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Brett and the NY Jets vs. the Madden Curse!

I was just thinking, isn't Brett Favre in a Packers jersey on the cover of Madden 2009? Well, if thats the case, will they change the cover to a Jets jersey? Or maybe splice it in half, with half Jets/half Pack? And then theres the Madden curse. The down year after getting put on the cover.

 My guess, is that Favre will take longer than a month, and longer than 5 months to really learn the offense. By the time, he really starts to get comfortable with the receivers and backs, and tight ends, it may be the end of the season. Unless the west coast offense in Green Bay and NY are very similar, and wording of plays very similar, it may take this guy a wasted season to be a better QB than Pennington. I could be wrong, but thats the way it looks to me at the moment.

Why should the Jets really want Bret Favre?

I've heard a lot of talk, and read lots of articles about Bret Favre's situation. And lots of NY fans saying the Jets should make a run at him. This got me thinking, why would anyone want him on this team? A few years ago the Simpsons (yes the Simpson's tv show) had a show where none of the family knew how to play tennis, but were going to play a doubles tennis match. They wanted to win so bad, that they got Pete Sampras to play in Homer's place, Andre Agassi to play as Bart, And Venus and Serena to play as Marge and Lisa in this doubles match. At the end, no one even remembered who had won, or who was playing as a stand in for who.

Solution for all the Rookie Holdouts

I think it's a little sad every year that people miss training camp, don't learn their new job and don't perform well in their rookie season.  We see it with Jamarcus Russell, and alot of other high profile guys.  I've heard that they may make a rookie salary cap, or wage scale, but if they don't here's another solution. 

When a guy gets drafted, why not sign him to a soft agreement. A piece of paper which states he will make between A and B amount, and in between X and Y years. This way if a team wants to sign a guy for  5 years and 30 million, and he wants 4 years and 26 million, they can draw up a soft agreement that this player will still come to camp on time, and participate in all the off season events, while still negotiating between these terms.  If the guy gets hurt, it he is still guaranteed to get a contract valued between the parameters of what the two sides agreed on.

Knicks should make big trade of Jordan for Lee

I think the Knicks made a mistake by not picking up a defensive presence in the draft this year. I think they should try to make a deal with the Clips to acquire Deandre Jordan and Shaun Livingston, or Brevin Knight for David Lee, and Marty Collins or some throw in player. 

Despite the fact this team got Danilo Gallanari, who is the 5th small forward on this team, they still have not addressed their major need. They have no one on the entire team to block a shot. NO ONE!!!!!!!!!!!! By comparison, and I've already addressed this, in 2007 the entire Knicks team blocked 213 shots. Thats 213 blocks for the entire year. Marcus Camby blocked 285 shots, Sam Dalembert had 192, Josh Smith who doesn't even play center blocked 227.  This team is struggling blocking shots, and outside of Zach Randolph, may struggle to rebound.  Eddy Curry will not block shots, and averaged less than 5 rebounds a game. This is from a guy who is almost 7 feet tall. While a PG may be the starter of the offense, the center is the backbone of any team defensively. Those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it, an upgrade or someone to push Curry is important for this team to develop.

What is wrong in the land of NY?????

Why in the world does a team that has 4 SF's draft another SF???? I am just dumbfounded at this team. All this talk of bringing in a new team president and GM, and a new head coach. I'm not going to go on the negative already, but my mind is still searching for answers at what I've just seen. To me, the average Knicks fan of the past 20+ years, I would look at this team and say to myself, the most important things this team can use are defensive presence in the middle, and a PG of the future, if and when Marbury leaves following the season.  Never in my wildest dreams, would I think that a team that is stacked at the SG and SF spot, pick up a guy whose main position would be a SF, and maybe a SG. Again, I ask....why?