ESPN avoided a Favre story? PFT received a forwarded email from someone at ESPN who asked not to be identified. It’s a copy of the internal memo that was circulated with the hot news for the day. And near the story from Foxsports.com that said that Favre spend 60-90 minutes helping the Lions prepare for the Packers in Week 2, is the headline “DO NOT REPORT…DO NOT REPORT…” etc.

From the memo:

“Yesterday, FoxSports reported that Brett Favre spent 60 to 90 minutes before the Week Two game between the Lions and the Packers educating the Detroit coaching staff regarding the Packers’ offensive strategies. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY RELIABLE SOURCES THIS REPORT IS NOT TRUE. We did NOT report it yesterday. Today, the NFL responded to the report, saying even if Favre did this he did not break any league rules. We are NOT reporting it today, because that would mean airing the erroneous report. DO NOT REPORT IT.”

Ummmm…Favre has publicly denied that the report is true and Lions head coach Rod Marinelli refuses to comment. Nothing to see here? We doubt it. ESPN is being a jackass again.