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Post by DanMcQ on Aug 7, 2008 1:03:10 GMT -5
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Aug 7, 2008 8:50:48 GMT -5
What do you mean "hopefully this story dies?" I need my Favre ticker! Honestly, nothing against the Jets, it'd be nice if they could hang an L on the Pats, but part of me is hoping for a ginormous flame-out...like 3 TD/13 INT through three games kind of flameout. Or a nagging Beckham-style sore ankle in August that keeps him on the bench through Week 11. Why do I hate? Keeps me warm.
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Post by williambraskyiii on Aug 7, 2008 9:38:16 GMT -5
is coles worth an earlier look in FF drafts now that he will have Favre throwing to him? I know Lav has a lot of miles, as does Brett, but BF will be winging it a ton and Lav is a great possession receiver...
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Post by vcjack on Aug 7, 2008 9:54:29 GMT -5
I wonder what's keeping the Jets from turning around and trading him to the Vikings? I don't think old grandpa is going to do so well in NY, but not for the reasons that everyone is mentioning. If you look at his last couple of years, including last year's "comeback", he has struggled in cold weather situations. I think he realizes it and that's part of the reason he would rather play in a dome or in Florida
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Post by Buckets on Aug 7, 2008 10:23:06 GMT -5
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Post by RDF on Aug 7, 2008 11:55:41 GMT -5
Bumpkin Boy is going to Big City--which is where ego-driven phonies go to die. The difference in cities/situations--when the "god" of Hillbillies makes one of his "Brett was just tryin' to make a play-duh, uh..." and throws a pick into triple coverage--the fans won't say "That's just Brett being Brett,"---he'll get booed and told to go back to Bumpkin-ville. When Brett starts talking his annual "I'm not sure I'm going to play" around Week 10--they'll make that the story and start ripping him, and when he's doing his everyman USA ACT--they won't buy it.
This story is going to end up miserably for the White Trash Whipper--and he'll be needing Madden, the NFL (National Favre Love) Network, and Chris Mortensen to make his excuses for him. He doesn't want to compete or be judged--he just wants to act like he cares about the game, and is a "competitor". Maybe he needs more money to get high on painkillers. Who knows? I just know that he's a lying, self centered, lazy, QB who has been overrated due to the fact he plays like a "kid"--when the problem isn't how he plays-it's in how he prepares--which is also like a kid--an immature one who doesn't respect the game or his teammates. He's being lauded for not liking to work at his craft and that is disgusting.
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Post by EasyEd on Aug 7, 2008 12:08:23 GMT -5
I hope Favre succeeds in NY.
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Post by RDF on Aug 7, 2008 12:15:30 GMT -5
I hope that world hunger and war end, gas prices drop back under $1.50, and that political parties have best intentions for the people.
That will happen before Favre proves he's about more then himself. The drama with this ego maniac hasn't ended-it's just beginning.
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Post by vcjack on Aug 7, 2008 12:28:16 GMT -5
Well three first rounders should be a big enough deterent to any non Dan Snyder managed team
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Post by flyoverhoya on Aug 7, 2008 15:00:33 GMT -5
Sitting here, 25 miles from Green Bay, I can tell you that the story won't die here any time soon. There is a discrepancy, however, between Mortensen and ESPN's view of things and (I think) at least a slight majority of Packer fans - at least until Rogers goes down w/another broken foot.....
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Post by The Stig on Aug 7, 2008 16:55:24 GMT -5
I think most Packer fans are just glad the whole thing's over. Having to pick between your favorite player and your favorite team is tough, but in Wisconsin nobody wins a popularity contest against the Packers. My only issue with this is that the Packers didn't get much for Favre. The Milwaukee paper has a gallery for edited photos on the saga: www.jsonline.com/site/photographerphotos/gallery.aspx?catid=1421
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Post by Bando on Aug 7, 2008 22:19:17 GMT -5
Oh, I'm sorry, the Jets are doing something? Wake me when the season starts, I'll just be over here polishing the Lombardi trophy. Go Giants!
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Post by PhillyHoya on Aug 8, 2008 9:29:53 GMT -5
Oh, I'm sorry, the Jets are doing something? Wake me when the season starts, I'll just be over here polishing the Lombardi trophy. Go Giants! My thoughts exactly ;D You know, I have a tendency to forget the Jets even exist sometimes. Despite the fact that they play in my team's stadium. Now I just have all the more reason to ignore them. Favre's gonna get run down the turnpike after 10832832 interceptions in Week 3 and then it will be all over.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Aug 8, 2008 9:30:39 GMT -5
Wait - I just saw that Favre's new jersey set a one day sales record with over 3200 sold. There's 3200 Jets fans?
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Post by EasyEd on Aug 8, 2008 9:41:27 GMT -5
I hope Favre succeeds in NY. The Jets won four games last year. Don't you think they will win more than that this year with Favre? Not claiming it will all be because of Favre but he will be a significant part of it though many will claim it was in spite of Favre because of previously-held opinions.
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Post by strummer8526 on Aug 8, 2008 9:57:04 GMT -5
I hope Favre succeeds in NY. The Jets won four games last year. Don't you think they will win more than that this year with Favre? Not claiming it will all be because of Favre but he will be a significant part of it though many will claim it was in spite of Favre because of previously-held opinions. Did you just quote yourself?
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Post by vcjack on Aug 8, 2008 9:57:09 GMT -5
I hope Favre succeeds in NY. The Jets won four games last year. Don't you think they will win more than that this year with Favre? Not claiming it will all be because of Favre but he will be a significant part of it though many will claim it was in spite of Favre because of previously-held opinions. Oh they will be better and will win more than four games (can't say the same about my Bears ) but as Buff pointed out above its a bad long term investment because A. The odds are stacked against them for making the playoffs this season and B. The Patriots dynasty is aging and will come to an end soon, so the smart thing would be to get some young pieces to compete in the AFC East of the future, not latch on to an old veteran who is notoriously a bad mentor
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Post by hifigator on Aug 8, 2008 10:52:58 GMT -5
Wait - I just saw that Favre's new jersey set a one day sales record with over 3200 sold. There's 3200 Jets fans? Actually, I'm very surprised that ... well, let's make that somewhat surprised that 3200 is a daily record. I guarantee you there were more than 3200 Gator #1 jerseys sold on numerous days. Granted, per NCAA rules, for a long time all the jerseys had to be #1 if they were authentically licensed. But still, it seems to me that with the size of New York, there would have been at least a couple of times in history that more than 3200 of any particular jersey would have been sold. How about the Monday after Broadway Joe's prediction? How about the Monday after they clinched the division by beating the .... Dolphins(?) some ten or twelve years ago? How about the day after any recent NFL draft? It seems like in New York you would sell more than 3200 jerseys of any old sh!thead that they drafted in the first round. As to the trade, I pretty much agree with the general sentiment here. I don't see Favre possibly making the turnaroud necessary to compete in the rugged AFC. I know how much you all "love" Colin Cowherd, but I think he was pretty much dead on with this one: his take was that the Patriots, Colts and Chargers are bonafide locks to make the playoffs. After that, the Jaguars and the Steelers are as close to "locks" as anyone could predict at this point. That really leaves the Jets battling the likes of the Broncos, Bengals, Browns, Bills, Titans etc... for the one remaining spot. Even if Favre helps them double their win total to finish at 8-8, that probably doesn't get them in the playoffs. Asking for more than that is a stretch at best. I just wonder if the negotiations behind closed doors went beyond his own "division." I wonder if he was unofficially told that he really needed to go to the other conference -- the AFC. That makes a bit of sense. Otherwise, the Bucs or Panthers might have been a better fit than the Jets. Favre has never really been a Jet-setter ... pardon the pun. He's never really been a marquee big city guy. Add to that the fact that the Jets are truly in a rebuilding stage and it just doesn't look like a good fit. In any case, I am just glad the saga is over. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against Favre personally, but man am I tired of hearing about this saga. He does have a special place in my heart though for leading little old Southern Miss. to a victory over the Hated Seminoles back when he was in college.
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Post by hifigator on Aug 8, 2008 10:55:47 GMT -5
RDF, how do you really feel?
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Post by RDF on Aug 8, 2008 12:46:53 GMT -5
Look at Jets schedule--they should win 8-9 games if Joe Namath put down the bottle and returned to play.
Favre is a good QB--and will help them--but he's a selfish, lazy, lying attention whore and his lack of attention to detail--you know those "Brett is just FUNNIN' out there--having a good time" INTS that come from not going to QB school, OTA's, or paying attention to his mechanics/footwork and it costs teams--and then when criticized he isn't sure he "wants to play anymore--this could be it".
Favre had a locker/shower seperate from rest of team in Green Bay--and yet he's beloved--as an "average guy" type--which is so far from truth. He's a drug using, alcoholic, who disrespects the sport with his bullcrap--from laying down to give good friend Strahan the sack record, to not taking his work serious enough to work on mechanics, to making everything about him. I just don't buy PHONY people. I'd rather have someone spit in my face then spit in my food when I'm not looking and then sit by me and act like a great guy.
Any odds that John Madden is petitoning the NFL to move the Week 2 Jets-Patriots game to Sunday Night Football--and if Madden doesn't get his way--he'll show up at that game and you'll have Michaels calling game scheduled to be televised by himself?
Between Madden, Mortensen/ESPN, NFL Network of bafoons, and the numerous updates of how "great he looks" working out with HS players. Okay--a Hall of Famer is shocking people working out with HS players? What kind of standard is there anymore? He should've been working out in Green Bay in offseason--but he skipped it and doesn't like it--which a lot of guys don't--but still do because they know it's their JOB-but that isn't Brett--he's just a guy who loves "FUNNIN'".
Break out the slip n' slide---Favre's funnin'--dont' get any of those squishin's on me Mr. B!
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