Is Brett Favre The Biggest Giant In New York?

The New York Giants are Super Bowl Champions. But who cares??!? BRETT FAVRE!!!

Brett Favre is the feel-good story for the New York Jets right now. Is this what the Jets need? How does this affect the Giants?

If you have not been living under a rock, you know that Brett Favre is now a quarterback for the New York Jets. If you have read any article on this topic, you have seen that Brett has been compared to a man by the name of Joe Namath. If you read my post on Ethan's Brett Favre article, you know I feel this is a good move for the Jets. It gives them an identity on offense, and enhances the team completely. Before Favre this was a good team, but they lacked superstars who could change the game. While the defense really does not have that (Save for rising stars Kerry Rhodes and David Harris), Favre gives the offense another weapon and makes defensive coordinators take notice. Favre gives the team a potential no one thought they had, a potential to be a contender and make the playoffs.

Ultimately, Brett Favre is exactly what the Jets need. No one can say for certain what they will get statistically from Favre, but that is better than what they would have with Chad Pennington or Kellen Clemens. A buzz is what this team lacked around it, and Brett Favre gets the team noticed.

The New York Giants are Super Bowl Champions. It would be wrong to say this fact has been forgotten by New York. 660 WFAN, the flaghsip station for the Giants, always mentions them as "The Super Bowl Champion New York Giants". All around Giants training camp, banners hang noting their champion status. Since their victory over Team Asterisk (Thanks to the New York Post, who after Spygate always labeled the Patriots with an asterisk noting: caught cheating), Eli Manning and company have lived the life of champions. Eli can even be seen on this month's cover of Vogue.

Brett Favre is a blessing in disguise for the Giants. Since Favre's arrival, the New York Post back page has been Green and White, and media attention has been shifted to Favre (ESPN posted a story that Brett had to run a lap in practice). Giants players have been quoted as feeling disrespected and bothered that people seem to have forgotten so easily they are the Super Bowl Champions. Couple this with the fact that most pundits have picked the Dallas Cowboys to win the NFC East, and the Giants are seemingly forgotten. Playing with a chip on their shoulder, like they had something to prove galvanized the Giants and propelled them to Super Bowl glory. The Giants played their best football last season when they were underdogs. The Giants, albeit champions, feel as if they still have something to prove, the best motivating factor for them.

Thanks a bunch Brett.