New Team, Same Favre

So it’s opening weekend for the NFL, it’s bigger than Christmas, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. This is the most important weekend in all arm chair quarterbacks’ calendar … well maybe tied with the release date of Madden.

The big event in every sports writer’s minds, along with everyone in a small Midwest city was the debut of Brett Favre in New York. Jets fans, in their own sad delusional way, are already saving up money for Super Bowl tickets, hoping to stick it to Giants fans who no less will still revel in their upset win against the Pats.

Of course Favre is a first ballot Hall of Famer and the last gunslinger of an era of pass first-ask questions later QB’s (John Elway, Dan Marino). He showed that kind of play on his 4^th and 13 TD pass to Chansi Stuckey. The Jets should benefit greatly from the aging QB, but I don’t know if they are going to go to the big dance, especially if Tom Brady’s injury only takes him out of Week 1 or Week 2 action.

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Living in Rochester, New York, a lot of attention is being paid to the Buffalo Bills, the unluckiest franchise this side of the pre-2004 Red Sox (though the Cleveland Browns are not far behind). Trent Edwards is the new starting QB, winning the position over the flakey, immature and not as talented as promoted J.P. Losman.

While this is not the same Great Buffalo QB Controversy as seen between Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson, it is still another snag in a franchise that fifteen years ago was the usual AFC champion. The fans, who still support the team, despite revolving door QB’s and head coaches, losing quality players because there is nothing in Buffalo, the possibility of losing the franchise to Toronto despite the aging Ralph Wilson hoping to leave a positive image, still believe that this is the year.

Well, this year being the year they will make the playoffs (a reasonable goal). This replaces the old, Brooklyn Dodgers, wait til next year to win the Super Bowl belief in Buffalo. Of course I’m fairly convinced the only time the Bills will ever win the Super Bowl is when they will be in Toronto.

Sal Fasano says: Football is really banking on this Favre kid.