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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: May 6, 2009
Of course, his initial reaction to those rumors was that this time he was finished, that his desire to play football was no longer there.
And can you really blame him based on how the 2008 season ended?
After leading the Jets to an AFC East best 8-3 mark, and being prematurely hyped for the Super Bowl by the New York and National Media, they lost four of their final five games to miss out on the playoffs.
And he was beat up in the process.
So he told GM Mike Tannenbaum following their season ending defeat to the Dolphins that it was over.
And in turn, the Jets traded up for the right to draft QB Mark Sanchez out of USC and released Favre from their roster, thus avoiding a salary cap hit in 2009.
A day after this took place, and you can decide ...
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