jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com - 2/12/2009
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by Jay Mariotti Filed under: NFL On the first day of the rest of his life -- and I dare say, the rest of his life -- Brett Favre got on his bulldozer and did some Mississippi-style man things. "I pushed up some downed trees and stuff,'' he said Wednesday night, sounding quite content about ...
waitingfornextyear.com - 2/12/2009
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While Eric Mangini and the Cleveland Browns have
been quoted in saying that there is no concrete...
starter at the quarterback position for 2009, smart money says that the team will likely turn to their quarterback of the future in Brady Quinn sooner than later. However, even if Quinn does get the ...
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NFL Trade Rumors: Derek Anderson to the Jets?
blogs.ajc.com - 2/12/2009
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blogs.ajc.com —
I'm sorry, Mr. Madden, but this guy's better.
When last Brett Favre retired, he wept. If he...
unretires again, I’ll weep. I never want to see him throw another interception. I feel like I’ve seen every one of them — all 310, if ...
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Favre retires again: Say it’s so, Brett! Say it’s so!
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Brett Favre calls it quits; for real this time (probably)
Tremendous Upside Potential —
And, as always, the voice of reason is Jay Mariotti. Wait, what? At last, I am convinced, the longest-running annual vigil in
professional sports has ended. The process has been as maddening as a
three-foot pothole, the way Favre hijacked a nation's attention span
and dragged us through his emotional taffy pulls the last few
offseasons. Had he taken one more plunge into limboville and made the
New York Jets and the football world wait many more days, weeks and
months, he would have placed a permanent stain on his legacy. Know how
ridiculous the mind game was ...
Now Retired, Maybe Favre Can Grow Up
FanHouse —
... By now, you've already read my colleague Jay Mariotti's awesome column on Favre. While Jay is spot-on in his assessment of Favre's career, Favre himself has shown that he is far from perfect. ...
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