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atlantasportscentral.com - 3/5/2008
Favre trade worst in the history of sports?
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Brett Favre retired today. This is an examination of the path that led him to the Green Bay Packers and the subsequent affects it had on the Packers and the team that traded him away, the Atlanta Falcons.

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Is Favre Green Bay's Judas?
Acme Packing Company — Props to Green and Bold on this one.  His post, which can be found here, was the first I read about the subject.  Credit goes where credit is due. Have you experienced hearing about an incident and immediately relating it to a song?  Probably not, because it's kind of lame.  But, when I heard about this, my mind immediately went to track 7 from Eminem's "Encore" album. Brett Favre, you don't know how sick you make me. You don't know how sick you make me, You make me ----in' sick to my stomach, Everytime I think of you I puke. You must just not know, ...

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