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Woodson: Favre report ‘sabotage’
Cornerback Charles Woodson says that if a media report indicating that Brett Favre shared inside knowledge of the Green Bay Packers’ offense with Detroit Lions coaches is true, it’s nothing short of sabotage.
Has one of the most beloved players in Packers history become Benedict Brett?
“He contacted them? I don’t respect that,” Woodson said after the Packers’ victory over Indianapolis on Sunday. “If they call him and he gives them information, that’s one thing. But to seek a team out and to feel like you’re trying to sabotage this team, I don’t respect that.”
Woodson’s sharp comments came in the wake of a Foxsports.com report Sunday that Favre called the Lions before their Sept. 14 game against the Packers in Detroit and spent more than an hour giving coaches information on nuances of the offense he used to run.
Favre — who was traded to the New York Jets after a prolonged, ugly split with the Packers’ front office this summer — was not asked about the report after the Jets’ loss at Oakland on Sunday. But in a text message to an NBC reporter before the Seahawks-Buccaneers primetime game, Favre strongly denied the report.
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Power outage disrupts game
Three helium balloons almost derailed an NFL game, and knocked out a television feed for nearly three quarters.
That was the cause of a power outage that affected the Buffalo Bills’ 23-14 win over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday. The teams played about 45 minutes without power inside Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., during the first half, and the electricity went out again for another 19 minutes before it was finally restored for good throughout the facility midway through the third quarter.
With the power off, the teams played without a game or play clock, and with on-field officials keeping time.
Randy Edwards, spokesman for New York State Electric and Gas, said the balloons’ metallic tails caused the power outage. Work crews switched the electricity to a second line, but it was also affected.