thejetsblog.com - 7/27/2008
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Well it looks like we are getting close to shutting down the Favre talk. Hutch wrote this in the Star-Ledger yesterday about Favre and the Jets.
According to someone with knowledge of the talks between the Jets and Green Bay Packers, the chances of a deal are “very remote.”
In fact, the person said the possibility of the Jets acquiring the three-time MVP quarterback was ...
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Favre-to-Jets Is Now 'Remote'; Pennington, Clemens Back in Mix for Starting Job
FanHouse —
Filed under: Jets, Packers, NFL RumorsI didn't want to be the one to say it since, you know, the last time I tried to crack wise it blew up in my face, but I'm with the Jets Blog's Brian Bassett on the most recent Brett Favre-to-the-Jets news: it probably ain't happening. When Mort reported that the Jets were to talk to Favre, I was dubious, because let's face it, Mortensen likes to break stories, but doesn't really like to get all the facts. Once we knew that it was the Packers who called the Jets, that was basically ...
Know Thy Enemy 2008: New York Jets - Sunday, December 7
Niners Nation —
... Like the 49ers, who will win the QB battle? Considering Pennington is injury-prone and lacking on the deep ball, I'd imagine the Jets are hoping and praying Kellen Clements steps up and takes the job with some gusto. And of course there is that one wild card: Brett Favre. Rumors were recently floating around that he had been given permission by the Packers to speak with the Jets. It sounds like those rumors are dying a somewhat swift death (well as swift as anything can be in this long soap opera). However, it is certainly ...
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Favre says he won't go to camp - for now —
FOXSports.com News for NFL 7/27/2008
Brett Favre apparently won't be among the Packers showing up for the opening of Green Bay's training camp Sunday morning.
Favre told si.com that general manager Ted Thompson had asked him for "a couple of days" to resolve the situation.
"I agreed to ...
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Mark Maske's NFL Insider 7/27/2008
GREEN BAY, Wis.--There was another Brett Favre protest today at Lambeau Field. Around 12:30 p.m. local time, a group of perhaps 75 people walked through the front doors into Lambeau's atrium and demanded that the Green Bay Packers invite the retired ...
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Jon Gruden is growing weary of answering questions about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' interest in trading for quarterback Brett Favre. Asked what he makes of the latest round of developments in Favre's standoff with the Green Bay Packers, the Buccaneers ...