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It was nice to dream
Favre to Jets is ``absolutely dead''
by Dave Hutchinson
Saturday July 26, 2008, 1:32 PM
Brett Favre to the Jets? Fuhgeddaboudit.
According to someone with knowledge of the talks between the Jets, Packers and Favre's representatives, all chances of a deal between the Packers and Jets are ``absolutely dead.''
In fact, the person said chances of a deal were really remote in the first place but the Jets had to do their due diligence.
That person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized by the Jets, Packers or Favre to speak on their behalf, said that the Jets feel the only reason the issue came up is because the Packers and the Favre Camp are trying to drum up interest for the 38-year-old quarterback and they leaked the information to the media.
That makes sense because while Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum refused to confirm or deny if the Jets seeked and received permission to speak with Favre, quarterback Chad Pennington said on Friday that Tannenbaum told him the Packers called the Jets.
Now, with the Favre out of the picture, the Jets will go into the season with either Pennington or Kellen Clemens as their starting quarterback.