPS headlines, we'll see this ride off the rails. The Green Bay media treated Favre like Mickey Mantle. The snarky and bitchy Gotham press will be ready to pounce when #4 starts screwing up. Favre will not be able to handle it.
What should have happened, is Favre retired with dignity, riding into the sunset as an NFL immortal. Along with Walter Payton, John Elway and Barry Sanders. Instead, he is now a punch-line for late night comedians. This isn't going to work.
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Yeah..the Jets may have a shot at going 7-9! But knowing their luck he'll get a concussion mid-way through Game 1.
PS - You have to see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk7lFGuW7_s
Watch that video kids. Hilarious.
What is really funny here is that the Packers sent Favre to the division that has the Patriots. Good luck getting to the playoffs.
I guess next we'll see him "Dancing With the Stars". I Emmitt Smith isn't the only one guilty of taking Stupid Pills. Moreover, I don't think I'd be all that comfortable playing for the same team that thought it was a good idea to make Vinny Testaverde a QB.
Boom! Atta kid...
Dude, it's the Jets. Favre could utilize a walker or a wheel chair and still do the team good.
That's a good place for a man like him to retire. No one expects anything from the Jets.
The only move he could have made that would be any lower would be the Seahawks and even Favre wouldn't step that low.
Is it the Seahawks or the Oklahoma buffalos or ahh. Who cares... it's a Seattle team.
Professional sports with out Seattle is like going deer hunting without your accordian.
How dare you Dave. How dare you.
Aren't you glad he's back?
Brett's probably in a downer mood right now. I can see him in his room, sitting on the floor by his bed flipping through his scrapbook. 'Dang! Whar did all go fubar?'
He's probably got a Coors original cracked open and he's listening to his iPod. I'm imagining the following tracks are on his playlist:
Girl Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
I Ain't Missing You
Ramble On
Ticket to Ride
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
Nothing Compares 2 U
Please Release Me
Hard Habit to Break
Ruby Tuesday
"Fubar." That made me laugh.
Sorry bro. It was just there.
I don't know why I find making fun of Seattle so entertaining.
I remember years ago, had to be 1996. Sonics Vs. The Bulls. I had a buddy that loved Seattle. (Seattle fans are nuts as you know.) A buddy and I purchased Bulls shirts for the occasion. We didn't even like the bulls but we found more entertainment watching the look on his face when he showed up at our apartment after the Seattle loss only to find us in Chicago attire.
I thought he was going to cry.
I guess you had to be there.
Or were you???
Love ya buddy.
E- the picture painted in my mind of Favre drinking Coors listening to Sinead's -"nothing compares 2-U", has caused me to piss my pants.
That should keep me smiling all day.
I wasn't there. But I was weeping. Damn that Michael Jordan.
J-dub, Think a little deeper. I think you were there. The day after the loss you may have gone to an apartment in small town Yazoo.
Think deep. Don't make me send a photo.
Oof. I should have put 'Breaking Up Is Hard to Do' on there as well.
The whole thing reminds me of a couple of teenagers having their first lovers quarrel. Like on Dawson's Creek. Joey thinks Dawson is too into Jen or something and she dumps him and starts hanging out with Pacey, but Pacey's like Brett Michaels and he don't want Nothin' But a Good Time so Dawson has to sit in his room and listen to I Don't Wanna Wait by Paula Cole over and over and over.
I'll bet you can buy tickets to a Packer's game now!
Damn E-I was with ya LMAO and all, but when you started going into the Dawson's Creek bit I kind of got to thinking you might stop before you reveal how much you really know about Dawson's Creek and you started naming names of characters and Damn E. that just put too much out.
While reading that, I wondered what I could do to help you save you from coming off as a Dawson's Creek fan and then you start comparing Brett Michaels to a Dawson's Creek Character and damn how do I help ya on that one. I'm at a loss.
Say your woman snuck in and typed that last comment. Just say it and I've got your back.
Dave that was a perfectly good analogy. As Brett Michaels would say, it goes down smooth, like a shot of Gin.
It'll be interesting to see how Brett works out in NY. I'd expect he'll give them a couple more wins.
Bet Aaron Rogers is glad this is over.
Best case scenario: 9-7 and squeaking out a Wild Card.
He had wanted to go to the NFC North, from what I understand, just so he could play against his old team, sticking it to the man for dumping him.
This'll give Madded some easy talking points if the Jets have any Monday night games.
Madden, not Madded.
E-Bustin out the Poison Lyrics. I knew you were a brother in hair metal.
A little correction though.
Brett says it like:
She goes down "slowly" like a shot of gin.
It's coming down slowly though.
Next time Poison is in Denver tickets are on me.
Brett Michaels can play QB?
I kid. Congrats, Jet fans. It's like the Chiefs picking up Joe Montana. You'll get a couple fun games out of it. Make the playoffs not this year but next. Just don't get any delusions of grandeur.
Meanwhile, thanks for taking the spotlight off the Giants!
The video is great.
I think the draft pick is supposed to scale, so that if Favre leads them to the Super Bowl, its a 1st rounder.
I always didn't care for Favre. I'm a Cincinnati fan, and yes, that's often very tough. (Interesting side note, Favre started his career after leading the Packers to a come back after Cinci knocked out the Packers stater). So, the Bengals haven't played Green Bay very often, and I don't get to watch Favre very often. That said, a few years ago Cinci did play the Packers (Favre through 5 interceptions), and all you ever heard about, during every last fucking second of the game was Bret Favre this, Bret Favre that.
Well Gentlemen, if you got an earful of that when he's through 5 picks to the Bengals, now he's in New York. Win or lose, it's going to be 100 times worse. Hell, he could have his knee thrown out in the second game, and he'll still be all you hear about all damn year. Time to suck it up.
I asked a Jet fan at work what he thought. He shook his shoulders and said "instead of 6-10 they'll be 8-8." Then he went right back to eating his lunch. So much for the excitement I guess.
Go American Football!
I've got it. Send Brett Micheals to the Jets and tell Brett Favre he can have his own tv show where women compete for his affection. (Just don't invite Mark Chmura).
That's win-win thinking right there.