 After negotiations with both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Jets , the Packers traded Favre to the Jets on August 7 , 2008 , in exchange for a conditional fourth @-@ round pick in the 2009 draft with performance escalation . Favre 's season with the Jets started well ; in week four of the 2008 season , he threw six touchdowns against the Arizona Cardinals , a personal best and one fewer than the NFL record . This performance led to him being selected as the FedEx Air Player of the Week . By Week 12 , the Jets had compiled an 8 – 3 record , including a win over the previously undefeated Tennessee Titans . However , the Jets lost four of the last five games of the season , including the final game against the Miami Dolphins , who had acquired Chad Pennington after he was released from the Jets to make room for Favre . In those five games , Favre threw eight interceptions and only two touchdown passes , bringing his season total to twenty @-@ two of each . Favre had complained of shoulder pain and had an MRI performed on December 29 , 2008 , which revealed a torn biceps tendon in his right shoulder . After the 2008 season had ended , in mid January 2009 , Favre told Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum , " it may be time to look in a different direction " regarding the quarterback position . On February 11 , 2009 , Favre informed the Jets that he was retiring after 18 seasons . He remained property of the New York Jets organization , until April 28 , 2009 , when the Jets released Favre from his contract , thus allowing him to sign anywhere he wanted . By May 2009 , he was officially cut from the Jets Reserve / Retired list . In September 2009 , Favre again made Jets news , as the NFL learned that the Jets were aware that Favre injured his arm in the eleventh game of the 2008 season , and fined the Jets $ 125 @,@ 000 for not reporting the injury in any of the Jets ' five final games . 
