MRS. FAVRE SAYS RECENT REPORTS HAVE TAKEN “DAILY TOLL” ON BRETT

In her first post on the official Favre family blog, the wife of Jets quarterback Brett Favre addresses the recent report that he spent time helping the Lions plan for their Week Two game against the Packers. She says it hasn’t been easy for her husband. “It is very hard to watch the daily toll this has taken on Brett,” she writes. Mrs. Favre also asserts that reports of “questionable phone calls to other teams, are hurtful, distasteful, and . . . still untrue as they have been reported.” Um, the reports (from Jay Glazer of FOX and Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal) have never been “reported” to be untrue. Brett Favre has denied the reports, first by calling the story “total B.S.” and later by staking out a middle-ground position that involved conceding that portions of the matter were indeed accurate. Everyone else in a positon to confirm or deny the story have opted to take the “no comment” route. Mrs. Favre also seems to say that the report/rumor of Brett putting a dead animal in a teammate’s locker also was untrue. And why does she say any of this? “I know the truth behind the rumors,” she writes. Her source, of course, is her husband. And so unless she was standing there next to him when he didn’t put a dead turkey in Eric Barton’s locker and/or unless she was sitting there listening to Brett when he didn’t tell the Lions what to expect from various formations, she’s simply parroting the same stuff that we’ve already heard from Brett. So why is any of this relevant? Because if it truly is taking a “daily toll” on Brett Favre (and we doubt that it is), then it possibly could affect his preparation for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs and/or his performance in it. And if Favre and the Jets lose to the 1-5 Chiefs a week after falling to the 1-4 Raiders, Brett’s next call to the Lions could involve asking for a job.