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Club likes Favre; players say he has to put in work

The owner and the general manager weren't willing to excuse the third-year coach's mistakes.

The blunders of the veteran quarterback were another story.

Both Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum emphatically stated during yesterday's announcement of the firing of Eric Mangini that they want Brett Favre back. Aside from the continual extolling of the coaching virtues of the man they had...

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