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As many of you have probably already heard Brett Favre the New York Jets quarterback who led the team to a 1-4 record down the stretch informed the Jets organization recently he was going to retire…… again. This is about the third or so time Brett has done this so who knows if he means it this time, but it seems that perhaps his monumental breakdown in the last quarter of the season may have finally let him realize it is time to go back to Mississippi, wear his Wrangler jeans, and go hunting full time.

The Jets who were in the drivers seat to be in the Hunt for the AFC Championship until Favres abysmal play correlated with their demise down the stretch. Do I totally blame Favre for this collapse? No. There were questionable coaching calls and certainly there were others on the team who dropped the ball, but you can not argue that Favreran out of gas down the stretchwhen it mattered with his interceptions far outnumbering his TD passes. In fact over the last four season in December (remember the golden rule good teams don’t lose after Thanksgiving) Favre has thrown 13 TD passes to his 31 interceptions.

Brett was a great player for the Green Bay Packers. He was someone who played the game like we dream to as a  boy. Heleft his heart and soul on the field so you can understand some of his shenanigans over the past few years. Ultimately though his stretching of his career has worn thin though. Bowing out gracefully is no longer an option so it is best to go ahead and exit stage right. Let some time pass so everyone can forget that season in the other green uniform and remember the good years with the Packers.

If he does decide in a month that he can’t scratch the itch I think the Jets should package him up to anybody who wants him for a third or fourth round pick. For the record I was not optimistic or happy about this move from the start, and I’m happy to see the Jets head in a new direction.  Maybe Mark “The Dirty” Sanchez, maybe a Veteran, or perhaps see if Kellen Clemens has matured into a starter. No matter what they do I am doing back flips today knowing that Brett is gone!

It’s official Eric Mangini was fired this morning after heading up one of the worst collapses I’ve seen in quite some time. Leave it to the Jets to excel at failing epically. Sitting at 8-3 with a cupcake schedule the last five games we looked like we were in the drivers seat for the AFC East. How do you go to the west coast 4 times and lose all four to teams who ended the season .500 or worse? I don’t know the answer to that question but I bet Eric Mangini has some time and he somehow came up with a game plan to do it!

The poor coaching and poor execution on the part of Eric Mangini and Brett Favre destroyed all the positive moment built in the first 2/3rds of the season. It’s not easy being a Jets fan. We lose a lot more then we win. Generally I hang my hat on beating Miami. If we can beat Miami I’ll be happy that is the saying in my head. Well this time we lost to Miami and handed them the division gift wrapped.

Brett Favre might as well have gotten on a sled yesterday and put bows on the footballs he was throwing to the Dolphin players. It is not surprising though Favre did what he does best and that is throw interceptions. He led the league this year with 22 (great pro bowl stat). This coupled with the amount of attempts he was asked to make is a pretty telling statistic of how much he hurt this team this year. Everyone said Brett will stretch the field. Well his effectiveness pass the 20 yard mark was no better then the guy we ran out of town for him Chad Pennington. It burns me to say this but I’ve always liked Chad and a part of me is happy for him and what he did yesterday.

So long Eric I thought you might be the one to lead us but you will go down with all the others who came and failed. I can only hope that Favre retires and saves me the agony of watching him next season in the new stadium.

In the past when you became a Green Bay Packer in particular a quarterback for the Green Bay Packers the shoes you had to fill were that of the legend Bart Star. Well Brett Favre is the one guy who came in and not only filled those shoes, but went above and beyond.

 News is filtering out today that Brett Favre is ready to turn in the cleats and retire. Brett leaves to undoubtedly join the Football Hall of Fame. Not only will he be joining the Hall when eligible, but he will also join the discussion of greatest quarterbacks ever. He won or shared the honor of league MVP a record 3 times. He was selected to the Pro Bowl 9 times, he was the player of the week 12 times in his career, most consecutive starts for a Quarterback 253, most wins by a quarterback 160, most career passing touchdowns 442, most career passing yards 61,655, most completions & attempts, and most games with at least 3 touchdowns 63. That is just the tip of the iceberg with his accomplishments. Above and beyond all the awards and milestones is the way Mr. Brett Favre played the game. He was the gunslinger. He laid it all out on the line and played hard and laughed hard while doing it. He was like a big kid out there on the field. It looked like his excitement was contagious. Surely someone you would want your son to have as a role model.  The NFL will miss Brett Favre Legends like him only come along so often. Thanks Brett!