I'm not so naive that I don't know what Brett Favre is or how his divisive behavior has served as a problem for several years.  And now, you are seeing the reasons that perhaps Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy didn't want Favre back in Green Bay.  With all that said, Thomas Jones and Favre's other teammates bringing it public was wrong.

I don't know about you, but I go to work to do my job and earn a paycheck.  I'm not trying to make friends per se and I'm certainly not worried about whether or not I socialize with anyone.  I try to be cordial and professional at all times, but at the same time I'm far more concerned about doing my job than I am having lunch with someone or drinks after work.  If you don't like that attitude, tough, because that's how I roll.  In fact, I wish most people would roll that way.

In Favre's case, he's almost 40 years old, far older than most of his teammates.  He has a whole different set of issues than the young guys and he's new on a team in the biggest city in the country.  He's there to play football and help the Jets win games, not council young players or provide instruction. He's got more money than he needs, more endorsements and fame than any one on the team and common sense tells us more people have purchased his New York Jets jersey than that of Thomas Jones.  Favre more than anyone else puts butts in seats.  This alone is always going to get him what he wants including a private place to dress.

Favre was never much help to the younger quarterbacks coming into Green Bay during his career.  He was especially not helpful to Aaron Rodgers, although they maintained a amicable relationship.  Favre never went out of his way to "teach him the ropes."  And they certainly never socialized.  So does that make Favre a bad guy or does that make him an older guy who does his job and goes home?
There really is nothing wrong with that.

Thomas Jones was critical of Favre's untimely interceptions.  Favre always has had untimely interceptions.  But like the guy at a blackjack table who loses $10,000 one minute, Favre can win it all back in the blink of an eye.  At least he used to be able to.

Favre's teammates resent him not being at camp on time.  Perhaps that's because the Jets traded for him late, after camp started.  They want Favre to attend mini-camps.  Good luck, he's gotten out of them the last four off seasons.  They want Favre to socialize with them.  Good luck.  In addition to having a family, Favre is also a recovering alcoholic who is probably better off NOT socializing in public.  Besides, he's Brett Favre, bigger and far more famous than any on on the Jets team and being out in public in New York without the aid of bodyguards would be silly.  Seriously, the man wouldn't get through a meal without people pummeling for autographs.

Brett Favre is, and always will be, a country boy at heart.  Green Bay was the smallest market in the league and there he could fly under the radar, especially since Packer fans are smart enough to give him his space.  New York is a whole different world and certainly not where Favre wanted to go.  He went because he wanted to play football.  He certainly didn't go to make new friends and enjoy the night life.

I don't doubt that Favre comes off as distant, aloof and selfish.  That part of his personality was documented in Green Bay.  The fact remains he is a first ballot hall of famer and one of the best ever to play the game.  The lack of respect shown to him by his teammates and the airing of their laundry list of complaints will not change that nor sully Farve's reputation.  It does make them seem selfish and totally disrespectful to a man who was winning a Super bowl while most of them were in eighth grade.

So maybe the problem with the Jets isn't Favre, maybe it's guys like Thomas Jones who call out their teammates in public.  Maybe all of these Jets, Jones, Favre and the anonymous teammates who are being quoted in the press and heard on talk radio should be held accountable.  After all, a team is the sum of it's parts, not just one player.

Favre continued to play while injured, which he always has.  Jones contends he should have taken himself out.  But if the coaches were all aware of it and continued to play Favre, isn't it on them?  Andy Reid sit down Donovan McNabb.  Isn't it the coaches decision and not the players as to whether or not he plays.  Maybe this is why Eric Mangini is standing in the unemployment line this morning and not at work at the Jets complex.

I am the last guy in the world that wants or needs to defend Brett Favre and certainly I have no great love for him.  Favre does bring a lot of this on himself, but certainly not to the degree that this has been magnified.

Maybe this time Favre will really retire.  Then Thomas Jones can roll the bus over Kellen Clemmons.