The Washington Redskins have already played in the Hall of Fame game. Now they have to face a future Hall of Famer.
Brett Favre makes his Big Apple debut when the New York Jets host the Washington Redskins on Saturday, and suddenly a ho-hum game on the exhibition schedule has quite a bit of pizazz.
“It’s going to be a circus, no doubt,”
said Washington center Casey Rabach, a Sturgeon Bay native who played at the University of Wisconsin. “A guy in his stature, what he’s done in this league, to be on a new team now, it is going to be a media circus for that game.”
The Redskins are familiar with Favre, having lost three times to him at Green Bay since 2001. It’s their first exhibition game against Favre since 1995, which they also lost. Still, it won’t be the same with No. 4 wearing a different shade of green.
“I don’t know how I’m going to react when I see Brett Favre in a Jets uniform,”
cornerback Shawn Springs said.
Meanwhile, Favre threw a limited number of passes for the second straight practice Thursday, a day after the New York Jets quarterback said his arm felt “fatigued.”
