I feel badly for Sage. However, Sage is well compensated for his misery. From Rotoworld:

2/27/2009: Signed a three-year, $9 million contract. The deal included a $1.4 million signing bonus. 2009: $2 million, 2010: $2.6 million, 2011: $3 million, 2012: Free Agent.

I would do a lot of things for that kind of compensation, even compromise my personal integrity. I would even perform some acts that are illegal and/or unethical. As long as it doesn’t require me to root for the Cowboys or Titans.

Favre still has a torn rotator cuff (which is pretty vague and be many things). And remember he is 40+. Sage may just very well get another chance this year.

But only because he’s being replaced by a senior citizen. If they’d traded for Cutler, that’d be one thing. But they just shelled out millions to replace him with a washed-up hack. Like you, my opinion of Favre has changed drastically over the past couple years.

I don’t wish injury upon anybody, but I’d love to see Rosenfels come into a game and show up Favre. Then again, he did that a few times while he was in Houston and our coaching staff refused to give him the starting nod. Maybe there’s something fundamentally wrong with him (beyond helicopter-related debacles).

The Rosencopter is the single most selfish act I’ve seen in professional sports. I am greatly amused that Farve is damning Sage right back to the backup role where he belongs.

I will never forgive him for that Indy game. No one should.

And then the fans with their “We Want Sage” chants and signs? I hope Sage becomes the afterthought David Carr has.

THANK YOU BRETT FARVE.

If the Texans would have benched David Carr during his tenure and handed the ball over to Sage then he wouldn’t have convinced himself that he had to do something spectacular to win over the fans and coaching staff of the Texans. I hate the play, hated the result worse, but the fact remains that the man was giving it his all and just fell flat on his face (in a whirling fashion, LOL). I thought he was the perfect backup but I wish that we would have given him a shot when Carr was here, it was the least we could have done. Playing second fiddle can’t be easy, so while it may have been selfish to an extent I respect the man for giving his all while on the field.

Yeah it sucks, but he is much more well-versed than Favre with this offense, will have paid his dues with the organization, the fans and will probably look like a savior after Favre leaves, goes down, digs them into a hole or whatever. I don’t pretend to know if Favre has anything to offer back-ups in advice or leadership, but if he does, Sage could probably use it. Favre will probably leave a bad taste in the Vikes mouth..and Sage will be well-positioned to benefit from that ala Aaron Rogers.

It will also set the table for him to succeed by lowering everyone’s expectations of him in Minn. and if he’s patient (just a little while longer) and uses this opportunity, my guess is that he will look fantastic following what will most likely be a Favre sideshow. There will be way less pressure out of the gate as damage control and it must be better to have fans begging to bring you into the game than tallying each initial error against the pick they gave up for you. My prediction is he will shine…and the Favre-chaos will help him do so.

For Sage, who was a part-time starter in Houston last year, I would feel somewhat betrayed. After all, the team traded for him, not the other way around. And it was he who started the first preseason game and put up good numbers. And yes, he hurt his ankle, but it’s not a serious injury. So why is the team’s first reaction to renege on their stance regarding Favre? Suddenly that fourth-round pick looks like a huge steal for the Texans, who received the draft choice for a player who might not even play a single snap this year.

I have never been a huge Favre fan but I realize that the man had a golden arm and a love for the game that is hard to match. I don’t have anything against him but at the same time I get tired of all the bs that surrounds Favre. So as far as Sage is concerned it is just part of the business. Everything that I have read has Sage being a professional (like always) and doing his part to get a chance. I don’t think you can ask more of a guy. He failed miserably last year in Houston but before that I thought he was pretty good.

There is an old saying in the NFL… If Jeffrey Dahmer ran a 4.4 Forty, the NFL would say he had an eating disorder. That is the simple truth, that is why so many of these athletes keep getting second chances and why Favre will be able to keep coming back until he just can’t do it anymore.