If you believe in the sports gods, and you should, this Favre nightmare should be over in less than 48 hours. Sorry Minneapolis, but the New Orleans rebuilding post-Katrina is a far better storyline than anything Minneapolis can produce. I am not being delusional and thinking there is no way the Vikings can beat the Saints and if I were a gambler I would stay far away from this game. When push comes to shove I’ll take the home team, but this one should be close either way.
As a Packers fan I naturally want to see the Judas-led Vikings fail. It really isn’t the fact that the Vikings are doing very well this year that annoys me, rather the constant gushing by all NFL analysts. We all know the media love affair with Favre and almost every angle about him has been covered this season. Except one.
What if Brett Favre stayed with the Jets?
Favre claims the only reason he came back was to have another shot at a championship, not to stick to Thompson and McCarthy. He is in good position to follow through on that claim, but now it looks like he would have had the same shot if he stayed with the Jets. Granted this logic is flawed in a major way since rumors were that Rex Ryan didn’t want anything to do with Favre. But, we can play devil’s advocate for a bit can’t we?
The Jets were a borderline playoff team last year and barring a late season collapse by yours truly, you could argue that they were just as good as the Vikings. This season they have a great running game and a very good offensive line. Their defense was arguably the best in the league this year and as Favre proved last year their receiving corps weren’t all that bare.
Heading into tomorrow’s game against the Colts, what is the one position where the Jets face a major disadvantage and will probably decide their fate? Quarterback.
This is not a knock against Mark Sanchez, as winning two road playoff games as a rookie is very impressive and Jets fans couldn’t have asked more. He already has more career playoff wins (2) than quarterbacks such as Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Carson Palmer and Matt Ryan, and just as many as Drew Brees and Chad Pennington (then again Rex Grossman also has two playoff wins). But one would think a coach like Ryan would have preferred starting a veteran quarterback and having Sanchez sit for a year (Kellen Clemens does not count a veteran QB). Then again Ryan also didn’t want all the drama Favre brings, so you can’t blame him going with Sanchez.
Would the Jets beat the Colts with Favre at the helm? Hard to say, but they sure would have a better shot. The Jets match up well against the Colts in almost every position besides the most important one. I can’t see Favre beating Manning at this stage of his career, but he definitely would provide a better chance than Sanchez.
So, why isn’t this storyline being played out this past week? Everyone loves Favre and don’t want to bring up the fact that the Jets didn’t want him back and had the balls to stand up to him. They also don’t want to get on Favre’s bad side because “you just can’t do that to a brother in the oh-so exclusive NFL fraternity.” So these reasons are nothing new, but it’s still an interesting.
So Brett, if your true motivation was to win a championship, why didn’t you just stay in New York and build on what you started last season instead of ruining all the goodwill you built in Green Bay over the past two decades?
Just sayin’…
-Adam Somers
No one will bring it up because those journalists that would bring it up to Judas are kept well away from him, I suspect. And I have been saying what you’re saying for the last two weeks. If Judas had stayed in New York, there would have been no one happier than me to see him make another SB and win, though of course I’d rather it be the Packer and Aaron.
But now he can just collapse and throw a last minute pick for a loss. God knows I lived through that, now the Vikes should too.