Sports Perspectives

I don’t know why. But when I heard Favre was off to New York I thought about Joe Buck. I imagined a ragged Favre back in Mississippi looking back at something (maybe a sad puppy) as he hopped on a bus with a light knapsack tied to a sturdy stick ready to take him North. Not too far North though. Don’t want to end up in the CFL. The Midnight Cowboy – or in Favre’s case, the Midnight Hunter. It’s a fine modern tale fusing urban decay, loss innocence and football.

The Green Bay Packers, as you know, packed Brett Favre off to the New York Jets.

I just knew Brett Favre was going to end up with a team that had green on their uniform. It’s a color that suits him. I just didn’t see him in purple with the Vikings or in a Bucs outfit that reminds me too much of Pirates of the Caribbean. I don’t think Blackbeard when I see the Tampa Bay “Bruce” Buccaneers. I think Johnny Depp.

I know, I know. Technically speaking, there’s a small difference between a pirate and a buccaneer. The latter, after settling in the Caribbean, being known to smoke and barbecue wild boar and oxen. And they were French. So, I don’t see the connection between French grillers and contemporary Tampa Bay.

The things you learn here.

Any-way, what will Favre’s TD/Int ratio be like this year? More TD’s or Int’s?

And who’ll be his side-kick like Ratso?