C'mon, admit it. When you saw Brett Favre fall awkwardly on his throwing arm after gift-wrapping that pick-six in the second quarter of the Jets' 24-17 loss to the Dolphins, you were hoping he was injured and wouldn't return to the ballgame. That, like an aging, ill dog, he would be put to sleep and the misery (for all of us) would finally end.

Instead, Favre played on. But the Jets won't. Even if they had won the ballgame, it wouldn't have mattered, as Baltimore beat the Jaguars to clinch the AFC's last playoff spot. (If you're looking for a silver lining, at least the Pats didn't make the playoffs.)

Favre completed just half his passes, throwing for one touchdown against three picks. The 39 year old finished the season with two touchdown passes and nine interceptions in his last five ballgames. Now, let's just hope that's how he finished his career.

Seriously. Watching the Jets this month has been an exercise in the cruelest kind of torture. Everytime Favre dropped back to pass, I held my breath. The wheels -- or in this case, the arm -- had come off. And I have to wonder ... why wasn't Kellen Clemens given a shot?

Yes, I know Favre's the soon-to-be Hall of Famer and Clemens is, well, Kellen Clemens. I know everyone was hoping -- praying -- that Favre would regain his mojo at some point in December. But as the weeks passed, it became obvious that this man had lost "it," and "it" wasn't coming back. He was what he was: a 39 year old playing a young man's game; a gunslinger carrying a starter's pistol into a shootout. And he even hinted he may have been playing hurt. Really, what did the Jets have to lose? I'm just throwing it out there.

Now I'm not going to say the Jets made the wrong decision by bringing Favre in and getting rid of Chad Pennington. Jets fans were tired of Pennington's tired arm and I believe Chad benefited from the change of scenery. Favre was worth the risk. But you have to know when to pull the plug.

Favre needs to retire and stay retired. I don't care what his MRI says on Monday. (And honestly, if he has been playing hurt all these weeks, wasn't that pretty selfish of him to keep playing and not get his shoulder checked out?)

Also, Eric Mangini needs to be shown the door. This collapse was inexcusable. At the very least, Schottenheimer and Sutton should not be brought back. The offense became unbelievably predictable and the defense played soft down the stretch.

Okay, enough about the Jets. Thank you for letting me vent.

The Giants lose to the Vikings, 20-19, in a game that doesn't really matter for the G-Men.

The Knicks shuffle their starting lineup, but still fall to the Nuggets, 117-110.