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Latest Favre move is no surprise

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Brett Favre was given the choice of being a franchise pitchman with a $2 million guaranteed contract or a $12 million player with no guarantees. Apparently, he's chosen the latter and plans to report to the Packers' training camp Monday. No one should be surprised. When defenses thought Favre would throw short, he would go deep. As a player, he's a gunslinger. Gunslingers don't take safe deals when they can still shoot. Retired Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, a gunslinger himse ...

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