Brett Favre Deserved The Jets: Do They Deserve Him?

Our long national Brett Favre nightmare is over. Or is it?

Now Favre is playing in New York, and every headline will read "Broadway Brett," and every Jets game will start with a reverent comparison between Favre and Joe Namath.

Now there will be hundreds of Jets-interception/intercepted puns.

Now the Jets will see a one-year spike in season ticket holders, confusing investors who aren't sports fans.

Now the Giants, a team deserving of more coverage, will be completely overshadowed by Favre-mania.

Now Favre will have to play two games each vs. Buffalo and New England, and will probably barely make the playoffs, if at all.

Now the Jets' rebuilding project is delayed for a year, because they will have a much lower draft pick than they would've without Brett. And when Brett leaves, they're the same team they were in 2007.

Now Favre will hang out at ex-Giant Michael Strahan's apartment every night, making Jets fans uneasy.

Now Chad Pennington has competition of a much higher caliber than Kellen Clemens. (Update: Pennington was just released by the Jets. Possible destinations include Minnesota and Miami).

Now NFL Sunday Ticket will have a surge in subscribers from the Green Bay area.

Now the Jets have a real QB to protect with all those linemen they acquired in the offseason (as well as D'Brickashaw Ferguson).

Now New York will only lose to New England 123-35 instead of 123-3.

Now Bill Belichick will have even more shady cameramen hanging around the Jets sideline. 

Now the West Side Stadium idea will be revived—and defeated again.

Now we'll see what Mangini can do with a real quarterback.

Now Favre will demand a trade to the Vikings by mid-season.

FoxSports summed it up like this: "At some point this autumn, Brett Favre will wake up and ask himself the same question he posed in March: What the hell have I done?"

If the football gods are watching carefully, Favre will miss the playoffs, and either the Vikings or Packers will win the NFC. He will also be mercilessly booed by the New York crowd when he throws an interception.

Jets fans deserve a real franchise quarterback that won't retire at the end of the season (although Favre might change his mind again, who knows).