I hope he does retire, so that he can move on with his life and pursue some of the good things (charitable work etc.) he’s done over the years off the field.

Teddy Atlas is one Jet who won’t be back next year. The famed boxing trainer and Jets “special assistant” ripped the organization and quarterback Brett Favre yesterday. Atlas, a close friend of Eric Mangini, said the recently fired coach was doomed from the moment the Jets acquired Favre. “Mangini went into the season ready for a whole different approach, whether it was going to be Chad Pennington or Kellen Clemens (at quarterback), whoever won that battle,” Atlas told The Post. “It was going to be a secure, protect the ball, intelligent approach. It was something he was comfortable with, something he believed in. The whole plan, the whole blueprint got thrown out the window when Favre came. He’s the antithesis of that. He throws the ball all over the place.” Mangini brought Atlas in to work with the Jets, giving them boxing training in the offseason and providing motivational talks during the season. Atlas appeared on 1050 ESPN Radio yesterday, and talked with The Post about the Jets’ firing of Mangini. Atlas is listed in the Jets’ media guide as “special assistant – boxing.” Atlas said Jets owner Woody Johnson forced the trade upon Mangini.

There will be no Cowher Power for the Jets. Bill Cowher informed the team last night he is not interested in their head-coaching job, and it could be because he doesn’t want to coach Brett Favre. The former Steeler coach was the clear-cut favorite to replace Eric Mangini among Jets fans, and the team’s ownership. Now, Woody Johnson must move on to Plan B. Talks between the Jets and Cowher never advanced past the preliminary stage. Sources close to Cowher said he did not want to have Favre as his quarterback, and that he also wanted to bring in people he was familiar with to handle personnel. A source familiar with Cowher’s thinking said before last night’s decision came down that the former Steeler boss would have to receive assurances from the Jets that the 39-year-old Favre no longer was in the picture before agreeing to take control.

New York Post

and that he Jets managment truely wants him to retire

Word is that Jets owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum have both let Brett Favre know that they wouldn’t mind if he hung up his hallowed cleats this offseason even though they are publicly singing Favre’s praises. The pair apparently want Favre to come to his decision before the team signs its new coach. (Newark Star-Ledger

Sad ending to a great career. Should have hung ‘em up last year. I really thought he maybe had the moxie to pull off going to another team and doing well and in actuality for the first half of the season he did. I still think it’s pretty amazing that he went in to training camp after it started and played as well as he did. If it’s true that he started when he was injured just to keep his streak alive then that’s just another pointer to the fact that even though he is one of the best to play the game–the stats did matter to him even though he kept saying they didn’t.

He is an old, washed up, formerly great QB and he needs to realize this and move on with his life. He has enough money to do whatever he wants. Go fishing, hell get a fishing show on ESPN.

I think this is it and it is ending about the same way I figured with the NY media going after him when the season ended with anything but a Super Bowl victory. Given the stats that Kozak posted, I think Jones should take a good look in the mirror as well.

Of course, the most interesting thing is that there was an article on some website (I actually think it was ESPN) stating that many Jets players were hoping Favre would come back.

I am not a big fan of Thomas Jones. He has had trouble getting along with teammates in the past. If I remember correctly I believe the relationship between Jones and Cedric Benson was so bitter that the Bears figured they couldn’t keep both of them on the team and traded away Jones despite the success the two had together the prior year. I also think this is an idiotic thing to pull when you may have to suit up and play with the guy again. It’s not like the Jets have a quality option sitting on the bench. If you look at Jones numbers this year compared to last I think you make a case that Favre has been good for Jones and he should voice his complaints to the GM and/or new head coach and keep this kind of stuff out of the media.

You could see Favre Jet low-light reel loop played just about non-stop on ESPN this morning, as a media sacrifice. True, dat, Mangini got tossed, but that was just new Years hors-devours. Favre is the main course.

The brutal facts – NY Jets were no good to begin with. One guy on the team spouts off, and and an “anonymous GM” doesn’t like the idea of a celebrity QB, and Favre is labled an “evil has-been”. Yeah he’s not what he once was but he made more out of crummy team than almost anyone could have. What I am still waiting to watch the non-Favre Jet 2008 hi-light reel. Who were all the playmakers on the Jets that would have made it a 10+ game winner w/o Favre?