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What a waste

I heard Mike Golic saying that he thought that the Jets getting Brett Favre for one year was ultimately a good thing; I couldn't disagree more. These short term flings with superstars looking for one last go round rarely work, and in the Jets case it couldn't have been a bigger flop. After missing the playoffs in 2007, they bring in Favre so that they can.....miss the playoffs in 2008! Eric Mangini, on the hot seat heading into 2008, agrees to bringing Favre and he ends up....getting fired after season anyway. Is there anyone this worked out well for? Favre got to play one more year to finally feel finished with playing, but that's about it. The Jets jettisoned a good dependable QB in Chad Pennington, and now have no good quarterback on their roster to speak of. And they didn't even get a good playoff run out of it for their trouble. A trip to even the second round would have been a good return on the investment, and may have even enticed Brett to keep playing for another year or two while they found and groomed their next quarterback. But none of that happened.

Written By Robert Bonnette
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This is like ditching your dependable four door sedan for a used sports car or luxury car. You see a car you normally couldn't afford for a price you actually pay, so you dump your perfectly good car and buy it. Then you find out it's high maintenance, always in the shop, and when you do get to drive it the cops are always ready to pull you over. And in return, you got a few people to stop and look while you drove by and maybe a few pretty girls smiled at you, but none of them actually got in the car! That's what happened with the Jets; they brought in their used Ferrari (Favre), drove it real fast a few times and showed off a little (beating the Pats and undefeated Titans), but when it really mattered they were in the mechanic's office wondering what was broken this time (the last month of the season, where Favre was terrible) and missed out on any chance to get that girl they were chasing to go for a ride with them (make the playoffs). Meanwhile, the guy who bought the dependable you were so quick to ditch (the Dolphins and Chad), stayed out of the shop, never got pulled over, and was able to get the girl to go out with him.....and he scored (won the division and made the playoffs. Then one day, somebody hits your car, totals it, and the insurance company gives you less than you owe. (Favre retires after playing terribly in the last game of the season with a playoff spot on the line). Now you have no car (Quarterback) and you still owe on the one you no longer have (draft picks lost trading for Brett).

The moral of the story: never trade in a dependable car for a used sports car, or a good quarterback for a fading superstar. It never ends well.

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