Favre Jets from Green Bay
By Jared Loss on August 7th, 2008 9:18 PM |
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Unless you live under a rock, you know that Brett Favre wanted out of Green Bay. He got his wish late on Wednesday evening. The Packers traded Favre to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick. The pick can be anywhere from a 4th rounder to a 1st rounder in the 2009 draft.
Favre held a press conference at the Cleveland Browns stadium with members of the Jets management on either side of him. He held up his number four jersey (still in green), answered some questions from the media, and pleaded to “move on”.
Favre also told reporters he was a little bit out of shape, and he looks forward to getting into training camp and meeting his new teammates. Favre commended Jets G.M. Mike Tennenbaum for his diligent work in luring him to NYC. Over the course of 24 hours, Favre contacted Tennenbaum, Tennenbaum convinced Favre he was a good fit with the Jets, and the Jets and the Packers made the trade.
To make room on the roster and to fit under the salary cap the Jets released Chad Pennington at 4 pm on Thursday. There is reportedly interest from Miami. Bill Parcells, V.P. of Player Personnel for Miami, was with the Jets organization when Pennington was drafted.
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Can you even believe it’s already football season! I have to admit -I’ve never been the biggest fan of Brett but now that he’s playing on a team other than the Packers my feelings might change. I have a deep seeded hatred for the Packers and unfortuntely, I missed a lot of quality Favre playing time because I refuse to watch the Packers. I’m not necessarily a Jets fan either but it’s a shade of green that I can tolerate. I look forward to catching him in action this season so I can reformulate my very judgemental opinion - Welcome to New York Brett!
I think Favre will give the Jets a lift, as he’s an upgrade over Chad Pennington, but by no means do I think it makes them a playoff lock.
It reminds me when the 49ers finally said goodbye to Joe Montana and shipped him off to Kansas City.