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Remembering Brett Favre's one-year detour with Jets on road to Canton

Brett Favre's football journey reached its pinnacle on Saturday night. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a deserving honor for an iconic player who has captivated us for a quarter-century -- including a blip-on-the-screen season with the New York Jets in 2008.

A few personal thoughts:

After a bitter divorce from the Green Bay Packers, Favre agreed to be traded to the Jets for the wrong reasons. He was motivated by ego and spite, wanting to show the Packers he still had magic in that famous right arm. It was a marriage of convenience.