Favre looks good in 2nd practice, then runs penalty lap; with video, photos

Favre looks good in 2nd practice, then runs penalty lap; with video, photos

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August 10, 2008

Favre looks good in 2nd practice, then runs penalty lap; with video, photos

By Rob Demovsky
rdemovsk@greenbaypressgazette.com
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – In his second day of practice with the New York Jets on Sunday, Brett Favre looked far more comfortable than he did on Saturday.
He completed 10 of 14 passes during team periods in the morning full-pads practice and for the first time in two days showed off his arm strength.

From his 25-yard line, Favre unleashed a deep throw that went some 60 yards in the air. Receiver Jerricho Cotchery, who had a half step on cornerback David Barrett, caught the ball in stride and strolled into the end zone for a 75-yard touchdown.

“That was a heck of a throw,” Jets tight end Chris Baker said. “Obviously he can make every throw, as you say in practice today.”

That easily was the highlight of the day.

On the other end of the spectrum, Favre and center Nick Mangold botched the snap exchange on the first play of team drills.

Jets coach Eric Mangini has a policy that anyone who commits a major error such as a penalty or a fumble has to run a lap around the practice field. So there was Favre and Mangold jogging around the field while practice continued. The crowd cheered wildly for Favre.

“It’s weird because it was a penalty lap, and you’re running it because you’ve done something wrong and people are cheering,” Mangold said. “It was a little different, but it was neat.”

An 18-second video of the penalty lap was posted on YouTube less than an hour after practice ended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJxTvyXOXjs">Video: Watch Favre run his penalty lap.
“Camera phones make it tough to do anything these days,” Mangini said.

Favre did not speak with reporters after practice, and a team spokesman said he wouldn’t talk again until Wednesday. Favre also has refused all one-on-one interview requests.

However, the team’s public relations department did ask the team when he last had to run a penalty lap.

“Maybe Little League, maybe,” Favre said in a statement released by the team. “Some coaches believe in doing things like that. It all serves its purpose in the end. You are trying to build unity. In our situation here, you are trying to build chemistry. … I’m not embarrassed by it. I think it is kind of funny, but yet it serves its purpose.”

Meanwhile, Jets officials estimated that 4,000 people attended the morning practice. That was considerably less than the 10,500 that came out on Saturday. However, it was significantly larger than the average Sunday morning crowd of about 1,700.