Favre Soap Opera is Over

The back and forth nonsense between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers is finally over as yesterday Favre was traded to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick. The pick is conditional on the amount of games Favre plays and how well the team does overall. For instance if the team makes it to the AFC Championship game then the pick becomes a 1st rounder but if they miss the playoffs its a 4th rounder. It was believed that Favre would be going to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but that deal fell through at the last minute when the Jets came in with a better offer.

So what does this mean for the teams involved?

Green Bay Packers - Now the Packers can get down to business without the distraction of Brett Favre's massive ego hanging around camp. Unfortunately the franchise had to trade away by far its best player ever and a future 1st ballot Hall of Famer. The Pack got their wish and traded him out of the division and out of the conference. The only issue now is whether Aaron Rodgers can produce on the field. If the Packers have a terrible season then fans will surely be blaming the lack of Favre. The only good that came out of this whole mess was that now the Packers know the 100% wrong way to deal with this sort of situation and they are no longer forced to cater to the needs of Favre. I think that the Pack will be ok and that Rodgers will do a great job but can anyone ever really replace #4?

New York Jets - The Jets now have their most famous player ever since Joe Namath was on the team and are getting a true veteran who should bring stability to the weakest part of the Jets game. I am a huge Jets fan and could not be happier that Brett Favre is coming to the Meadowlands because now Chad Pennington is gone for good. Favre should also be able to teach young quarterback Kellen Clemens a few things as well which should help the team for the future. The best part of the deal though was that the Jets didn't have to give up very much to get Favre as the pick is conditional on the teams success. If the team makes it to the AFC Championship I'm fine with giving up a 4th round pick.

Minnesota Vikings - The Vikings are the team who did the worst out of this whole ordeal. They were accused of tampering which is a blemish on the team and they also showed 0 confidence in young quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. Jackson was apparently having a tremendous off season and was showing great signs of progression and yet the Vikes tried everything to get Favre which has to make the young QB feel unwanted. If the Vikes had only stepped up and said we think Jackson is better than Favre for this team then they would have no issues. The Vikings got nothing out of the deals and are left with only problems now.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - The Bucs should consider themselves lucky that they didn't get Favre as I think that Jeff Garcia is a much better quarterback for that particular team. The Bucs, who already have like 20 quarterbacks, didn't really need Favre as last year Garcia guided the team to an NFC South title and made the Pro Bowl. Garcia is a good QB and the Bucs are lucky that they have him. Favre would not have fit in very well and would probably not be used to playing in all of that hot weather they have there in Tampa Bay.

Brett Favre handled this situation extremely poorly and has lost quite a few fans because of it as he is normally viewed as a team first guy who just loves football. After this whole debacle however he looks like very other athlete out there who is only out for #1. I just hope now that I can go back to hearing about other sports stories on ESPN rather than just the latest chapter in the Favre saga.