Lots of football players, former football players and fans sent out congratulatory tweets to Peyton Manning after the Denver Broncos quarterback broke Brett Favre's career record for touchdown passes Sunday night.
But few of these messages were retweeted more than one humorous note written by Jenn Sterger, the woman to whom Favre was accused of sending pictures of his genitalia.
Hey Peyton, if that congratulatory text from "He who shall not be named" is an MMS... Prolly best to just delete that one.
— Jenn Sterger (@jennifersterger) October 20, 2014
Sterger was a "Gameday Host" for the New York Jets during Favre's brief stint with the team in 2008. While Favre admitted to sending Sterger suggestive voice mails, he never admitted to the photos. He was fined $50,000 for refusing to participate in the NFL's investigation of the incident.
The tweet from Sterger, who describes herself as a "comedian/actress/writer" and a "eucatastrophe in the works" in her Twitter bio, of course, suggests again that he did send her photos.
In addition to thousands of retweets and favorites, the tweet generated a few hilarious memes that Sterger apparently enjoyed:
@jennifersterger pic.twitter.com/J7c7VIowOg
— #DoitBig (@DeweyKevin) October 20, 2014
@jennifersterger pic.twitter.com/JQv2MyTexF
— Sarcastic Prick (@RlCHIE) October 20, 2014
Since the messages exchanged between Favre and Sterger were made public in 2010, she has left sports broadcasting and begun a new career in Los Angeles. She's spoken publicly about removing her breast implants, which she's called her "superhero costume," and pursuing a career as an actress. While she's left the broadcasting sphere, she still sends out lots of sports-related tweets to her more than 40,000 followers:
Adrian Petersons charity is gonna have about as high of a door to door success rate as a Jehovah's Witness.
— Jenn Sterger (@jennifersterger) October 7, 2014
Favre himself did congratulate Peyton with a much tamer message:
Well deserved Peyton. Congratulations on breaking my record. #Onto600 http://t.co/MEeffAlmeP
— Brett Favre (@Favre4Official) October 20, 2014
Sterger wasn't the only one to make noise while saluting Manning. Former Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes' backhanded compliment to the Broncos' quarterback earned the ire of many tweeters:
Congrats to Eli's brother for breaking the TD record. #elihas2 #peytonhas1 @giants @broncos
— Lawrence Tynes (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014
The facts are that you don't get rings for breaking records. You get them for winning championships. I could mention playoff records to
— Lawrence Tynes (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014
I get the kicker hate people. I get it. It was real easy being 1 of 32 people in the world who kicks in the NFL. #settledown #toughguys
— Lawrence Tynes (@lt4kicks) October 20, 2014