Former Jets pass rusher Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre about NFL sack record grudge, ESPN doc shows

Former New York Jets All-Pro defensive lineman Mark Gastineau believes that Brett Favre took a dive when he allowed Michael Strahan’s in 2002 to pass him for the NFL’s single-season sack record. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Former New York Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau’s 20-plus year grudge against Brett Favre is on display in an upcoming ESPN documentary about “The New York Sack Exchange,” the dominant defensive line in the 1980s that featured Gastineau, Marty Lyons, Joe Klecko and the late Abdul Salaam.

Gastineau is shown confronting Favre at a Chicago sports memorabilia show last year and accusing him of giving New York Giants pass rusher Michael Strahan an easy sack in January of 2002 to break Gastineau’s single-season NFL record.

Favre and Gastineau shook hands and Favre mentioned how the two had met in the past.

“Yeah, right — when you fell down for [Strahan],” said Gastineau. “I’m going to get my sack back. I’m going to get my sack back, dude.”

A stunned Favre replied, “You probably would hurt me,” to which Gastineau shot back, “Well, I don’t care. You hurt me. You hurt me! You hear me?”

“Yeah, I hear you,” Favre said.

“You really hurt me. You really hurt me, Brett,” Gastineau said as Favre was led away by one of his handlers.

Gastineau’s feelings on sack record changed in 2020

Gastineau came onto the field at Giants Stadium in 2002 to congratulate Strahan for breaking the record. But in February 2020, he admitted to ESPN’s Rich Cimini that he wasn’t happy with what he believes was Favre taking a dive that day.

“It’s my record, and I want it to be known that it’s my record,” Gastineau said nearly five years ago. “I’m not going to say, ‘I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings.’ It’s my record. … Being nice and being a good sport, that’s good, but it’s not real. In fact, I’m kind of a liar in a way. I feel like there’s just something wrong.”

Responding to accusations that he gave Strahan an easy sack, Favre said after that game in 2002, “We didn’t lay down for…

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Publish date : 2024-12-10 17:15:00

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