Comments on: Favre trade looks good, but… http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/2008/08/08/favre-trade-looks-good-but%e2%80%a6/ Hot Stove New York is the one-stop destination for New York sports fans. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:32:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ted Mero http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/2008/08/08/favre-trade-looks-good-but%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2285 Ted Mero Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:58:11 +0000 http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/?p=6513#comment-2285 You make a lot of valid points, and I can understand your frustration. Of course it would taste a lot sweeter for you to see the Jets make the playoffs with Chad or Kellen. The last thing you want to see is a prima donna named Brett get all the glory. I just don't know if Chad after all his injuries had enough left in the tank, or if Kellen is ready, to lead New York to the postseason -- even with all their free agent acquisitions, and a soft schedule to boot. It seems Jets management didn't think so. Maybe when Brett is done (for real), Clemens will be ready to step in. As for 2006, Pennington had a dream season. I just don't know if he'll ever come close to that level again. You make a lot of valid points, and I can understand your frustration. Of course it would taste a lot sweeter for you to see the Jets make the playoffs with Chad or Kellen. The last thing you want to see is a prima donna named Brett get all the glory. I just don’t know if Chad after all his injuries had enough left in the tank, or if Kellen is ready, to lead New York to the postseason — even with all their free agent acquisitions, and a soft schedule to boot.

It seems Jets management didn’t think so. Maybe when Brett is done (for real), Clemens will be ready to step in.

As for 2006, Pennington had a dream season. I just don’t know if he’ll ever come close to that level again.

]]> By: gozer http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/2008/08/08/favre-trade-looks-good-but%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 gozer Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:07:37 +0000 http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/?p=6513#comment-2282 Alright, you bring up a point that's been bugging me. The Jets in 2006, coming off a 4-12 season, were handed a weak schedule, finished 10-6 and made the postseason as the fifth seed. The Jets in 2008 are coming off another 4-12 season, have another weak schedule as a result, and dropped over $140M on free agents prior to Brett Favre walking in the door. With Pennington or Clemens behind center, pundits were acting like this team would be lucky to win half a dozen games in the upcoming season. This is just crazy talk. I understand that when the Giants win the Super Bowl and the Jets finish 4-12 in the same season, it's easy to dismiss the lowly Jets, but I mean, where are people's memories? Prior to last season, no Jet fan in the country would have switched teams with the Giants if you paid them. Now suddenly the team is garbage? This is part of my frustration with the Favre move. The crap that people have been spewing is so misguided and ill-informed, I was hoping we could take the field with Chad or Kellen, just to shove it down the rest of the NFL's throat. Now when the team is good, Favre gets all the credit and the idiots who predicted another disasterous season for Gang Green can point to Broadway Brett as an excuse for their misdiagnosis. Listen, I didn't want Favre. Not now, not ever. But the notion that the Jets will be lucky to win 10 games this year is garbage. This team was an 8-8 team <i>at least</i> even before Favre arrived. Unless you're going to tell me that Brett Favre makes them a worse team, 10-wins is the least of what this team's expectations should be. Alright, you bring up a point that’s been bugging me. The Jets in 2006, coming off a 4-12 season, were handed a weak schedule, finished 10-6 and made the postseason as the fifth seed. The Jets in 2008 are coming off another 4-12 season, have another weak schedule as a result, and dropped over $140M on free agents prior to Brett Favre walking in the door. With Pennington or Clemens behind center, pundits were acting like this team would be lucky to win half a dozen games in the upcoming season. This is just crazy talk.

I understand that when the Giants win the Super Bowl and the Jets finish 4-12 in the same season, it’s easy to dismiss the lowly Jets, but I mean, where are people’s memories? Prior to last season, no Jet fan in the country would have switched teams with the Giants if you paid them. Now suddenly the team is garbage? This is part of my frustration with the Favre move. The crap that people have been spewing is so misguided and ill-informed, I was hoping we could take the field with Chad or Kellen, just to shove it down the rest of the NFL’s throat. Now when the team is good, Favre gets all the credit and the idiots who predicted another disasterous season for Gang Green can point to Broadway Brett as an excuse for their misdiagnosis.

Listen, I didn’t want Favre. Not now, not ever. But the notion that the Jets will be lucky to win 10 games this year is garbage. This team was an 8-8 team at least even before Favre arrived. Unless you’re going to tell me that Brett Favre makes them a worse team, 10-wins is the least of what this team’s expectations should be.

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