It's a Favre Friday

In case all of you attention was focused on Chilean miners getting extracted from the ground this past week, someone with an abundance of talent has summarized the entire Brett Favre debauchery.



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Super Bowl XLIV: De-Cleeting

The downside to having a "real job" is not being able to blog during the day. Instead ideas swim through your head and by the time you get home any current story has passed. What can I add that has not been said today about the conference championship games? Also, what can I say about the Super Bowl that will not be said in the upcoming weeks?

NFC Championship

The Vikings' struggles with ball handling was not on Favre, but that last throw was. I give credit to him for hanging in there, even after getting hit in a should-have-been Brady Rule penalty. It does not excuse that last throw, he denied the team a chance to kick the winning FG. The haters will enjoy the fail, and the Favre defenders will try not to cite the pick as where Minnesota lost. I am sure Saints fans feel no remorse for the win. Finally a kicker makes a pivotal playoff kick this year. Sean Payton is going to have to come up with the coaching job of his life in order to beat the Colts.

AFC Championship

The Jets' great start was not a mirage, but Peyton and Tom Moore simply wait until the second half and make the adjustments. The Jets defense could not stop the onslaught and once Shonn Greene went down the end was inevitable. Peyton is going down in the book as one of the greatest because of his on-field precision but also because he is competitive. That jab he took at Rex Ryan postgame about the Colts keeping their mouths shut was totally intentional.

Super Bowl Time

A few thoughts on the last football game of meaning we have until August:

-Greg Williams, it is time to earn your paycheck. The Saints defensive coordinator will need a Steve Spagnolo-like effort in order for New Orleans to win.

-I usually tire of teams in the Super Bowl playing the "no one thinks we can win" line, but with the line sure to swell in the coming weeks, Saints players should hype it up.

-With drama-filled games in recent Super Bowls, there is no reason not to expect this game to be competitive. Obvious old adage alert: The team that turns over the ball more will lose.

-Prepare for the following stories to inundate your brain cells: Peyton/Archie Manning New Orleans connections and who doesn't want to revisit Hurricane Katrina again?

-Prediction time: I picked the Saints before the season to win the Super Bowl, and even though the Colts are the favorite, I am not backing down now. Saints in a classic 31-30. Brees wins MVP and does the Carlton Dance down Bourbon Street.

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Apocalypse Favre!

Our long national nightmare that we though was over after it wasn't over but looked like it may have been over, isn't over. In fact, it has just begun. Michael Vick may be happy about this news, but most of us are not.

Favre unretires to join Vikings, takes part in practice [CBS]

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When You’re a Jet You’re a Jet All the Way?

The circus will not stop, it will continue. Many hoped that Brett Favre landing somewhere would quell the raging media coverage, but instead number 4 heads to the king city of sports media coverage, New York. I’m sure Arod is quietly thanking the heavens that old greybeard has landed with the Jets. The coverage will continue to be constant: interviews, film of planes landing and Escalades driving, a spot on Larry King perhaps. The Favre story that has enveloped what has become America’s most popular sport, will continue to eat all the coverage of what people like me would rather see, a breakdown of what could happen this NFL season. Instead we will get Favre and like it or head to our room with no supper and no NFL stories.

It’s hard to say what this means to the Jets. They were not highly touted coming into this season but now with at least their QB issue solved, it could provide a plus .500 season! There is a clause in the trade that if Favre leads New York to the Super Bowl, the Packers get a 1st round pick, keep dreaming. The schedule does seem favorable when you look at it. I think Favre and Jericho Cotchery can be a nice duo as well. Adding Alan Faneca can only help the O-line. Plus the Jets have had success before with a aging QB in Vinny Testeverde. It begrudges me to say it but I see a 9 or possibly 10 win season this year for the Jets. Mangini knows defense and the Jets can only get better by the addition, but can it take them deep into the playoffs? I doubt it.

The Jets are going to have a media cloud hanging over them somewhat similar to what the Patriots faced last year. Every game will be watched intently and the media will swarm the team at all times seeking more answers about how Favre. I’m sure the Jets’ front office took that into account when they made the trade, that their white knight is coming, but behind him rolls a storm. One thing is certain, if the Jets falter during the season, it’s going to get ugly. Until the playoffs Green Bay and New York will be at the forefront of the media coverage. So if these are not your two favorite teams, you must sit and take it, but look on the bright side, at least it's not TO coverage.

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