Favre: Namath’s second coming

There is no doubt that the Packers just lost their most emblematic player when they delivered Brett Favre to the New York Jets, a team that was urged for a quarterback with the character and the charisma of Joe Namath, and with Favre on their roster, they have improved their odds to win the AFC East from 15/1 to 5/1.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the road is easy: they are sharing their division with the New England Patriots, the team with the best record of the past NFL season.

The Jets outbid the Bucs in trade talks and will pay Favre $12 million for this season only, and I’m sure the Packers were looking to trade the experienced QB to a team out of the NFC and to one they will not have to face this season.

At least the Brett Favre soap opera is over, and I’m sure the Jets will make some good money by selling Jets shirts with the Favre stamp on the back.

So Favre is leaving Green Bay after 16 seasons just to retire with a different team, and here’s where Brett resembles Namath more than ever, as Broadway Joe left the Jets after 10 seasons to finish his career just one year after with the former Los Angeles Rams.

There is one thing for sure: many NFL football fans of the Packers were fonder of Favre than the team itself, and those are the ones who will still follow the end of his career step by step.

Chiefs – Raiders / Biggest rivalry in NFL history

There is a big debate among NFL football fans about what is the biggest rivalry in the NFL league, well, I have to say that there are different types of rivalries, some are more friendly than others, but the one between the Raiders and the Chiefs is for me the most bitter of them all.

Surprisingly, the rivalry started due to a different sport, baseball, as the Kansas City Athletics moved to Oakland, and when the Kansas City Royals were formed and were moved to the same division to the A’s, the distaste from Kansas fans was felt all across the city. So when the time came for the Raiders to play against the Chiefs in Kansas, all the frustration was put upon pro football and the rivalry began.

So when we talk statistics, both teams are pretty much tied, with a small advantage for the Chiefs, as Kansas City has 50 regular season wins over 42 Oakland wins, and they have tied just twice, and on the post season Kansas leads the records with 2 wins over 1 from the Raiders.

The rivalry has increased with some connections between the two teams, as when QB Rick Gannon switched teams from Chiefs to Raiders to win the 1999 NFL MVP award with Oakland, and with backup quarterback Tom Flores, who won a Super Bowl championship with Kansas City, but never started for the Chiefs, and 10 years later, Flores was named head coach of the Raiders and leaded Oakland to 2 Super Bowl titles.

All in all, the Chiefs have been superior to the Raiders, but I have to say that I am fonder of Oakland, though I think the Chiefs will have a better record this coming 08-09 NFL season with Kansas expected to finish 7-9 and the Raiders 6-10.