chicagosports.chicagotribune.com - 8/8/2008
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Years ago, the joke around the NFL was the cruelest way for a team to get revenge on a player was to send him to Green Bay, the Siberia of the NFL.
Green Bay isn't considered Siberia anymore, but for Brett Favre's purposes, New York might be.
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FAVRE: THE AFTER TRADE EFFECTS
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... 1st up, Dan Pompeii gets down to business now that the initial “What team will he go to?” excitement has settled. He writes that it won’t be easy for Favre and could turn out to be bad for number 4. ...
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