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Sighs. Traded to the Jets for a conditional draft pick. Breaking on ESPN.

I'm surprised the Packers couldn't get more for a first ballot Hall of Fame quarterback still near the apex of his game. The man was the runner-up to Tom Brady for league MVP honors last year.

What a ridiculously horrendous move for both my Jets and Brett. He should have stayed retired.

I'm glad he's back in the league. I want to see as much talent on the field as possible and Brett Favre is easily a top 10 quarterback. He could still play for another 2-3 years at a Pro Bowl level, and another 2-3 years after that as a serviceable replacement level quarterback. I don't understand the desire to jettison such a highly talented player out of the NFL.

I agree that for historical purposes it would have been nice for Favre to spend his entire career in Green Bay. I also understand that he handled this situation abysmally and left the Packers in a near-impossible position. But six weeks from now, the fans and the national media will get over this, and will move on to something else. Meanwhile, one of the greatest players of the last couple decades will be back out there generating high television ratings as he entertains us for at least another season (and probably more.) Players are entitled to second guess their retirement. If Favre wants to continue his career, he should be able to do so without drawing the inane ire of fans.

The Jets still suck, and adding Favre is just another affront to the still-muddled Quarterback situation with Pennington and Clemens. Zero respect at all shown for those guys. The Jets don't have the balls to trade them or buy them out.

I doubt the Jets will keep all three of Favre, Pennington and Clemens. At least one of those guys will be traded or released. I think it would be great if the Jets turned around and dealt Favre to Minnesota or Chicago. The Packers would be livid, and then we'd get some real drama, as Favre tries to help his new team beat out the old one. I'm not sure if the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement allows a team to trade a player almost immediately after acquiring him.

More likely, Favre will be the Jets starting quarterback this year, and at best, will lead the Jets to the sixth seed in the AFC playoffs, and a first round exit. New York has improved at several positions but not by enough to beat out the Patriots for the division title, or to seriously contend for a championship. San Diego, Indianapolis and New England are still the heavyweights of the conference. Jacksonville could be good too.

I need to find a new team. I flirted with Dallas last year, but its impossible to love such a bandwagon team without feeling like a bandwagon fan.

Aren't you a bandwagon fan by virtue of shopping for a new team? What ever happened to team loyalty? Of all the things a franchise could do to offend a fan, you pick the acquisition of Brett Favre as the reason to abandon your team?

I'm not at all happy with the way the Patriots comported themselves last year, on or off the field. I didn't like their cockiness, I didn't like their lack of sportsmanship, and I certainly didn't like Bill Belichick's cheating. As a result, I didn't particularly care that the Patriots lost the Super Bowl. I thought it served them right. But that doesn't mean I no longer root for them, or that it's time to find another team. Over a sports fan's lifetime, there will be many highs and lows. Weathering the lows is what makes the highs feel that much sweeter. Enduring the post-Bird, pre-Garnett lottery Celtics teams made me appreciate this year's championship title all the more. I doubt anyone can feel the same type of exhilaration as a frontrunner fan. You know the type - the people who generally root for the Yankees, Lakers and Cowboys, but sometimes like the Red Sox, Bulls and Patriots, or whoever it is that seems likeliest to win.