Favre Says Gruden Tried Hard to Get Him to Tampa

CLEVELAND--The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are saying they never made a serious effort to trade for Brett Favre.

Favre is telling another story.

When talking this evening about the sales job that Jets General Manger Mike Tannenbaum did to convince him to play in New York, Favre mentioned the conversations that he'd had with Buccaneers Coach Jon Gruden, who'd once worked with Favre as a Packers assistant.

"Jon Gruden, I tip my hat to him, too," Favre said. "It was a long time ago when we were working together. But he sold me as well."

Perhaps the Buccaneers' attempts to minimize their efforts to trade for Favre are an effort to repair their relationship with Jeff Garcia, who would have been supplanted as the starting quarterback in Tampa if Favre had gone there instead.

By Mark Maske |  August 7, 2008; 10:30 PM ET  | Category:  Buccaneers
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