OK. Breathe, people. I know that the immediate reaction is: “OHMYSWEETGODNOMOREBRETTFAVRE!” That’s what I said too. Favre is played out, especially considering ESPN’s coverage of his 4,000,000th retirement. Nothing would be better except to see the guy go home to a tractor and a nice quiet life in Mississippi.

But on the other hand, if he was hired by ESPN, would it be that horrible? Um, maybe not. Norby Williamson said that to Michael Heistand: “He’s a funny, dynamic guy and would add to anybody’s coverage.”

This is probably true; Favre is a charming SOB, even if he’s a bit annoying, and you have to imagine that his natural scruff would look even more charming if you let the WWL makeup magicians work him over (they’ve done great work on some heinous mugs in the past, excluding Mel Kiper’s lack of a tan).

Also, he would be replacing Emmitt Smith. Which means that it’s illiterately impossible to set the bar any lower for on-camera journalism.

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Making fun of ESPN is so easy it’s not really even fun anymore. OK, I lied. It’s still sort of fun. Like when Emmitt Smith talks. It’s funny because he gets paid to communicate! Haha.

But a blogger must be careful not to paint ESPN with too broad a brush. Just as I wouldn’t want to be confused with, say, this guy. I know what we do isn’t all that different, but I like to think the way we do it counts for something, right?

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