Really? Wowwity wow wow WOW. Brett Favre on Gang Green. The country boy goes to the big city. Wait, Eli Manning is also from Mississippi and he seems to be doing just fine in the Big Apple...wait, Joe Namath was a country boy (albeit from PA) who played in NYC to some acclaim.....wait, Phil Simms is a good ol' boy from Kentucky who managed to find his way to some success there.......wait, in 1960, L.S.U. grad Y.A. Tittle was traded from the Niners to the Giants and all he did was throw 36 TDs that year. OK, that last one was a stretch. But still.
RBs - Thomas Jones and Leon Washington. Jones showed last year that he can lug the ball with his 310 carries and you'd have to think that with #4 back there as opposed to the floppy-armed Chad Pennington, Jones's average will rise from last season's 3.6 per carry. Leon Washington is an explosive kick returner who Mangini should get at least five touches per game. He is like Devin Hester, but stronger.
FB - Tony Richardson. Some of Favre's best years were when he had (former Packer FB and current free agent - ahem) William Henderson as an outlet. There was a stretch there when Henderson in the flat was going to happen and there was nothing anybody could do about it. Tony Richardson had more catches than carries last year - so that bodes well.
WRs - Laveranues Coles, Jerrico Cotchery, Brad Smith. Coles is a good receiver who will push 100 catches this year, but is Cotchery really an NFL #2 WR? Brad Smith doesn't seen to have the speed or size to really make it in the NFL as a legit WR, but his high football IQ will keep him on the field. Um, they need some help here. Keyshawn coming out of retirement, maybe?
TEs - Chris Baker, Bubba Franks. The resurgance of Bubba Franks! Brett's favorite target for years and years and years in Green Bay should have fun this season, since as the second tight end he will be covered by LBs when his number is called.
One thing that can be interpolated from this trade is that second-year left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson must be having one hell of an offseason. With the way the 'B-word' was being bandied about last year, and it is hard to believe that Jets would sign a 38 year old QB if they didn't think they could keep him upright. The offseason additions of Alan Faneca and Damien Woody make the Favre signing seem much more logical, given that they are two of the pre-eminent offensive linemen in the NFL.
Will it work? A lot of it depends on whether or not the WR corps can step up their game, but maybe they were victims of Pennington's noodle-arm. Only time will tell, which leaves us a nice place to end today's discussion - how long will Favre be a Jet? Three seasons, methinks.
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