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but was wondering about the perspective of true jets fans.



I've always seen Favre as an over-rated interception machine [thus my rants against his "lauding" when he retired] and, since I'm not much of a gambler, I've never liked his risky style. I was not very happy they went with Favre ... mostly because it's hard for me to root for him.

But, I never would have thought Chad would have been as successful as he was with the Dolphins. I LOVE Chad, but he had a pop-gun arm to start and he injuries didn't help. And, he hasn't proven to be very durable.

Honestly, I thought that they would be better than Chad would be with the 'Fins or would have been with the Jets.


Either way, once we signed who we did and I looked at the schedule before the season started, I expected a chance at the playoff as a wild card. For me, basically it came down to if we won the easy games [both Dolphins games, Bills at home, all the NFC West games, KC, Oak] and then pulled off one of medium games [Bengal - who I thought would be better, Titans - who I never thought would be that good, Bills in Buffalo]. I assumed, based on my expectations of them that we would lose both NE games, to SD in SD and to the Broncos. You always lose a game you shouldn't and win a game you shouldn't. But, that's 10 Wins, and chance at the wild card.

When Brady went down, I thought Favre would have a good chance to beat a guy who never started a game since High School. More the fool, I. Then, after we went up on SD with a pick-6, Favre answered right back. I had little hope even though we beat on the scrubs. Look how we struggled to get by KC!

But, then the large 1st half against NE. The choke of a 2nd half. And, then Favre was brilliant in the overtime [Chad never could have made those throws].

Suddenly we were like 8-3 and beaten up the Titans on the road, who were the class of the conference with the usual AFC suspects struggling.

But, then the Broncos game. They all admitted to reading the clippings. But, in truth, they were LUCKY to even win one more game. And, Favre turned out to be just what I thought.


Would Chad have done better? Maybe. Maybe not. But, he would have TRIED his heart out. He wouldn't have given that "If we win, we win" speech that Favre gave in his last game.

Chad wouldn't have padded up stats against the Rams and Cardinals, but I doubt he throws all the pick-6s. I doubt he plays with no heart the last 5 games of the season. I doubt he hides in his little office. I think you see a real leader on the field.

If they were going to get a replacement for Chad, and honestly I thought they needed one and his arm was gone, they should have gotten someone with heart. Someone who wanted to win. Who wanted to lead. Not someone who needed to shown that there were places to hunt nearby.

And, it's not like Favre could even throw anymore ....

[rant, rant, rant and rant]




btw, this year's Dolphins and the Giants broke the record of the 2nd Super Bowl Giant by committing only 13 turnovers. Favre had 22 INTs all by himself.
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