HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Brett Favre dropped back, looked downfield and launched a long spiral about 5 yards past his intended receiver. A few plays later, the Jets quarterback short-hopped a toss that thumped into the grass.
“I felt 38 today,” Favre said Wednesday after New York’s morning practice. “I’m not going to lie to you.”
Favre fired a few duds in his fifth practice since joining the Jets, saying his rocket right arm is a bit tired.
“My arm’s kind of dragging a little bit today,” Favre said. “It’s not really sore, but just fatigued. To be honest with you, I’m surprised that, I don’t want to say I feel good, that I’ve been able to make it through every practice so far.”
Favre, acquired from the Packers on Aug. 6, is set to start Saturday’s preseason game against the Redskins.
Footnotes.
Browns tight end Martin Rucker, a rookie who set Missouri’s reception record with 84 receptions for 834 yards and eight touchdowns last season, will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee and miss four to six weeks.
• Titans linebacker Ryan Fowler said he hasn’t heard from the league since requesting a meeting to address allegations he bought performance- enhancing drugs from a Texas- based steroids dealer in 2006, and he assumes no punishment is planned.
• The Cardinals signed Brandon Moore to a one-year contract and released fellow linebacker David Holloway.
• The Patriots signed cornerback Ade Jimoh, who missed last season with a broken collarbone. The Associated Press
