Maybe Brett Favre should wind his career down by spending time with every NFL franchise.
In a down economy, there’s nothing like slapping Favre’s name and number on a slab of fabric and waiting for the cash register to start smoking.
Darren Rovell points out that, for the period from April 1 through August 28, Favre’s new Vikings jersey was the top seller through NFLShop.com.
And that’s based on only ten days of availability during the five-month window.
Second on the list is Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, followed by Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.
At No. 4 is No. 7 of the Eagles, even though the name “Vick” was for most of the sales period regarded as an obscenity.
Last year, Favre’s then-new jersey with the New Jersey Jets rocketed to the top of the sales list.
The rest of the top 20 is right here. Amazingly, Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes didn’t make the cut — and 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree somehow did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfHnCwLp14
Big name free agents and first round rookies are always near the top of the jersey sales list. Because they’re new.
Because people willing to shell out $250 or more for an authentic jersey are usually kind of stoopid.
Why is it a surprise that Holmes isn’t top 20? He’s not even the top of the depth chart on the Steelers.
+ Vick and Crabtree are brand new jerseys.
Why??
2005 – 20 tds, 29 ints
2006 – 18 tds, 18 ints
2007 – 28 tds, 15 ints
2008 – 22 tds, 22 ints
LOL.
Amazingly, Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes didn’t make the cut — and 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree somehow did.
Why?
One is a 1st round pick just signed at the start of that time period and was a very popular college player = lots of jersey sales
The other is a 3rd year player (so those who want his jersey already have it) whose major feat came two months prior to the time period, and who plays for a team who has a history of jettisoning potential star WR’s instead of signing them to big contracts…and just gave their star linebacker an extension. People would much rather own a #7, #43 or #92 jersey in Pittsburgh cause it won’t go out of date in 2 years
If “reality” television or pop music didn’t give you a cultural barometer of where things stand in today’s society, this should: an overrated, washed up drama queen, a whiny, underachieving ,unproven bitch and a dog drowning, sadistic felon are 3 of the top 4 selling jerseys out there.
America is stupid.
another way of looking at it:
# of players on that list:
Bears, Eagles, Cowboys, Jets, Patriots, Giants, Bills, Colts, Chargers, Cardinals, Ravens, Falcons, Packers, 49ers – [1 ea.]
Vikings – [2]
Steelers – [3]
sounds about right.
he’s not loved every where!
http://www.traitorfavre.com
“…hayward giablommi says: August 31, 2009 1:57 PM
…a whiny, underachieving ,unproven bitch…”
I didn’t see your name on there..?
@ hayward
I’m with you on Bratt and the Jeffrey Dahmer of Dogs, but that’s not a very nice way to talk about Polamalu, now is it?
As for those top jersey sales:
Allow me to offer into evidence
Exhibit #9894587596705494704694706945706
in my case that people are absolutely f*cking stupid.
Convick Crabapple and Farve
One who never was one that never will be and one that once was
Sounds like plenty of shoe shine rags for next year
Wouldn’t that have been August 1-28 time period? Seems to me that there was no possible purple Favre jersey in April.
jimicos says:
August 31, 2009 1:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=2VfHnCwLp4
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Thank you.
The best laugh I had all day.
(Of course, I haven’t started hearing all the MNF “Vikings are going to the Super Bowl” tripe-hype start yet, so….)
How to stave off the 2011 Work Stoppage and eliminate the federal deficit:
NFLPA and NFL Owners authorize all 32 teams to print thier own Farve #4 Jerseys.
Wow – the Favre hate continues. Even though I’ve provided facts – on numerous occassions – that Favre hasn’t finished lower than #14 as an NFL QB, the hate-mongers refuse to acknowledge the truth.
Not only that, but Favre’s jerseys sell like mad – which indicates that he remains popular, and a “good” kind of popular. He doesn’t dance the “moral line” with trashy woman, doesn’t commit felonies and isn’t a loser dope fiend. Actually, why IS he popular these days? His clean and class act just doesn’t mesh with the average American?!?!?
Wearing jerseys is all about image, not substance. People who care about the real, unglamorous, meaningful substance of achievement don’t typically go around wearing flashy jerseys with other people’s names on them. Or are simply smaller in number than those who wear jerseys to somehow take on the patina of cool that an actual high-achiever’s name on their back can somehow offer them.
It’s the same thing as not many people going around with huge car stereos blasting Bach, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, or John Coltrane. You know what gets blasted, and we know why–the illusionary transfer of coolness from achievers (which is a marketing-based illusion in itself) to non-achievers.
Jason Witten? Geez.
I would love to have a #4 GB jersey after all thanks to that pass he gave us we got to the big game
@jayhawk
“People would much rather own a #7, #43 or #92 jersey in Pittsburgh cause it won’t go out of date in 2 years”
I understand what you’re saying, but…
If I had to guess which is the best selling Steelers jersey of the last 10 years? Has to be 86.
Well, I guess it is another linebacker – just one who happens to catch passes too.
Latest Favre jersey sells well, too
Posted by Mike Florio on August 31, 2009 1:35 PM ET
Maybe Brett Favre should wind his career down by spending time with every NFL franchise.
In a down economy, there’s nothing like slapping Favre’s name and number on a slab of fabric and waiting for the cash register to start smoking.
Darren Rovell points out that, for the period from April 1 through August 28, Favre’s new Vikings jersey was the top seller through NFLShop.com.
And that’s based on only ten days of availability during the five-month window.
Second on the list is Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, followed by Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.
At No. 4 is No. 7 of the Eagles, even though the name “Vick” was for most of the sales period regarded as an obscenity.
Last year, Favre’s then-new jersey with the New Jersey Jets rocketed to the top of the sales list.
The rest of the top 20 is right here. Amazingly, Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes didn’t make the cut — and 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree somehow did.
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jimicos says:
August 31, 2009 1:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfHnCwLp14
ShimSham says:
August 31, 2009 1:48 PM
Big name free agents and first round rookies are always near the top of the jersey sales list. Because they’re new.
TheDPR says:
August 31, 2009 1:50 PM
Because people willing to shell out $250 or more for an authentic jersey are usually kind of stoopid.
stiller43 says:
August 31, 2009 1:51 PM
Why is it a surprise that Holmes isn’t top 20? He’s not even the top of the depth chart on the Steelers.
+ Vick and Crabtree are brand new jerseys.
Rex Grossman says:
August 31, 2009 1:55 PM
Why??
2005 – 20 tds, 29 ints
2006 – 18 tds, 18 ints
2007 – 28 tds, 15 ints
2008 – 22 tds, 22 ints
LOL.
Jayhawk says:
August 31, 2009 1:56 PM
Amazingly, Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes didn’t make the cut — and 49ers wideout Michael Crabtree somehow did.
Why?
One is a 1st round pick just signed at the start of that time period and was a very popular college player = lots of jersey sales
The other is a 3rd year player (so those who want his jersey already have it) whose major feat came two months prior to the time period, and who plays for a team who has a history of jettisoning potential star WR’s instead of signing them to big contracts…and just gave their star linebacker an extension. People would much rather own a #7, #43 or #92 jersey in Pittsburgh cause it won’t go out of date in 2 years
hayward giablommi says:
August 31, 2009 1:57 PM
If “reality” television or pop music didn’t give you a cultural barometer of where things stand in today’s society, this should: an overrated, washed up drama queen, a whiny, underachieving ,unproven bitch and a dog drowning, sadistic felon are 3 of the top 4 selling jerseys out there.
America is stupid.
SteelTown6 says:
August 31, 2009 1:59 PM
another way of looking at it:
# of players on that list:
Bears, Eagles, Cowboys, Jets, Patriots, Giants, Bills, Colts, Chargers, Cardinals, Ravens, Falcons, Packers, 49ers – [1 ea.]
Vikings – [2]
Steelers – [3]
sounds about right.
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I refer you to redsquare’s wisdom.
I bet you’ve got a bad-ass kicker-box, don’t you?
(And–I’d be willing to bet–it’s not playing “A Love Supreme” or Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons, is it?)
“He doesn’t dance the “moral line” with trashy woman, doesn’t commit felonies and isn’t a loser dope fiend.”
Tell that to his Green Bay Skanks, the vicodin he pulled out of his own vomit and reinjested, and accepting narcotics from a teammate with out it being your prescription was a class C felony last time I checked. But he got a pass, because of who he was at the time. And because of the enabling and fan love, Green Bay Fans created the EGO that used to be Brett.
wow, I never saw anyone cut-n-paste the ENTIRE page before. good job.
“At No. 4 is No. 7 of the Eagles, even though the name “Vick” was for most of the sales period regarded as an obscenity.”
What are your sources Perez?
“At No. 4 is No. 7 of the Eagles, even though the name “Vick” was for most of the sales period regarded as an obscenity.”
What are your sources Perez?
“At No. 4 is No. 7 of the Eagles, even though the name “Vick” was for most of the sales period regarded as an obscenity.”
What are your sources Perez?
What I find more hilarious more than anything else is someone with the name “Rex Grossman” posting stats of someone like Favre! LOL
Homers are the biggest purchasers of jerseys.
Minnesota is one of the top 2 NFL teams as far as homerism goes.
Why is it surprising that Brett Favre is number one?
Hell, if the Vikings had just acquired Bruce Gradkowski to be their starting QB, the jersey probably would have landed in the top 10.
# hayward giablommi says: August 31, 2009 1:57 PM
If “reality” television or pop music didn’t give you a cultural barometer of where things stand in today’s society, this should: an overrated, washed up drama queen, a whiny, underachieving ,unproven bitch and a dog drowning, sadistic felon are 3 of the top 4 selling jerseys out there.
America is stupid.
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You’re actually right about this assessment, but I know that deep down you’d rather them be wearing the name of a QB who knowingly had the defenses signal calling piped into his helmet.
Pot, meet kettle.
“# TFBuckFutter says: August 31, 2009 3:56 PM
Homers are the biggest purchasers of jerseys.
Minnesota is one of the top 2 NFL teams as far as homerism goes.
Why is it surprising that Brett Favre is number one?
Hell, if the Vikings had just acquired Bruce Gradkowski to be their starting QB, the jersey probably would have landed in the top 10.”
Did you even read the article? Favre’s Jet jersey also was a top seller.
You are an idiot.
Yep…
clinging to your guns, religion and your over priced football jersey.
What else do you have in Pittsburgh?
“… # Philtration says: August 31, 2009 4:40 PM
Yep… clinging to your guns, religion and your over priced football jersey. What else do you have in Pittsburgh?…”
Six Lombardis?
“rcunningham says:
August 31, 2009 4:35 PM
Did you even read the article? Favre’s Jet jersey also was a top seller.
You are an idiot.”
When did I say Jets fans weren’t just as dumb?
Although at least they had reason to be optimistic, since he was coming off a resurgent year.
Florios_a_tool says: August 31, 2009 4:50 PM
“… # Philtration says: August 31, 2009 4:40 PM
Yep… clinging to your guns, religion and your over priced football jersey. What else do you have in Pittsburgh?…”
Six Lombardis?
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In the phonebook?
You can have 12 trophies but you are still in Pittsburgh.
@Dewey Axewound:
“(And–I’d be willing to bet–it’s not playing “A Love Supreme” or Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons, is it?)”
There’s one hell of a good TV commercial image in that somewhere!
why would anyone want a rapist’s jersey?
Didn’t buy a Vick jersey but I’ve purchased about 4 jerseys from a site called sportsworldjerseys.com
I’ve been real happy with the quality of the jersey and you can’t beat the price.
https://sportsworldjerseys.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1862&osCsid=e2ff97c5d8ac8f8591a0ef752629854f