The Jets Website Crashed Because Of Favre

Due to the high volume of traffic from Jets fans wanting to purchase #4 Brett Favre jerseys, the New York Jets website crashed.

That’s how many Jets fans are excited to have Favre.

I’m not so sure Favre is as excited. Sure, he’s happy to be out of Green Bay. But, he had no choice where he was headed. If he had been able to choose, he would have gone to Tampa Bay over New York.

According to Dan Patrick, Favre wasn’t given an option. An inside source told DP that Favre wasn’t even treated with respect when he showed up at the Packers stadium. He showed up to participate in practice, as he was reinstated. Security was told to NOT let him in. He then tried to go up to a suite to watch a scrimmage and, again, security told him he was not allowed.

What is up with that? Mike McCarthy said that Green Bay made every effort to welcome Favre back and discuss his options. That doesn’t sound like much of a welcome to me.

The fact is that the Packers never had any intention of bringing Favre back to the team. And I think they handled this entire situation poorly.

Not surprisingly, Favre told the Jets he wouldn’t be able to promise them more than one year.

Also, ESPN didn’t unearth the fact that the Jets got Favre. The story was discovered by Jay Glazer of Fox Sports. ESPN failed to credit him.

Nice guys … nice.

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