On Monday, Sports Illustrated's Peter King wrote that "You're kidding yourself if you think [Brett Favre's] going to move back to New Jersey for 12 to 16 weeks in March. 'I've never been in a [full] offseason program,' Favre told me a month ago..." This 2008 season handout provided by the NFL, shows Tennessee Titans football player Kerry Collins. Titans quarterback Kerry Collins will make his second Pro Bowl trip as a replacement for Brett Favre. (AP Photo/NFL)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 2, 2008 file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks to pass the ball during an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, in Indianapolis. Manning can tell Brett Favre to move over and make room for him atop the roster of NFL Most Valuable Players. For the third time, Manning won the award by The Associated Press, tying Favre as the only players in that elite category. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning talks about being named the AP's NFL Most Valuable Player in Indianapolis, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Manning joins Brett Favre as the only three-time winners of the award. Manning also was the league MVP in 2003, when he shared it with Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair, and in 2004.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning talks about being named the AP's NFL Most Valuable Player, in Indianapolis, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Manning joins Brett Favre as the only three-time winners of the award. Manning also was the league MVP in 2003, when he shared it with Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair, and in 2004.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning talks about being named the AP's NFL Most Valuable Player in Indianapolis, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Manning joins Brett Favre as the only three-time winners of the award. Manning also was the league MVP in 2003, when he shared it with Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair, and in 2004.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 28, 2008 file photo, New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre holds his right shoulder after throwing an interception that resulted in a Miami Dolphins touchdown during the second quarter of an NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J. Jets quarterback Brett Favre reportedly has a torn biceps tendon in his right arm that will not need major surgery to repair, ESPN said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 9, 2008, file photo, New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre, right, talks with coach Eric Mangini during an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets fired Mangini on Monday, Dec. 29, a day after the Jets failed to make the playoffs. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
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New York Jets Head coach Eric Mangini (R) stands with quarterback Brett Favre on the sidelines during the second quarter of the Jets' loss to the Miami Dolphins in their NFL football game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, December 28, 2008. Jets will fire Mangini after the Jets lost four of their last five games and failed to reach the NFL playoffs, local media reported on Monday. Picture taken December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES)
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 28: Linebacker Channing Crowder #52 of the Miami Dolphins pressures quarterback Brett Favre #4 of the New York Jets on December 28, 2008 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Dolphins defeated the Jets 24-17. (Photo by David Drapkin/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Brett Favre;Channing Crowder
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 28: Quarterback Brett Favre #4 of the New York Jets tries to stop defensive end Phillip Merling #97 of the Miami Dolphins from scoring a touchdown on December 28, 2008 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Merling just intercepted a Favre pass. The Dolphins defeated the Jets 24-17. (Photo by David Drapkin/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Phillip Merling;Brett Favre
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Jets owner Woody Johnson was instrumental in bringing Brett Favre to New York last summer. And after a tumultuous 2008 season that included the head coach losing his job and some end-of-year locker room finger-pointing, he's still Favre's biggest adherent.
The Jets wasted little time in offering Rex Ryan the head coaching gig. In fact, Ryan accepted the job roughly an hour after the Ravens had been eliminated from the playoffs. It's good to know what you want, I guess. 
It usually takes weeks or months to find out the real reason why a player gets traded or a coach gets fired. Sure, some PR hack will undoubtedly trot out some version of "Player X was looking for a change," or "Coach Y wanted to spend time with his family," but nobody actually believes such statements, no matter how vehemently they're delivered. 
"Mangini went into the season ready for a whole different approach, whether it was going to be Chad Pennington or Kellen Clemens (at quarterback), whoever won that battle," Atlas told The Post. "It was going to be a secure, protect the ball, intelligent approach. It was something he was comfortable with, something he believed in. The whole plan, the whole blueprint got thrown out the window when Favre came. He's the antithesis of that. He throws the ball all over the place."Atlas also claims that Jets owner Woody Johnson "forced" the trade on Mangini, and called Favre "basically a selfish guy." Well, Teddy, you're going to have to get in line behind Thomas Jones, Kerry Rhodes and Bruce Ciskie.
Brett Favre Fallout, Day 5. The Jets were eliminated from the playoffs Sunday, and, apparently, we can attribute it to too much gungslingin'. On Wednesday, Jets running back Thomas Jones suggested Favre should've been benched during his Week 17, three-pick performance, and yesterday, safety Kerry Rhodes had a request of his own: ...Rhodes ... wants Favre to make a 100-percent commitment to the offseason program and training camp before agreeing to return:Good luck with that. Everybody knows that Favre spends his offseasons fishing in Mississippi, before hastily announcing he's un-retired in early August, and then going through the motions for a few weeks of training camp. It's a tried and true formula that's worked (sorta).
"If he's dedicated and he wants to come back and do this, and do it the right way ... and be here when we're here in training camp and the minicamps and working out with us ... then I'm fine with it. But don't come back if it's going to be half-hearted or he doesn't want to put the time in with us."
The holiday season doesn't bring good tidings for everybody. Just ask those head coaches who are spending the New Year cleaning out their offices."Eric Mangini is out with the New York Jets, according to Andrew Marshan of ESPN 1050 Radio in New York -- that's the Jets home radio station -- and we had heard Sunday night that it was likely that Mangini would be out, didn't get it confirmed, but the report is now in that [he's] out ... [and there's] the press conference scheduled for 10AM this morning with Jets owner Woody Johnson and we'll get official word then."So while nothing's yet official, it looks like we'll be adding Mangenius' name to the "dudes from the Bill Belichick coaching tree who went on to crash and burn in head coaching jobs" scrap pile. On the upside, there are enough people to form a support group, so there's that. ("Hi, my name is Romeo Crennel and Bill Belichick ruined my life...")
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