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The end of an annoyance

The Brett Favre Saga is over in Green Bay, and begins anew in New York New Jersey.
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Brett the Jet.
Jet Favre.
If he goes to a Mets game (Met Favre).
Broadway Brett.

Welcome to New York New Jersey Brett. Welcome to the Jets.
You wanted your release trade. You got it. Welcome to the Meadowlands. [...]

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A standing ovation to the Green Bay Packers

It’s about time someone stood up to Brett Favre. Green Bay, I commend you
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A gray haired Brett Favre had this coming. He did.
He’s totally naive if he sees it otherwise.
Brett Favre was asking for this. He was.

You don’t do what he’s done to a team, three offseasons in a row, [...]

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The $20 million man?

Green Bay is offering Brett Favre $20 million to stay retired. And Favre is actually considering it
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Sports is a business. Athletes say it. Coaches say it. General managers say it.
Loyalty is a thing of the past.
Players and teams don’t take things as seriously as they once did. Rivalries are [...]

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Hey Iraq: Manny is willing to play for your team

If athletes didn’t say ridiculous things, what the heck would we have to talk about?
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Manny Ramirez has said and done a lot of memorable things since inking an eight year $168 million free agent deal with Boston in 2000. But few will manage to top this gem of a quote that [...]

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Update! Update! Update! Brett Favre!!!!!!

Trust me, you really don’t want to read this full post unless you want to see how stupid ESPN’s coverage of Brett Favre is. It includes a clip of SportsCenter talking about Brett Favre.
When I turn on my TV in the morning, I am now barraged with Titletown AND Brett Favre. (T.O. recently [...]

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Good for you Green Bay

By sticking with Aaron Rodgers as their starting QB and proclaiming they will not release Brett Favre, the Packers are doing the right thing. Even though it may not be the most popular.
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The Green Bay Packers didn’t wait long to put Brett Favre in his place. The team announced today that they [...]

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I would so not want to be Aaron Rodgers right now

Brett Favre wants to be released, the Packers want Aaron Rodgers to be their starting quarterback (or so we think) and Titletown, USA (Sorry ESPN) seems to be divided. It’s the perfect situation for a young quarterback to succeed a legend. Uh, not.
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Poor, poor Aaron Rodgers.
It’s not often I actually feel [...]

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Did Brett Favre Really Have a Good Season Last Year?

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I have been one of Brett Favre’s harshest critics the past three years, on this blog and on other places I have written. I was happy when he decided to retire, and I pointed out that his past three seasons have been a testament to his demise. He lead the Packers to [...]

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