Rex Ryan (pictured holding helmet) the New York Jets new head coach learned that his task of turning the football club into a Super Bowl contender just became a bit more difficult. Yesterday, Brett Favre, the record-setting quarterback, decided to finally end his 18-year career.
Favre only played for the Jets for one season in which he admittedly underperformed, particularly at the end of the year. The team had very high expectations when they traded for the future Hall of Famer just before the 2008 season.
"The Bayou is calling," said Favre, referring to his native southern Mississippi upbringing and offseason home. "There's crayfish hunting to catch up on and I need to check the ATV trails."
Coach Ryan was very surprised by the news saying this was not an option he prepared for. Though the Packer legend had a subpar 2008 season, the coach has tailored the offense around the 39-year-old Favre since accepting the position several weeks ago. So integral to the coach's plans was Favre that several "warnings" have been issued by the new head man.
"At first I was calm about it and told him to just think [retirement] over. He wouldn't even do that for me. Then I asked him if he knew what the word bounty meant. And I didn't mean the paper towel," said a visibly upset Ryan.
After the quarterback laughed off the bounty, calling it "very 1988," the coach tried a new tactic and warned Favre that he knew of his weakness for pork chops. "I would hate to see anything happen to him while eating his precious pork chops," said the coach.
"It's true," said Favre, "I do like to eat pork chops."
Ryan's father, Buddy Ryan, was the controversial head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1986 to 1990, who allegedly used a bounty in 1988 to intimidate Dallas Cowboys' kicker and former Eagle Luis Zendejas (pictured). In 1990 another Ryan incident occurred when Buddy began choking on pork chops while in a restaurant with Ted Plumb, his offensive coordinator.
"If Rex had threatened to put a bounty on my pork chops then I may have reconsidered," said Favre.
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