Old news, but irritating nonetheless. I notice this idiot has no comments under his article...the link: http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_10153869 Favre-N.Y. marriage doomed to fail By Mike Klis The Denver Post Article Last Updated: 08/09/2008 11:22:16 PM MDT Prediction: By the time the Broncos travel to the Meadowlands for a regular-season game on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the New York Jets and Brett Favre will be widely judged as a mistake. Because Favre is too tough and stubborn to have his NFL consecutive- start streak, now a record 275 games, end with injury, it says here his remarkable durability run will be doomed by unremarkable performance. Favre already has refused to accept a backup role to Aaron Rodgers with the Packers. What will he do if, after a 2-6 start, he is given no choice but to watch Kellen Clemens lead the Jets against the Broncos? Credit the Jets for making the greatest marketing move of at least the past decade. Never before has an NFL jersey matched the first-day fervor of the Favre No. 4, colored in Jets green and white. Ticket sales and team web page hits have set records. But what does it say about the Jets' priorities when Favre is paraded in front of New York City at the mayor's press conference Friday when he could have been in a meeting learning a new offense? By season's end, this will be viewed as little more than a terrific publicity stunt by a team forced to share its game-day stadium and back-page headlines with the Super Bowl champs. Inevitably, New York will not be Favre's kind of town. "We all acknowledge and recognize Brett's greatness, and I hope he plays well," said Joe Theismann, the former Washington Redskins quarterback. "But to me there's a 1 percent chance of an upside and a 99 percent chance of a downside." Theismann isn't the only one who has doubts. After talking to NFL executives and scouts, I'm convinced the third-greatest quarterback of all time (behind Joe Montana and John Elway) is headed for an unfortunate season. Not even Favre can go from playing 16 years in a variation of the West Coast offense to mastering a new offensive concept in three weeks. The foundation of the Packers' passing offense is precisely timed route- running. The receiver is supposed to run 12 yards, come back 2, and be there every time. Sprint, hitch, go, bam! Favre set all the NFL career passing records in part because each time he dropped back, he knew where he was supposed to throw. By comparison, the Jets' offense is open to interpretation. It requires more reading of the defenses, by quarterback and receiver, after the snap. And while there has been a magical, improvisational element to Favre's game, the Jets' offense will not be suited to the NFL's all-time leader in interception throws. "I saw Brett having a better chance at success with Jon Gruden and Tampa Bay," Theismann said. "This one makes no sense to me." Besides, after watching clips of Favre's first introductory press conference Thursday night, did anyone else get the impression he is far more resigned (if not retired) than excited to be playing for the Jets? Favre was noticeably hurt at the realization he's no longer a Packer. He also hinted the only way he was going to overcome his emotional breakup was by getting back at them. Give the jilted legend a chance to go head-to-head, twice a year, and Favre was confident he could take away the Black-and-Blue division title he helped Green Bay win last year and six times before that. But Favre was no match for a Packers franchise that is the closest thing the NFL has to the Cubs and Red Sox in universal popularity. Manny wasn't going to the Yankees or Rays, and the Packers were not about to move Favre to the Bears or Vikings. Even if Favre brought this on himself by retiring in March ? they must not teach "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" fable to kids growing up in southern Mississippi ? I feel bad for him. This couldn't have been what he had in mind when he decided to unretire. A season with the Jets will not go well for him. His only chance for a happier, more appropriate, ending is if he comes back to play in 2009 for another team that plays an offense he has already mastered. Still, another prediction.
Normally I ignore stuff like this, it's all so much hot air, but... Joe Theismann? You gotta be kidding me. He has no credibility whatsoever. Asking him a serious question about the NFL is like interviewing the gurgling two-year-old in the corner, or the old guy in the rest home with Alzheimer's. Totally useless.
Theissman was also kicked off ESPN as an NFL analyst because he was such a jerk--and total embarrassment.
Prediction: By the time the Broncos travel to the Meadowlands for a regular-season game on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Mike Kils will still be writing shitty columns.
For what it's worth, Joe Montana thinks that Favre will be a huge positive for the Jets this year (NY Daily News). We didn't really lose much in order to get him and have nowhere to go but up. I'll say one thing though, the Jets and their fans can dare to dream with #4 here, and that's something that couldn't have been said a month ago. Best case scenario without Favre would've been another Wildcard year and probably another eventual loss to the Pats (I don't think we would've ever gotten over that hump with Pennington, as much as I like him). Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
I was willing to give the article a chance up until I saw the Theismann quote. Then I just couldn't finish. If you want to make a point, don't have Joe Theismann be the one to back it up.
this guy has no idea what he is talking about. Brett Favre will start ever game this year, and they will have a winning record, the schedule is easy, cmon the nfc west. and afc west, They just didnt add favre they improved there o line and defense to me this guy is just ignorant
He's just scared of Favre when we play Denver because that team is going to suck the whole year. I can see Shannahan being replaced pretty soon.
HA! That's the 1st thing I thought as I was reading it. The guy's a total moron, and was the worst color guy in all of sports! :shit:
This is why we have such an illegal immigrant problem in this country. People like this get paid good money to write ridiculous bullshit like that when they should be out digging ditches for this years Christmas trees.
Joe Theismann is still a c*nt... I wonder what these tools would have said if Farve went to Washington or Denver
