Brett Favre Denies Allegations

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N.Y. Jets quarterback Brett Favre acknowledged today that he spoke to former Detroit Lions president Matt Millen a few weeks ago, but denied reports he called Matt and gave him and Lions coaches information they could use in a game against the Green Bay Packers:

“When Matt called me and was talking about hunting and told me that he lived an hour from here, don’t think for a second I wasn’t thinking, ‘Now, surely he wants to know something.’ Yeah, I played for the Packers for 16 years and we played against the Lions a bunch, but it’s no secret what we did against them. I don’t have a playbook from Green Bay. I didn’t send the playbook. I didn’t call him and say, ‘Look, if you do this, you’re going to win the game.’ I didn’t do that ….. We went empty formation and just keep throwing completion after completion. They study film, they know what type of plays ….. Once again, I don’t want to make this any bigger than it is ….. That’s it. Story’s not as good now, is it?”

Think about it. If Brett were going to give a team a game plan on how to beat the Packers, why would he start with the Lions? He’d call a team that could actually beat the Pack with that information. And that team is not the Detroit Lions. Allegations of this “Benedict Brett” scenario have been lingering for a few days and I thought it was so ridiculous I didn’t post anything previously. Brett cleared the air on that subject today and also added that he never called Tony Romo (as some news outlets were reporting) to encourage him to play with his injured hand. Who makes up this stuff?

Source: NewYorkJets.com