Brett Favre took the excessive highway after his dust-up with former Jets nice Mark Gastineau was featured in a trailer for the upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “New York Sack Trade.”
The clip, posted Tuesday, confirmed Gastineau, who blames the previous Packers nice for not being within the Corridor of Fame, confronting Favre in 2023 and claiming the QB took “a dive” that allowed Giants star Michael Strahan to interrupt the sack document in 2002, which Gastineau had as soon as held.
Favre responded in a string of posts on X on Tuesday night time that sympathized with Gastineau’s frustration and advocated that the ex-Jets sack grasp must be enshrined in Canton, Ohio.
Within the caught-on-camera confrontation filmed on the Chicago Sports activities Spectacular, Gastineau advised Favre, “You damage me,” over the sack that allowed Strahan to surpass Gastineau’s document of twenty-two sacks he set in 1984.
“In a distinct recreation or state of affairs, I’d have made a much bigger effort to keep away from the sack or [tackle for loss]. However at no level was I excited about hurting Gastineau,” Favre wrote. “Possibly it crossed my thoughts to assist Strahan. I didn’t suppose it via. That wasn’t my forte on the time. I simply needed to have enjoyable and compete. On reflection, I perceive how Gastineau feels. We performed a brutal recreation. Gastineau performed throughout an period the place guys didn’t make generational wealth.”
In one other publish, Favre stated he understood the place Gastineau’s frustration got here from, explaining that he now will get how being the sack king would have given Gastineau extra monetary worth at card exhibits, talking engagements and his case to be within the Corridor of Fame.
“I’ve quite a lot of respect for Mark. I hope someday he joins me within the Corridor of Fame. He earned it. Take a look at his numbers. He eclipsed 20 sacks twice and had 19 in one other yr!” Favre later wrote on X, making the case for Gastineau. “Mark positively left an indelible mark on the sport. I hope this controversy brings consideration to only how nice Mark Gastineau was. He belongs in Canton.”
As for the footage that made it into the upcoming documentary, Favre referred to as the confrontation “not the sort of second that must be filmed and launched” and added it was a “non-public second of frustration.”
“My understanding is he’s an amazing man and a enjoyable teammate, a man who performed with the sort of pleasure and fervour I attempted to imitate. I perceive his frustration, however I’m not his enemy,” Favre stated.
The 30 for 30 will premiere at 8 p.m. ET Friday.
