Wow. After all that talk, we really didn’t see this coming. Now we’re conflicted. As Jets fans but Favre haters, what are we to do?

Favre’s an upgrade over whoever the Jets were going to trot out at starting quarterback. Is he a solid plan for the future? Not at 39 with an undisclosed number of concussions weighing on his brain. Would we rather they tank the season with Kellen Clemens learning on the job? Probably. But that’s not happening. The Jets have Fav-ruh.

Here at The Nooner, we’re actually pretty excited about it. For better or worse, Favre always takes the headlines. Headlines like: “Favre Wins, Weeps” or “Favre Loses, Weeps” or “Favre Throws Six Interceptions, Weeps” or “Favre Shaves Stubble, Grows It Back Instantly, Weeps.”

Frankly, we’re just psyched to see how the whole down-home-country-boy-who-wears-Wranglers-and-drives-a-pickup-truck thing plays in New York. Where’s Favre going to play his funtime pickup game with all those other guys in Wranglers? Central Park? Too crowded. Prospect Park? Too hilly. Washington Square Park? Too many drug dealers, and none of them selling pills (though Favre might play there just to get Mario Manningham with his first pick). We fully expect to see Favre scrambling around one of those dank alleys over by the Midtown Tunnel, using telephone poles as yard markers and throwing touchdowns to the guy using the abandoned Hyundai to set a pick on the defender.

We’re still trying to rationalize the whole thing. At least Favre can throw the ball farther than Pennington and more accurately than Clemens, plus he might be a good mentor to the young quarterback, who only has the throwing-interceptions part of Favre’s game studied.

The Brett Favre saga has finally resolved itself, for the time being, as he was traded to the New York Jets for a conditional pick in 2009.  Favre’s acquisition likely means pushing Kellen Clemens to backup, and the end of the Chad Pennington era for Gang Green.  Some have suggested Pennington will be traded, but my personal preference be that we allow Favre, an avid hunter, to get his fix by sending Chad out in the swamplands of East Rutherford and playing a bit of The Most Dangerous Game (literary reference: +1 Bonus pt.).

The Mets fell 4-2 to the lowly Padres on Wednesday night, dropping to a full 3 games behind the division leading Phillies.  Mets Manager Jerry Manuel, dejected by his team’s lack of clutch hitting explained, “I’m concerned about our offense… I thought we would get rolling again,” adding, ”It keeps you up at night.  I mean you never know when that 3am ‘You’re fired’ phone call could be coming.” 

The unexpectedly reliable Sidney Ponson led the Yankees in a must win game over the Texas Rangers, allowing the Bombers to keep pace in the AL East and Wild Card races.  It was a bit of sweet redemption for Ponson, who was actually let go by the Rangers earlier this year.  His next revenge target?  The Applebee’s that had him forcibly removed at 2am for taking advantage of the supposedly all-you-can-eat riblets promotion (cheap fat joke: -1 Bonus pt.).

Injury news for the Yankees has continued to pile up, as it was announced Wednesday that Joba Chamberlain would be forced to the DL by his recent shoulder injury.  Co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, infuriated by the loss of his young superstar pitcher, is now looking for answers; “Who the hell thought this kid was ready to be a starter?!” Hank questioned, ”I mean, you’d have to be an idiot!”