Thursday, August 07, 2008
Brett Favre to the Jets. I think what I like best about this is that it completely captures the futility of the Jets. There are 32 teams in the NFL, and in any given season there are about 20 guys who are solid starting quarterbacks. The other twelve teams try to devise workarounds, and sometimes they are successful; you don't absolutely have to have a great starting QB, but it makes things a lot simpler.
We'll find out if the Jets got the 2006-7 Brett Favre, who made it to the NFC Championship game, or the 2005-06/2004-05 Brett Favre, who played like Bob Dole, soon enough. It isn't going to make any difference. 1988 Joe Montana could get in a time machine, travel to the future, and take every snap for the Peagreens this season, and they'd still be the Jets. They'll be doing great if they go 6-10. Josh Curtis nails it: "This truth, perhaps more than anything else, crystallizes the desperate state of the Jets. They have effectively cast both Pennington and Clemens aside for what is likely a one-year run at the Super Bowl with a 38-year-old quarterback who is entirely unfamiliar with the Jets and will have but four short weeks to knock off the rust, learn the nuances of the offense, develop a rapport with his teammates, use his collection of skills to rescue a moribund team from the depths of 4-12, save the imperiled jobs of the head coach and general manager and afford the owner the appearance of actually doing something to help this team."
We'll find out if the Jets got the 2006-7 Brett Favre, who made it to the NFC Championship game, or the 2005-06/2004-05 Brett Favre, who played like Bob Dole, soon enough. It isn't going to make any difference. 1988 Joe Montana could get in a time machine, travel to the future, and take every snap for the Peagreens this season, and they'd still be the Jets. They'll be doing great if they go 6-10. Josh Curtis nails it: "This truth, perhaps more than anything else, crystallizes the desperate state of the Jets. They have effectively cast both Pennington and Clemens aside for what is likely a one-year run at the Super Bowl with a 38-year-old quarterback who is entirely unfamiliar with the Jets and will have but four short weeks to knock off the rust, learn the nuances of the offense, develop a rapport with his teammates, use his collection of skills to rescue a moribund team from the depths of 4-12, save the imperiled jobs of the head coach and general manager and afford the owner the appearance of actually doing something to help this team."
