At least that part of the story is over. It will be interesting to watch now, versus all the hand-wringing at ESPN of "how can they do this to Brett?"

I know they won't do it...but I would love it if the Jets turned around and made a deal with the Vikings for Favre! That would be great!

I turned on ESPN this morning and this new show has apparently replaced SportsCenter called FavreCenter and it's starting to piss me off!!!

Eh, that's par for the course in this "24 hour (sports) news cycle" we live in now. Last week, it was manufactured drama with the Ron Artest trade, now Farve. The talking heads need something to talk about.

But it is tiresome, I agree.

I read there's actually a clause in the trade that says if he's traded to the Viking then the Jets have to give the Packers 3 first round picks.

Say that again????

Then the Jets work out a three team deal.

He's had 3 straight 1000 yard rushing seasons. I'd say that's solid.

Well, it looks like I have to eat my words here. I watched that McCarthy press conference the other day and nearly puked in my mouth. What a jerkoff...
And now that they've completed this trade, I'm even more disgusted in the organization.

*goes and removes his Green Bay avatar on his XBox account*

*throws away his Green Bay coasters and cuts up his Green Bay credit card*

Yeah, I'm fine with him playing there too. I'm totally not cool with Green Bay now, though. I'll be cheering every time Rodgers throws an INT.

If Brett was TO, would you have felt the same? How about Adam Jones? Chad Johnson?

Brett is the golden boy of the league. It would be the same as if Indy did this to Peyton. But methinks this is a case of over-looking Brett's turd-headedness and looking only as the Packers being the bad guys. There is plenty to go around; but in the end of the day, the Packers are not at fault because they are running their business.

If your top sales guy is jerking you around and you're a corporation, you eventually get sick of it and let the guy go if it becomes unmanageable. This situation became unmanageable, especially since:

Brett said "I want to come back."

Packers, "Great, we'll call a press confrence."

Favre, "On second thought, I'd like to remain retired."

Packers, "Ok Brett, we can appreciate that. Thanks for all that you've done."

Eight weeks later......

"Coach, I got that itch again. I want to come back."

"Sorry Brett, we're not going through this again."

In four months, Brett decided to retire, come back, remain retired, come back, thinking about coming back, not sure if he'd like to be bribed to stay retired, nah he's back, wait I don't get my starting job back? I'm talking to my wife while talking to you. Hold on. Let me order a salad. You were saying coach?

No athlete, NOT A SINGLE ONE; should be able to hold any organization hostage like Brett did. People compare it to Clemens; but baseball is a far different sport. The strategy of a pitcher isn't the same as the strategy of a quarterback. It's a completely different animal.

Same with Michael Jordan. Here's the strategy of the Bulls during that time.

When MJ is on the floor, get MJ the ball. Period.

Brett isn't as good at football as MJ is at basketball.

Someone said this on Something Awful back in the middle of July and I think it still fits. It's the weirdest analogy I've ever read, but it's also a good one:

I saw the press conference yesterday. Favre straight up admitted that he wanted to be traded within the NFC North out of spite.

What a DB.