Leaving On The Jets Plane
Well, the great Packers-Favre divorce is finally over. Let's examine the players and see who turns out the winner in this situation, shall we?Brett Favre: Wanted to play for the Packers. If not the Packers, the Vikings. Would have also accepted a trade to the Buccaneers. Wound up playing for the New York Jets, who are about as close to a Super Bowl as Nathan Lane is to running with the bulls at Pomplona. Favre wound up spending half his first Jets press conference talking about how he'll always be a Packer, and discussing how he didn't know any of the players on his new team.
Grade: Epic Fail. When he goes to the Hall of Fame, the Jets year will be forgotten like Montana with the Chiefs.
Green Bay Packers: Didn't want Favre back, offered him in trade to the Jets and Tampa Bay. Tampa, who leads the league in quarterbacks, could have easily offered Green Bay one of the veteran quarterbacks they'd surely cut after trading for Favre. The Jets offered a fourth round pick that could rise to a second. The Packers gave Favre to the Jets, thus getting an extra draft pick for a player they weren't counting on anyway. This means they are now completely committed to Aaron Rodgers, who is the same injury-prone player they were so enamored with, they spent two draft picks on quarterbacks this year.
Grade: Good, but completely depending on Aaron Rodgers performance. And health. And how Brett Favre does. And how the media handles them. Packers GM Ted Thompson is a playoff win away from sainthood, and a sprained ankle away from being burned in effigy.
New York Jets: Gave up a draft pick for a Hall of Fame quarterback, and got people excited about their season for the first time in decades. Tickets are selling, jerseys are flying off the shelves, and people are saying "Jets" without following it with the word "suck."
Grade: Great move. Until you realize you still have to play the Patriots twice, and a playoff spot is still a wild dream at this point.
Winner: NFL fans everywhere. The divorce is finally over, and everyone can get back to their own teams.

