OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[MadtownPacker]

Vodka and lime juice. 1.5 parts vodka, 1 part lime juice. Has to be really cold. Stir with ice and strain into your drinking glass.

You can go 2:1 for the 2nd one and it won't taste any different.

Thats all it was huh? Couldnt tell cuz by the time I wanted to know I was already buzzed. I will make one tonight I think. Got me a 1.75L so Im strapped and ready. I like the strength increase idea too.

[MadtownPacker]

Best Vodka Gimlet: Ton of ice (your drink should be on the rocks, not your rocks on the drink ) Good vodka, and just a little bit (maybe a teaspoon) of Roses lime. Saturating it with roses is really overkill

What is rose lime? The ones I drank with JH seemed to have a mint taste or something besides lemon. Maybe that shit was it. How you been man?

[MadtownPacker]

I'm amazed at the plastic nature of Favre logic. What I'm hearing now is that he CAN'T make his receivers better because his offensive line isn't giving him enough time to...

Not to drag FYI over here, but it's like Evolution and Manmade Global Climate Disruption: There isn't a single piece of information that can't be subsumed into the larger model. Anything that happens to the VIkings and the "Favre is Blameless" paradigm is fully adaptable.

So all you bitches are still fighting about this shit? Man, great season in the making thought you MFers would have something better to talk about. Whats up with that fucked up sig?

[Fritz]

It's the Favre thread, Mad.

[MadtownPacker]

It's the Favre thread, Mad.

Cmon now, does any fucking thread at this place ever stay on topic for long?

[mraynrand]

Whats up with that fucked up sig?

The Truth

[Fritz]

It's the Favre thread, Mad.

Cmon now, does any fucking thread at this place ever stay on topic for long?

I think this one's the only one that does. It eventually winds back around to Favre.

All links eventually lead to porn, and all threads eventually lead to Favre.

[MJZiggy]

It's the Favre thread, Mad.

Cmon now, does any fucking thread at this place ever stay on topic for long?

I think this one's the only one that does. It eventually winds back around to Favre.

All links eventually lead to porn, and all threads eventually lead to Favre.

You forgot the jukebox, dear.

[gex]

From Peter King's Factoid of the Week section:

The Green Bay Packers can thank Brett Favre for one more thing, other than a lot of memories, when they take the field tonight in Chicago.

The Packers traded Favre to the New York Jets for a conditional draft choice in 2008. The pick became the Jets' third-rounder in the 2009 draft because Favre played more than 50 percent of the snaps in the 2008 season. So when the Packers started looking for an extra pick to pair with the 41st and 73rd overall picks to send to New England for the 26th overall pick in the first round on that draft day, GM Ted Thompson reached into his trove of choices and pulled out the Favre pick -- the 83rd. He sent the three picks to New England for that first-rounder and a fifth- to get a prospect many in the league thought had some holes because of a very spotty college career. The prospect started only eight games in five years, but Thompson had a feel for him. He thought the prospect would be just what his front seven was missing. And so the deal got made, and Thompson used the ultimate headache that had been the Favre nightmare to help him get his man.

NFL sack leader Clay Matthews.

THANKSTED

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[MichiganPackerFan]

Best Vodka Gimlet: Ton of ice (your drink should be on the rocks, not your rocks on the drink ) Good vodka, and just a little bit (maybe a teaspoon) of Roses lime. Saturating it with roses is really overkill

What is rose lime? The ones I drank with JH seemed to have a mint taste or something besides lemon. Maybe that shit was it. How you been man?

Not sure how Rose's Lime is made, but it is distinctly different than lime juice. Things are going well (outside of the MNF debacle ) Getting used to DC. It's a really cool place and I love the diversity. Tax season's almost done and then back to life!

[woodbuck27]

Could Brett (Favre) have remained a Jet?

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/blogs/104313168.html?elr=KArks47cQiU17cQiU47cQUU

Could Brett have remained a Jet?
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Last update: October 4, 2010 - 6:50 PM
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Here's an interesting story by Associated Press sportswriter Dennis Waszak Jr. from Monday in which Jets coach Rex Ryan said he might have tried to get Brett Favre to come out of retirement if things had been different.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Rex Ryan wanted Brett Favre flinging passes as his quarterback.

The Jets coach said Monday for the first time that he would have tried to bring Favre out of retirement last year to play another season in New York if the team hadn't drafted Mark Sanchez.

" There would have been some major recruiting done," Ryan said. "I can say that absolutely. And, maybe no one knows it or whatever, but I can promise you that's how I was feeling."

Favre briefly retired after playing with New York in 2008, when he injured his shoulder down the stretch and slumped.

The Jets missed the playoffs after an 8-3 start, and it cost coach Eric Mangini his job. After Ryan was hired as coach, he hoped Favre would stick around — despite the quarterback's late-season struggles.

"You look at the body of work, he was impressive," Ryan said. "He led the team to nine wins and one game out of the playoffs. He looked like Brett Favre to me."

Instead, Favre retired, was granted his release by the Jets and eventually unretired — again — and signed with Minnesota. Meanwhile, Ryan had never previously let on that he privately wanted Favre back.

"Well, I was hoping we would be able to draft Sanchez," Ryan said. "And, we did."

Ryan said he thought Favre was sincere in his desire to retire at that point, but thought he could've persuaded him to come back for another year with the Jets. "Yeah, I do, yep," Ryan said.

"Because he would have seen how sincere I was, and the kind of passion I have. I'm not going to say it's equal to his, but maybe it is. We both want to win, I know that."

Ryan has a proven track record as a recruiter since coming to New York, taking some unorthodox tactics to try to get his players. He drove to linebacker Bart Scott's house in the middle of the night to persuade him to sign last year, and flew down to Florida last month to talk with Darrelle Revis to help the tense contract negotiations.

The Jets will see Favre for the first time since he left the organization when they play the Vikings at home next Monday night. Ryan said he "really never" talked with Favre other than the day he retired from the Jets. He said he simply told the quarterback how much he respected him.

"I think it was a tough time for him," Ryan said.

"I mean, he's basically announcing his retirement from football and I wasn't going to stay on the phone with him. He doesn't know anything about me. I was just some random guy talking to him, so I kind of felt uncomfortable. I'm sure he did also."

The Jets ended up trading up in the draft a few months later and taking Sanchez with the No. 5 overall pick last year. The rookie helped lead the Jets to the AFC championship game, while Favre had one of the best seasons of career with 33 touchdowns and only seven interceptions as the Vikings went to the NFC championship game.

"It worked out I'm sure for Brett and for the Jets," Ryan said.

"We got a guy that's going to be the quarterback here for the next 10 years probably. And Brett Favre's a great player. Last year, those statistics, I kept saying, 'That can't be right.' I mean, the guy's a once-in-a-lifetime quarterback."

Ryan also revealed for that early in the recruiting process, the Jets were most impressed with Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman. That all changed when the team watched film and held workouts with Sanchez.
"Then it became clear," Ryan said, "that Sanchez was our guy."

Freeman ended up going to Tampa Bay with the 17th overall pick. "We're just happy in getting Mark," Ryan said, "but that is a fact that if we never got Mark, I definitely would've tried to recruit Brett Favre."

[Bossman641]

Re: Could Brett (Favre) have remained a Jet?

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Maybe Ryan wanted Favre back but Favre didn't want back. He retired, asked for his release "just because" and was rebuffed, then asked again and was granted after the Jets drafted Sanchez out of necessity.

[woodbuck27]

Re: Could Brett (Favre) have remained a Jet?

.............

Maybe Ryan wanted Favre back but Favre didn't want back. He retired, asked for his release "just because" and was rebuffed, then asked again and was granted after the Jets drafted Sanchez out of necessity.

Nope!

Favre gave a clear signal to the NY Jets that they shouldn't count on him playing another season with them and should move forward at the QB position.

[Bossman641]

Re: Could Brett (Favre) have remained a Jet?

.............

Maybe Ryan wanted Favre back but Favre didn't want back. He retired, asked for his release "just because" and was rebuffed, then asked again and was granted after the Jets drafted Sanchez out of necessity.

Nope!

Favre gave a clear signal to the NY Jets that they shouldn't count on him playing another season with them and should move forward at the QB position.

Why, after he retired, did he ask for his release? Please explain. I know it is impossible for you to find any fault with Favre, but please give me one reason why he would have asked for his release.

[imscott72]

Favre's plan all along was to play for the Vikings. He just had to wait a year because of the poison pill TT left for him..