Hmmmm...Brett Favre to the Jets, Brett Favre to the Jets...I don't know, I can't shake the feeling that this is one of the worst ideas in sports since the XFL. OK, maybe not that bad. My thoughts on Brettmania can be divided into two stages.
1. Un-retiring? Brett, you're ruining your legacy! Stay back in Kiln, open a restaurant, and maybe appear as a talking head for ESPN now and then. That's the future for you.
2. Well, if he's unretired, I guess that's his choice. But why, Ted Thompson, do you insist on going for the unproven, unknown, unshaven rookie when a Hall-of-Famer is knocking at your door, ready and willing to go a few more seasons for you?
At first I was anti-Favre. Then I was anti-management. Now I don't know what to think. From Favre's point of view, I'm not sure how smart it is. I mean, the Jets? If it was a football game with my life as the stakes, and I could pick any team to play for me, here's who I'd pick ahead of the Jets' current incarnation:
1. The 1986 New England Patriots
2. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes
3. The 1996 Chicago Bulls
4. The 2000 University of Illinois Powder Puff Intramural Team Champions
If Brett wins a Super Bowl with the Jets, I'll eat my hat. I don't even have a hat, so I'll go out, buy a real nice one, and eat it. That's how farfetched I think it is.
But from a fan's point of view--the only thing better would've been Brett going to the Vikings, which would have made every Vikings-Packers matchup as vicious as a pickup football game between the guards and prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Wow, that's a hell of a convoluted metaphor.
Just think of all the story lines!
-BRETT TRIES TO RETURN THE JETS TO RELEVANCE!
-BRADY AND BRETT FACE OFF TWICE A YEAR!
-AARON RODGERS TRIES TO FILL BRETT'S CLEATS!
-MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON GETS STUCK!
Just another reason to look forward to the upcoming season, I suppose. I never watched Jets games before because I considered them a minor form of torture. Now, though, I might have to start.
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