From Newsday.com:
We're happy that Favre is in Green and Gold, the Packers hired Ron Wolf and that Atlanta's Jerry Glanville traded Favre to Green Bay for a first round pick. What a different 17 years it could have been. By the way, the article noted that the Jets have started 15 quarterbacks since the 1991 draft. We know how many have started in Chicago.The Jets had a deal with the Cardinals to move up two slots in the 1991 draft -- ahead of the Atlanta Falcons -- so general manager Dick Steinberg could draft their quarterback for the future.
"We were going to pick Brett Favre," Ron Wolf said by phone from his Jupiter, Fla., home Tuesday night. Wolf, now retired, is well known as the Packers general manager who acquired Favre and built a Super Bowl champion, but before he worked in Green Bay he was an assistant in the Jets front office. And he pushed hard to draft Favre in 1991.
"But when it came time for the Cardinals pick, they told us the guy they wanted was on the board, so they didn't do the deal," Wolf said. "They picked their guy, the Falcons picked Brett Favre and that was it."
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