Catching up with my old buddy Brett Favre

Marla Ridenour talked to the boss, and they decided it would be a good idea for me to cover the Brett Favre news conference. Sweet of her. Every reporter in the greater New York-New Jersey-New Philadelphia area was there, and he spoke in a room smaller than his walk-in closets. No matter, since Marla figured it was a good idea, I did as well. So I took the elevator down to where Favre was speaking and ran across Brett Reynolds, the Browns vice president for sales and marketing. For a second, it seemed like a good idea to interview this Brett since it'd be less crowded, but then it didn't seem like people would be that interested in Brett Reynolds. At the room, we were informed that the Jets had picked the New York and national folks who would be allowed in. The Beacon Journal did not make the cut — neither did most of the Cleveland media, or Adriana Lima. So we shuffled around outside the room until Favre appeared. When he did, it seemed like the world might be interested in seeing what we saw.

Here, Favre arrives.

Here he holds up his new Jets jersey.

Here a female photographer sits on the shoulders of another female to get the photo. The reporter in front seems a bit more concerned with what is happening there than what Favre is saying.

Finally, this is what the hallway outside looked like.

At this point, it seemed like a good time to head up to the press box.