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Halfway through the 2008 campaign and Brett Favre deserves an Incomplete for his efforts with the Jets. His team is 5-3 and tied for the AFC East lead. He's tied for third in passing touchdowns, is first in interceptions and is middle of the pack in passer rating. But the "Incomplete" is mainly because I instituted a Favre boycott before the season started and therefore feel unqualified to have an opinion. The endless off season Favre talk forced me to do it and it's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. I don't watch any Jets games and turn the channel when his highlights are on. The boycott has been a lot easier to maintain than I imagined. I have had to skip a lot of Sportscenter and a couple of national games, but not hearing any more talk about the "greatest player ever" has been refreshing. By no means have I been able to totally escape Broadway Brett. There's a geek at my work who stood by the water cooler one day wearing wranglers and raving about six touchdowns.
Prior to the endless "Favre is the only story in sports" retiring/unreTIRING saga I was by no means a jersey wearing member of the 4's flock, but I did enjoy watching him play. Then the spotlight shined and the attention far outweighed his or anybody else's accomplishments. The weeks of praise/scrutiny of his career persisted because of the fact that career records are all about playing in a lot of games. Favre having the career good (touchdowns) and the bad (interceptions) merely points out that longevity is what is being celebrated more than the player's ability. Note Vinny Testaverde and Drew Bledsoe both top-ten in career passing. However, Favre is indisputably tops in one inspiring category. Along with Rush Limbaugh, they are the only people I can think of who achieved much higher salaries after pill addiction. Now that’s the stuff of legends.
While I can't grade Brett's 08 season, I can give the boycott experiment an "A+". I've since instituted one for Chris Berman. The self-serving star of the four-letter network has always made me shout four-letter words. He's such a D!@#. It's refreshing to never again sit through a segment called Two Minute Drill that takes five-and-a-half minutes. It was unfortunate that I wasn't able to hear his interview with John McCain and Bar-ack-ack-ack Obama. I'm sure Edward R. Murrow would have been impressed. While you do miss a few things with boycotts, the less-stress sports viewing is well worth it. I recommend you try the boycott too. Oh wait, you already did with the Phillies/Rays World Series.
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