Why Aren't You Caring About Brett Favre's Happiness?

This morning, the crew of Brookings Fellows on ESPN's Sunday Countdown spent five minutes debating this question, which was graphically imposed on the bottom of the screen, so you could understand the tricky topic:

"What's it like to watch happy Favre again?"

Oh, Ditka, were you there to watch Brett Favre when he was happy? How was that? If only I could have shared that experience with you, then I too might understand your joy, and his.

As the ESPNers tickled your synapses with their musings, the MacArthur Geniuses on CBS were debating this topic, also graphically imposed across the screen:

"How can Raiders make Randy Moss happy?"

Since when have pre-game pundits taken an interest in the personal fulfillment of players? Since the rest of the media was chattering about TomKat, maybe NFL Sunday could be a refuge from speculating about what makes men in shoulderpads smile.

Here's an idea for our Sunday morning Dr. Philistines: The Raiders should trade Randy Moss to Green Bay. Then he and Favre can hold hands and skip through the fields of eastern Wisconsin in contented bliss together, and breed puppies on a quiet farm and run horses and snuggle babies and draw unicorns and make cheese.

Ooh! Or, the Raiders could get Randy Moss some lithium and a girlfriend.

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Each Sunday, CBS and Fox only show about two-thirds of the games in High-Def, and you often have to wonder how they choose. For example, Fox chose to reserve some of its luscious HD for the fumbled punt attempts and blown coverage assignments of the late Detroit-Arizona game, a match-up which absolutely defines the term "Mexican Superbowl." Meanwhile, Fox's early Minnesota-Miami game looked like a someone set up a VHS camcorder in front of a 9-inch kitchen countertop TV, bootlegged the game, and then rebroadcast it over a cell phone. On a wide-screen television, it could be mistaken for a video art project by a chain-smoking freshman at Academy of Art University.

Quick: Which team has the ball?

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Finally, our condolences to Philly fans. Could there be a worse sentence than this one?

Eagles coach Andy Reid wouldn't say whether Jeff Garcia or third-stringer A.J. Feeley would start at Indianapolis next week.

The silver lining for Philadelphia... Um... The new Roots album is awesome?

Comments

[jjm]

Yes, at least Philly has .

[porkwatson]

Brett Favre wasn't too happy when he busted his hand yesterday.

[Jake]

The networks are morons. Last week CBS cut off the last eight minutes of /Cinci, which was the most exciting game in weeks. Instead of showing the Bengal’s final drive, they showed highlights from other games and Dan Marino told everyone his innermost thoughts about Peyton Manning.

[Jake]

The networks are morons. Last week CBS cut off the last eight minutes of San Diego/Cinci, which was the most exciting game in weeks. Instead of showing the Bengal’s final drive, they showed highlights from other games and Dan Marino told everyone his innermost thoughts about Peyton Manning.