Like just about everyone yesterday, I was sitting in front of the TV watching football. I have been one of the biggest Brett haters to ever live, but watching the 40 year old yesterday was pretty impressive. I know everyone wants to jump on board of the sinking ship and say that he costs the Vikings the game, but I certainly did not see that. Yes his season ended with an interception, just like it has in his last two stops, but the guy was pretty much brilliant for the rest of the day. The Saints were the first team all year to consistently beat the Vikings line, and put Brett on his back. Some of those shots were brutal, but he kept on going out there and picking up first downs and leading touchdown drives even though every skill player on the team kept putting the ball on the turf. The game should have been out of reach well before that final drive that he will no doubt have to live with forever. That last play he seemed to have plenty of options. Hit the back out of the backfield for 7 yards, take off running for close to the same, or just throw the ball away and give your kicker a 2/10 shot at hitting a game winning 55 yard field goal. Brett chose none of these options and tried threading the needle to his go to receiver. The pass gets picked off, and the Minnesota miracle died where it started. No multiple super bowls for Brett Favre, no first Superbowl for the Vikings, and Packer fans everywhere can breath a collective sigh of relief.
It would be easy to jump on Favre's back after the loss, but he did more than enough to lead that team to victory. They opened the game with a dominate run game, but fumbles and a decision by the coaching staff to throw 65% of the time, put the game on Brett's shoulders. He answered the call all game until that last drive. In all reality what made him one of the top five greatest players ever to play the game, probably cost him a chance at winning 3 or 4 Superbowl's. He had no fear to make any throw at any time, and that made him great, but as Packer, Jets, and now Viking fans know, it also will break your heart. I would like to see him comeback, just not for my team, as I don't think there is any doubt he can still play the game at a high level. But just know you have to live with the good and the bad, when you have Brett Favre at the helm.
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The only thing that bothers me about the venom from Packers fans is the "that's the real Brett, ripping your hearts out with the big pick, that's what he does" bullshit. I fully understand cheering against him, and wanting the Vikings to lose. That makes sense.
What I don't understand is basically claiming that Brett's legacy is to always disappoint his team's fans. Fuck off. What do Packers fans have to feel good about over the past 40 years if it wasn't Brett Favre leading them to the playoffs several times, winning a couple of NFC championships and one Big One? The Vikings fans DON'T know what that's like and maybe they never will.
Case in point: Even the jsonline website headline is "Oops, Same Old Brett."
Fuck you, you self-entitled pansy fucksticks.
Worse: these same pussy-assed, emotionally crumbling pricks will be the first in line to kiss his ass when goes into the Hall as a Packer, and they'll all take credit for being the "greatest fans" in Brown County. Blow me.
Tk,
I agree, if you think Favre's legacy will be letting his team down, then you dont know shit about football. This guy has been simple amazing over his career. I mean he is a top five qb no matter which way you slice it and that will be his legacy to me. I dont understand ripping him following this loss, because he played really well besides the last play of the game. The bitter resentment towards Favre that Packer fans show is one of my all time favorite ironies. The Packers went from one of the greatest qbs of all time to now having one of the best up and coming qbs in the game. How many teams wouldnt love to be in that position? I can understand why they want to see him lose I always want to see him lose, but to think that his time in Minnesota did anything but confirm his standing as one of the games greatest if foolish IMO.
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