Brett Favre has responded to a video of a confrontation between him and former Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau.
On Tuesday, ESPN shared a video of Gastineau confronting Favre at a card show in 2023.
In the video, Gastineau expresses his frustration that the former Green Bay Packers quarterback ‘took a dive’ during the 2001 regular-season finale against the New York Giants that gave defensive end Michael Strahan the single-season sack record. Strahan’s sack on the play was what allowed him to surpass the 22-sack mark Gastineau had set in 1984.
‘I’m gonna get my sack back,’ the former Jets defender says in the video. ‘I’m gonna get my sack back, dude.’
Brett Favre responds to Mark Gastineau’s confrontation
Favre responded to the video with a thread on social media website X several hours later.
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To begin the thread, the Hall of Fame quarterback provided context for his slide in that game back during the 2001 season against Strahan and the Giants. Later in the thread, he went on to say he understands how his split decision in that game adversely affected Gastineau’s legacy, including the way that it diminishes ‘his (Gastineau’s) value at card shows.’
Favre then lamented that the confrontation, which he believed should have remained a private moment, was recorded and posted publicly. He finished his thread complimenting Gastineau’s career and making a case that the former ‘Sack King’ deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Here’s the full thread:
ESPN’s video of the confrontation was part of the sports media giant’s marketing effort for a new feature in its ’30 for 30′ documentary series.
The feature is titled ‘The New York Sack Exchange’ – after the nickname given to the dominant Jets defensive front that included Gastineau – and is set to release on Friday.
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