On August 7, 2008, the New York Jets’ next savior arrived in East Rutherford.
On that day, “To-Be-Or-Not-To-Be” QB Brett Favre was traded from Green Bay to New York to finally bring the Lombardi Trophy back to New Jersey.
One year later, Favre got what he really wanted: a one-way ticket to Minnesota to try to haunt the Packers. In the process, he went from 8-3 to 9-7, got Eric Mangini fired, and wasted one of the Jets’ better rosters of the 21st century.
Fifteen years later, the quarterback who replaced Favre at the helm is himself reported to be on the move this offseason.