Brett Favre, Brett Favre... the most beautiful sound I ever heard

By Max J. Dickstein, amNewYork Sports Editor | mdickstein@am-ny.com

August 8, 2008

Brett Favre holds up his new New York Jets jersey at Cleveland Browns Stadium before an NFL exhibition football game between the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, in Cleveland. Favre was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the Jets earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan / August 7, 2008)

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This is actually happening.

Brett Favre in a Jets hat on a jet to the Jets.

You've heard of the man. The eternal Packer, retired, unretired and somehow traded from Green Bay to New York.

In new encyclopedias, under "Favre, Brett": Jets quarterback.

The sports icon is the protagonist of a new Jets fantasy in which Brett Favre coaches, throws, catches, blocks, carries, scores and kicks the point after. He wins.

Three-time MVP Brett Favre, 38 years young, hunched above the Jets offensive line against Tom Brady and the Patriots twice this season, contending in the AFC East.

Off the field, envision Brett Favre the New Yorker, eating a grandma slice for lunch at training camp in Hempstead. Sipping an egg cream in the East Village. Driving at the speed limit through the Holland Tunnel.

This is actually happening. Shout the man's name on the boulevards of all five boroughs. He has come and he will play.

New York autograph collectors and New Jersey tax collectors will be coming after Brett Favre. The Empire State Building is envious of the stature of Brett Favre.

The question is not, Will the Jets go far?

It is: Will the Bretts go Favre?

The story that will not end has only just begun. Brett Favre in front of a microphone. Brett Favre under center. Brett Favre on Broadway.

Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre.

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