Comments on: Favre Wants to Play, Mangini Cautious

By: billvv

billvv — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:16:21 +0000

If I thought Mangini was serious about starting Favre to get the timing down, Harvlis would be right. I just don’t get that ringing endorsement from him. He’s way too iffy about it to think he would bring it up like that.
And, to nyckage, it’s the firsts that need to work on their timing.
With regard to Favre, I believe he mentioned the flag on Mangold was his fault.

By: nyckage

nyckage — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:07:53 +0000

this is what i would do l will let him play one drive just on eand if he even feels a DE coming just throw the ball away , dont scramble or nothing and we can see how good favre is with our 2nd strings

By: Nikolas

Nikolas — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:14:11 +0000

Basset… I agree with you. I do not think that his motives were malicious.
But there are perceptions out there that he is a “Me” first guy. So this kind of talk not only reinforces the perception, ..it may cause problems in the locker-room.
PS: The clip of Brett Favre’s interview that you have posted …is not the same one that I watched last night on SNY TV. He even talked about the TD pass to Cotchery that was nullified due to Frank’s penalty.

By: Bassett

Bassett — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:56:28 +0000

Nik … I noticed the Keller thing too … and I think you are right to say it’s just extemporaneous speaking … I don’t think the motives were malicious, but it’s something that the former starter wouldn’t have said.

By: Nikolas

Nikolas — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:41:47 +0000

PS: Is the cure more practice?

By: Nikolas

Nikolas — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:40:34 +0000

That the players in this offense are not yet on the same page I think it is generally observed (see the penalties in the Giants game), expected and understood; but can more practice cure the problem?

Some may think yes…give it some time and then everything will be fine.

Brett Favre in an interview on SNY TV, talked about the penalties, and he pointed the finger on his teammates. He does have the reputation for being a straight talker; but last time I checked “straight talk” does not imply “right talk”, “wise talk” or “truth talk”. Simply, straight talk reveals the state of mind of the person. Given that also he had criticized Dustin Keller for missing a blocking assignment in the Giants game, what is Favre’s state of mind?

Is this his kind of Leadership?

By: Harvlis

Harvlis — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:38:31 +0000

I would play the starters for the first quarter. They were out of sync in the Giant game. I’m not saying that Favre has to throw the ball down the field and risk injury. He can hand off and throw quick passes but, the first team has to get their act together. They haven’t established their running game, either. It would be a mistake for the Jets to not use this game to get the kinks out.

I think, if Mangini notifies Reid that he is doing that, Reid can choose to do whatever he wants. Mangini has an excuse, a QB who has been with the team for a few weeks.

I don’t think that you can work on formations, pre-snap movement, and blocking assignments in practice. You need the unpredictable results of real game action to prove that you have these things under control. As for injury — they could get hurt walking to the practice field. Brett hasn’t been injured yet, and he has played in final exhibition games.

By: spent

spent — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:07:56 +0000

Why in the hell would he risk playing two series? Weren’t the first 275 consecutive games enough to learn the position?

By: Johnny Styne

Johnny Styne — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:59:21 +0000

The Fish are going to feed Ricky Williams who will be tough to stop — Bottom line though is that Favre scores touchdowns and Pennington scores field goals — If Favre is not injured against the Eagles, we should win 37-13 –

By: Bassett

Bassett — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:37:32 +0000

Hi Harlan-

Thanks for the thoughts, we’ll agree to disagree. :)