Author's note: Thanks, to everyone for sticking with me through my hiatus. A wedding is a hell of a thing to prepare for especially when its your own. I'd also like to thank my co-author (Travis) for not stealing too much of the spotlight from my bride.
Across the AP wire this morning came a surprising read. Brett
Favre has been traded. No that wasn't terribly shocking, as he has been demanding a trade for nearly a month now... No, the shock set in when we read that his trade was to the Jets.
So here is a long-shot prediction.
Favre will re-retire before the end of the season. Here's why:
1. Season/career-ending injury. He's old he's on a much worse team than the Packers which means he will be expected to perform miracles and try things his body cannot keep up with. He has had a
tumultuous off season that has left little to no time for upkeep and physical improvement. His stamina, cannot be where it is. Combine that with the fact that unless the Jets jump ship and leave their conference-- they have no chance of a playoff run and
Favre will know that by week 2. So he won't grit out the little "
ouchies" the way the old Iron-man used too. That and he is on the Madden '08 cover... He's screwed.
2. He gives up. Mid-way through a game somewhere between week 6-9. He's going to realize something in a landslide "O-moment". The Jets are bad. I'm not talking their last season 4-12 record bad... No I'm talking about from the bi-polar fans of New York who *have* a
Superbowl team in their city already. To the
hodge-
podge collection of never-proven coaches. This team will sit in awe of
Favre (as player's of this caliber should). He might miracle out a couple wins. But remember he's a gun-
slinger. And this defense cannot hold up or get the ball back the way a GB of Minn. defense can/could... They simply aren't that good.
No, Brett
Favre will play out another sub-par year with a dismal team and the hall of fame QB will forever have a Joe Montana stain of "and then he went to 'those guys'", marring his undeniably awesome career.
Many people are finger pointing about this whole affair as Aaron Rodgers takes snaps to the tune of "you suck," and "we want
Favre back!"
I believe there is plenty of blame to go around.
Favre did kind of handle the situation like a
primadonna whiner. And Ted Thompson
et al. in the Packer's management office treated him like an unwanted pregnancy. For all their talk about Rodger's being "their guy" I just couldn't believe that they would then be so scared of
Favre playing against them that they would then put "poison pills" into his trade
verbiage. Stating that "if" the Jets were to then trade
Favre to MN the Jets would owe GB 1-4 round draft picks.
How ridiculously paranoid can you be?
No New York has it's very own unique flavor of crazy and I simply don't see the Iron-man wading through those waters very long. Maybe if he played on a good team. But the Jets are many things... Good is not one of them.
