From one circus to another—the Brett Favre saga, which we’ve tried to avoid as much as possible—has ended, but not really. The quarterback, who retired then unretired only to find his team not wanting him, was traded last night to the New York Jets, the only place where he can cause even more of a media frenzy than what we’ve seen over the past three months. The New York media are already calling the boldest move by the Jets organization since they okay’d Joe Namath wearing a pair of pantyhose on national TV.

It’s a move that completely alters the face of the Jets franchise and immediately has a chance to make the 2008 season something special. The move gives the Jets their most iconic player since the days of Joe Namath.

The compensation to the Packers is believed to be a conditional 2009 third or fourth-round draft pick that could become a first- or second-round pick depending on Favre’s performance and the team’s success.

Basically they have to get to the Super Bowl for Green Bay to get first-round compensation. But you know who are really the winners here? The Jet fans. Two weeks ago, our season-seat holding friends were talking about slowly losing them next year through wonton acts of violence towards beer carts and urinals. Why? Because the team’s moving into the new stadium in 2010, and the Personal Seat Licenses are going to cost $10 grand per. Considering Favre plays these next two years, his trade gives them a reason not to commit those acts of vandalism before PSLs take their tickets away, the ones they’ve had since birth.

Oh yeah, the fans are also winners because they don’t have to pin their Super Bowl hopes on Noodlearm Pennington, who’ll be an ex-Jet by the end of the day.

FAVRE JOINING UP WITH GANG GREEN [NY Post]
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