Favre Jets to New York

This is going to be harder than I thought.

I can't stand seeing Brett Favre wearing that Jets cap and on his way to New York.

He seems happy.

I'm not.

A press conference from New York is scheduled for 5:00 PM.

The nightmare continues...
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From the New York Times:

For weeks, the Jets were on the periphery of trade talks as Favre’s drama droned on. But Favre changes the image of a team that is often overlooked, bringing with him a glamour that has been absent from the franchise at least since Bill Parcells left after the 2000 season and star power that has not been present since Joe Namath took his fur coats and bad knees and went to Los Angeles in 1977 to finish his career. The Jets’ meeting against the Patriots in Week 2 instantly becomes more interesting.

Brett Favre as the new Joe Namath?

Oh God.

...[T]he appeal of Favre is obvious: he had a turn-back-the-clock season last year, completing 66 percent of his passes and leading the Packers to the National Football Conference Championship game. With his arrival he likely makes the Jets a viable American Football Conference wild-card team. Even at 38, he is remarkably durable, having started 253 consecutive games, and he holds almost every major N.F.L. career passing record. And his marketing potential in New York is enormous, which was surely part of the Jets’ pitch to Favre.

He will be a huge draw for the Jets, who will move to their new training complex in New Jersey at the end of training camp, and he gives the franchise a famous face as they begin a campaign centered around the 2010 opening of the stadium they will share with the Giants. Favre has no previous relationship with Coach Eric Mangini and the offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, and he will be forced to learn an unfamiliar offense on the fly. Favre’s style has always had a seat-of-his-pants element, and that has led to a striking propensity to throw interceptions. That problem could hamper him with the Jets, particularly early in the season as he tries to find his comfort zone with new receivers. But as he left Green Bay Wednesday morning, Favre expressed weariness at his predicament — the falling out with the Packers had taken a toll on him and his family — and a desire to merely join a team.

“It’s in everyone’s best interest to do it quicker than later,” Favre told The Hattiesburg American. “I won’t say we’re running out of time, but I need to get into a camp somewhere.”

And now, surprisingly, he will be in camp for the Jets, a quick flirtation turning into a franchise-changing decision in just 24 hours.