The Favre Predictions
With all of New York a-buzzin' about the gift they have just received, we here at chicagofootballchili.com have a different opinion.
Favre is gonna tank this year.
And not in a Tank Johnson kind of way. He's going to do it naturally, without weapons. Because at this stage of the game, we're not sure the gunslinger has any ammo left.
Yes, he had a great year last year - an anomaly when you look at the two previous. But the thing you need to realize is that Favre has had a decade and a half to learn the Green Bay system. For New York, he has four weeks.
Think back, if you will, to the early days of Favre-dom in Green Bay. Do you remember all the interceptions? It took a few years to learn to throw the ball to a guy wearing the same color uniform. Favre doesn't have a few years in New York. He has about two games in a row to show that he can hit the right receiver before the press starts tearing him apart.
Knowing how sensitive our poorly-shaven quarterback is, we're going out on a limb and saying that Brett Favre will de-facto retire again this year, in-season, either officially or through an "injury" that keeps him out through the end of the season. We have the over-under at six games. By then he'll have been beaten by ex-Jet QB Chad Pennington and the defending AFC Champion Patriots, as well as suffering through games 3-6.
Before then, he will yell at reporters, cry publicly, and throw more interceptions than touchdowns.
Which is not to say that Rex Grossman won't do the same...
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