FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – The details remain sketchy, but the rank of Brett Favre’s latest locker room prank does not. [Eric] Barton could not remember whether it happened last week or the week before. Nor did he know exactly what kind of dead animal Favre shot (presumably), bagged and dumped inside Barton’s locker. Some teammates believe it was a wild turkey, but regardless, they all gathered around Barton’s locker and engaged in fits of laughter. The dead animal was inside a bag that was filled with blood and guts. Asked if this was an example of how Favre was fitting into the Jets’ locker room, Faneca said: “He fits because of his personality. He likes to have a good time and joke around and have fun while you’re doing it. That’s the way we should be doing things out here.”

Here's something that illustrates the difference between a good NFL QB and one of the all time greats. You're in the twilight of your career, coming to a new organization where you don't know any of your teammates. You've barely learned the playbook. No one knows from week to week whether you're going to put up 6 TD's (Game 4) or throw stupid reckless INTs (Games 2 & 3). So what better way to ingratiate yourself with the guys around you than by spreading a little E-Coli around the locker room. Nothing says "unity" like a strain of salmonella spreading through the roster. The team that vomits violently with amoebic dysentery together, stays together. Some might think leaving a dead animal in someone's locker is bad, when when you're Brett Favre and your teammates in Green Bay took dumps in girls dorm room closets, it's just a form of team building. Besides, when you've got the about-to-be-fired Eric Mangini for a coach, what's another rotting corpse in the locker room?