Documentary to show tense Mark Gastineau-Brett Favre rift from '23 - ESPN

Former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau, who has carried a grudge against Brett Favre for two decades, confronted the Hall of Fame quarterback last year at a memorabilia show and accused him of deliberately taking a sack that cost Gastineau the NFL's single-season record.

It made for a tense and uncomfortable scene, captured on video. It appears in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary «The New York Sack Exchange,» which premieres 8 p.m. ET Friday (ESPN/ESPN+).

An angry Gastineau attended the Chicago-based memorabilia show with two other members of the Jets' «Sack Exchange,» a four-man defensive line that dominated the early 1980s. They approached an unsuspecting Favre at a table where the Green Bay Packers legend was signing autographs.

They shook hands. Favre mentioned how they had met once before.

«Yeah, right — when you fell down for him,» said Gastineau, alluding to former New York Giants star Michael Strahan — the record breaker. «I'm going to get my sack back. I'm going to get my sack back, dude.»

Favre looked bewildered.

«You probably would hurt me,» he said.

«Well, I don't care, Gastineau said, pointing at Favre. „You hurt me. You hurt me! You hear me?“

»Yeah, I hear you," Favre said.

«You really hurt me,» Gastineau shot back. «You really hurt me, Brett.»

At that point, Favre was escorted away by one of his handlers, leaving a seething Gastineau by himself. He was mic'd up by a camera crew, which was following him.

Gastineau was referring to the final game of the 2001 season, when Strahan broke Gastineau's single-season record with a controversial sack of Favre. With 22 sacks, Gastineau held the mark from 1984 to 2001. Many believe Favre went down on purpose so Strahan could break the record with 22.5.

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