Not the storybook finish I think he was looking for, but the RB makes a valid point...
NEW YORK - New York Jets running back Thomas Jones earlier this week told a local radio station that future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre should have been benched at some point during the season.
Jones told Hot 97 FM on Tuesday that Favre's mistakes hurt the Jets down the stretch.
New York lost four if its last five games, and the 39-year-old Favre tossed nine interceptions with just two touchdowns in that span. Favre finished with 22 touchdowns and a league-worst 22 interceptions, but still somehow made the Pro Bowl.
"We're a team and we win together. ... But at the same time, you can't turn the ball over and expect to win," Jones told the radio station two days after Favre tossed three interceptions in the season-ending loss to Miami.
The loss was even more painful because former Jet Chad Pennington outplayed Favre and helped the Dolphins clinched the AFC East. Jones, who led the AFC with 1,312 yards, said the turnovers were the difference in the 24-17 loss.
"The other day, the three interceptions really hurt us. I mean, that's just reality," Jones told the radio station. "If I were to sit here and say, 'Oh, man, it's OK,' that's not reality. ... I don't like it, I know everybody else on the team doesn't like it.
"If somebody is not playing well, they need to come out of the game," Jones told Hot 97 FM. "You're jeopardizing the whole team because you're having a bad day. To me, that's not fair to everybody else. You're not the only one on the team. So when you get to the wire and somebody is just giving the game up, I mean, it's just not (fair)."
Another anonymous Jets player told Newsday, "There was a lot of resentment in the room about him. He never socialized with us, never went to dinner with anyone."
The player said Favre was "distant" and spent most of his off-field time in an office designated for him near the equipment room and not with teammates in the locker room.
WOW... sounds like some bitterness going on there. Its not really surprising though. All season long, Brett was the entire story of the Jets. Lots of folks have taken to now calling them the New York Bretts. There is a "rest of the team". If he isn't socializing and trying to fit in, of course the rest of the team is going to resent him, particularly when they lose. Nobody likes a Prima Donna.
I'm not knocking Brett as a QB. He is definitely one of the better ones to ever play the game. Interceptions have always been his Achilles Heel. It just sounds to me like this is "Joe Montana Syndrome" all over again. It was time for him to retire, but he didn't want to. The Chiefs picked him up in a blatant attempt to buy their way into the Superbowl. It didn't work, and lots of people blamed the entire failure on him. When he traded back to the 49ers to retire, it was perceived as a slap in the face.
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He was never a very sociable guy here either and he was really a bit of an ass to Rodgers. His attitude was that he wasn't there to train anybody. I don't know if he softened up at all, but I know at first he didn't take Rodgers under his wing at all.
That is very sad to hear. It would be a far greater legacy to leave a fabulous career by willingly passing the torch to the next generation, then walking away with your head held high. The whole grace and dignity thing... oh well. Guess that ain't gonna happen.
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Yeah, I was wondering that too. I wonder if that was a demand of his or just something they offered him?
A lot of people have said Favre works hard at that "good ol' boy" image he has but in reality he's pretty full of himself.
That's why the whole drama over where he would wind up was so hard. Both sides had lost a lot of credibility and you just had no idea who was being sincere when they disagreed.
I guess this is how the truth comes out. More than likely, the reality is somewhere between what both sides say. Farve is probably subject to all the same human failings, foibles, and conceit as anyone else who has enjoyed his fame and fortune. The Packers probably could have been a little more decent about things.
Now, the Packers organization faces a choice... do they come to his defense or do that go with "see... this is what we were trying to avoid". Favre has a choice too... do the "mia culpa" and re-retire or watch what remains of his respect and following crumble as this kind of story grows and more folks decide to speak out.
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Told you he should have just stayed home. He just didn't know what to do with himself and all the free time.
Let's see. Hmmm. JR was rooting for two teams this year. Neither made the playoffs, nor did either quarterback play the way everyone anticipated. But hey, don't worry, McNabb and the Eagles made the playoffs.
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I hope the results are the same as the last meeting in early December between the two teams. Naturally, it was a decisive Eagles victory. To knock the defending champs out is always nice. To knock out a division rival is even better.
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Shouldn't the field and the locker room basically be his office?
