Published 1/1/2009
by Angel Navedo
at Bleacher Report - NFL
The countdown to 2009 is over as a new countdown officially begins. With the New York Jets' 2008 season finished, one of the NFL's most recent annual traditions commences—the Brett Favre retirement watch.
If the rest of the Jets had any control over it, Favre's retirement papers would have been signed, sealed, and delivered yesterday. Maybe even the day before.
The charm and character Brett Favre that has defined him throughout his entire career is no longer welcome in New York.
With the Jets' embarrassing end to their 2008 campaign, the team's frustrations have leaked out of the locker room and into the newspapers. A team whose words to the media were once chosen carefully while Eric Mangini was head coach are no longer restricted by any rules.
The truth shall set them free.
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