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FAVRE: ‘I EXPECT US TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS’

No one is going to call him “Broadway Brett” yet, but Brett Favre showed his inner-Namath today when asked about the freefalling Jets’ playoff hopes.

“I expect us to make the playoffs,” Favre said. “I would hope that every guy in the locker room feels the same way. Why think any different?”

The past two weeks have done nothing to inspire confidence among Jets fans. Brutal losses at home to Denver and in San Francisco dented outsiders’ views of this team, but the players swear they have not lost their confidence.

The Jets still control their playoff destiny with three games remaining. At 8-5, they are tied with the Patriots and Dolphins atop the AFC East but would win the division if they don’t lose again.

Adding to the feeling of doom and gloom around this team is its franchise’s history. The Jets have made an art out of breaking hearts through the years. If this squad that started 8-3 fails to make the playoffs, it would rank right there alongside Al Groh’s 2000 disaster (lost final three games), the 1994 five-game slide that began with Dan Marino’s fake spike and ended Pete Carroll’s brief tenure, and Bruce Coslet’s swansong in 1993 (lost final three games – again).

“I’m aware of what’s happened here in the past for the most part,” Favre said. “But to be quite honest, I don’t care. I care about what’s happening in the next three weeks a I can’t control what happened in the past here.”