BOOMER CALLS OUT “HORRENDOUS” THROWS BY FAVRE

In a Monday morning interview on WEEI radio in Boston, former NFL quarterback and current WFAN radio host Boomer Esiason said that Jets fans currently are “not happy with Brett Favre.” Esiason described some of Favre’s recent interceptions as “horrendous,” and that he looks like he’s struggling in the Jets offense. In a few cases, Esiason believes that Favre was “completely just throwing the ball up and hoping” that a teammate would catch it. Boomer cited the fact that Favre is older than his head coach as a reason for Eric Mangini’s difficulties in controlling Favre. At one point, Boomer suggested (jokingly, we think) that Mangini might not have had a job on Monday if receiver Laveranues Coles hadn’t made a bobbling, one-handed catch on a fade-stop-style route for the game-winning score. Here’s something that isn’t a joke -- if the currently 4-3 Jets don’t make it to the playoffs, neither Favre nor Mangini are likely to return in 2009.