I’ll get into it after the new coach is named and we turn our attention to Favre. I personally think his conditioning was an issue, but you might be right.

… then you’re fooling yourself. I’m not arguing that Brett cannot explode for a amazing day (not that I would call 224 yards with 2 TD and an INT an amazing day), but he’s obviously not up to leading a team all the way. 8-3 and Brett can’t close it out? He’s old and reckless. Young and reckless won him 3 MVPs. Old and reckless gets the Man-genius fired.

All I said was that he can take a team all the way. If you don’t believe that after the way he pounded the best team in the AFC a week after beating an 11 win New England team on the road, I don’t know what to tell you. The Jets were Super Bowl favorites with him at that point (And I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt for questioning the Tennesee game. Your team was playing the Pats in a crucial contest at the time so you probably didn’t see how well he played). In the end he faltered, but there’s a difference between being uncapable and being capable yet not coming through. In the last five games, he looked shot. I personally think that was a product of him not properly training himself this year. He hired a personal trainer the offseason before his monster 2007 season. This year, he came in during the middle of training camp after an offseason of sitting on his couch and running around in shorts with a high school team. There’s a big difference.

I also never said he was the future of the team. Getting past New England will be a major challenge with or without Favre. I never denied that. In the longterm, Favre will not be the solution.

Miami I don’t see as continuing to improve. They just got a career year out of their quarterback, and all it got them was a first round exit. Chad probably takes something of a step back next year, and remember this was only the second time he’s made all 16 starts. Behind them, they have a guy with no experience. It’s a 50-50 bet at best any quarterback pans out. Keeping up with them is not my concern at this point. That team reminds me of the 2006 Jets a lot. They’re in that no man’s land where they are not a bad team but no real threat to any of the contenders.