Favre says NFL fines ‘very unfair’
Brett Favre said Wednesday he believes the fines handed down by the NFL for his absence from last year’s New York Jets injury reports were “very unfair.” Favre was asked by reporters for the first time about the $125,000 in penalties levied on the Jets organization ($75,000), general manager Mike Tannenbaum ($25,000), and former head coach Eric Mangini ($25,000). “I just think it’s wrong,” Favre said. “They did everything that I felt they were supposed to.”
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre said Wednesday he believes the fines handed down by the NFL for his absence from last year’s New York Jets injury reports were “very unfair.”
Favre was asked by reporters for the first time about the $125,000 in penalties levied on the Jets organization ($75,000), general manager Mike Tannenbaum ($25,000), and former head coach Eric Mangini ($25,000).
“I just think it’s wrong,” Favre said. “They did everything that I felt they were supposed to.”
Favre earlier this month revealed the process he and the Jets went through in assessing the health of his throwing arm last December. He played through a torn biceps tendon, and his performance suffered. The NFL investigated and announced the fines last week for Mangini’s failure to list Favre on the injury report.
Favre said he discussed his condition with the Jets last year because he wanted the team to know he wasn’t at his best.
“I felt like maybe there were some throws where I could’ve played better because of this injury,” Favre said. “I just wanted to let them know that. I never asked them to put me on the injury report. I can’t tell you how many times I probably should’ve been on the injury report. I practiced. I played. I knew I was going to play.”
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