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Originally posted by HarveyWallbangers
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Yeah, ESPN is sort of legendary in NFL circles for being a mouthpiece for players who want to be heard. If Favre told Mort to kill the story, then not doing so would keep ESPN from being your #1 source for Brett Favre stories in the future. In any case where it comes down to "player vs. organization" ESPN is historically hilariously biased towards the player.Originally posted by Rastak</delurk>Comment
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Honestly, I don't know how you stood it this long, JH, how did you ever make it through all these years of listening to or watching PCs, seeing him break records left and right, not to mention his selfishness and your impression of the 'real Brett.' It must have been really rough. And then all those games to watch? whew.....Originally posted by JustinHarrell
Of course you did have the option of how many other networks on TV, websites on your computer, etc...etc... ?? Sometimes it pays to just hit the ol' "off" button, you might have felt much better.
I'm feeling real bad but I think I'll wait for all the details to come in.....good luck to you.Is it really a halo or
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Originally posted by Lurker64
On the other hand Glazer is always that guy trying to break something.
NFL Network and ESPN are the NFL studs in terms of quality reporting. Fox is he wanna be IMO and they are trying to one up the big boys.
That being said, it would not surprise me if this is true or falseTERD Buckley over Troy Vincent, Robert Ferguson over Chris Chambers, Kevn King instead of TJ Watt, and now, RICH GANNON, over JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY LEONARD. Thank you FLOWERComment
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Not to mention the article about Glazer said he specifically didn't go to Brett and ask him about it first cause he knew Brett would run off to Mort and his other boys at ESPN and shoot the story down before it even had a chance to grow legs.Originally posted by RastakGo PACKComment
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Here's the quote I was talking about. ESPN has been wrong on a ton of things they have said, I'm not sure why NOW they would be so concerned about double and triple-checking sources.Glazer also explained why he didn’t call Favre for a response. Glazer said that he feared Favre would have promptly called someone from ESPN to give them Favre’s skewed version of the situation. With the ESPN pregame show starting an hour before FOX’s, it would have been easy for ESPN to “scoop” Glazer.
(But since ESPN didn’t break the story, there’s not a single reference to it on ESPN.com. Even the army of eight former beat writers who cover four teams each for ESPN.com have yet to mention the story.)Go PACKComment
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Originally posted by Bossman641
The local ESPN radio guys said they are not reporting the story because their sources believe it to be inaccurateTERD Buckley over Troy Vincent, Robert Ferguson over Chris Chambers, Kevn King instead of TJ Watt, and now, RICH GANNON, over JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY LEONARD. Thank you FLOWERComment
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I suppose it depends on what you call quality reporting. The only two guys in NFL Journalism that seem to have any kind of inside access regarding breaking stories are Jay Glazer and Adam Schefter. And of those two, Schefter seems to have gotten more breaking stories blatantly wrong than Glazer.Originally posted by Bretsky
Peter King has too much of a buddy relationship with the players and ESPN handicaps their journalists with excessive control from above. There has so much buzz about this controversy that ESPN censorship is the only explanation I can think of that this hasn't even been addressed on the NFCN blog.
Also, I really despise Mortenson, Clayton, and Wocdydsfljhsdlfasf so that biases me against ESPN. At least I admit my bias though.Comment
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The "local radio guys" you refer to are Heller & Murphy, who are Favre loyalists and TT critics. They are in denial. They know nothing.Originally posted by BretskyComment
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The way Glazer is emphatically standing by the story and with Wilde confirming with his sources I tend to believe it. Pretty low.Comment
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It's a sad day when I'm 1000% more inclined to believe what's coming out of Glazer's mouth then Favre's, but Favre showed his true colors this offseason and that's exactly the point we've reached.Go PACKComment
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Originally posted by sharpe1027USA Today sportsLions chief operating officer Tom Lewand also denied the story to King. "There was no coaching of our coaching staff by Brett Favre," Lewand said.
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That is not a denial. They should have said, "there was no competitive advantage given to our organization by Brett FAvre". What they did say was very calculated, broad and full of wiggle room. They pretty much said nothing in a way to influence opinion, and made sure not to lie. Only the most ardent Favre crusaders are going to use that as closure. Anyone with a brain, on the other hand, should see right through that silliness. Same as the Marinelli, "no comment"
. Yeah, real strong denial guys. Way to stamp it with your seal of honor hahaha. Anyone who believes that PM me, I have some land to sell you.
Formerly known as JustinHarrell.Comment
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You know, it really doesn't matter what anyone says. Those willing to take the word of an unnamed source are mostly those that expressed hatred toward Favre since the summer. Guess I'd rather wait to see who the "source" is and what they actually have to say. ....but that's just me.
Have fun with your hating though.....Comment
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Lewand may or may not be aware of the conversations. He may be lying to save face for his organization.Originally posted by GrnBay007
Its possible Leward knows the whole truth and is telling it; But then you have to believe that Glazer and Wilde's sources are lying.
We will never know for sure. You have to look at Favre's other behavior, and guess the likelyhood that the story was fabricated.Comment
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