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I also agree that while the Favre INT was obviously the killer, Childress badly managed that drive.
I don't get this way of thinking. Yeah, you remove the turnovers and the Vikings win. Or, if Brees has anywhere close to a normal game for him, the Saints demolish them.
Bottom line is, Adrian Peterson is known as a fumbler. Brett Favre is known to throw interceptions at important moments. So it's not like either of them had distinctly uncharacteristic games. What was uncharacteristic were the other Vikings losing their shit, as well as the erratic throwing of Brees and a few costly late hit penalties that I don't think the Saints were known for. Hell, you take away a couple of those calls and the whole game could be different.
Both teams played like shit, and I don't think total yardage is somehow more relevant than being able to maintain control of the ball.
Neither team "deserved" the win. Their foolish mistakes cancelled each other out and one got luckier than the other.
even more annoyingly, he's a class act and good guy off the field as well.
He's been banging cocktail waitresses two at a time.Same used to be said of Tigger Woody, perhaps Peyton is banging 4 Phillipino hookers right now.
YouTube - T.V. shot to death after Saints beat the Redskins 33-30 in OT.
I feel like we get to shoot Brett Favre's Sears TV now, don't we? And run into it with helmets on?
He's been banging cocktail waitresses two at a time.
I watched it again. The only linebacker that was close enough to stop him jumped when Favre threw. If Favre pumped, that guy goes off his feet, and he'd definitely get five, probably more. Favre is running at almost full speed at this point, and that guy is not only not moving, but he's jumping. I'll bet he gets six or seven running towards the sideline.I'd say he probably advances about 5 yards from where he's standing, which is 4 yds behind the line of scrimmage, and he'd gain about 1 yard, leaving them roughly a 55 yd try.
He should have gunned it to the receiver on the sideline, who's defender is 3yds beyond him with his back to him, that would have probably gotten them to the 30 and a 47-48 yd attempt.
somewhere, at some point, favre will single handidly blow a huge game for the vikings. be it a huge regular season game to decide home field, or be it in overtime of the NFC championship game.
brett favre will, at some point, try to be brett favre. only he's not.
brett favre hasn't thrown the uber-hurtful interception yet this year. that's not good for the vikings. it will happen. it's a matter of when.
One right here. That was beautiful.
Favre's off-season schedule:
February 1: Retire again.
February 2- July 14: Sit on his tractor.
July 15 - August 1: Start mulling over un-retiring again.
August 2: Un-retire.
fun with past posts
09/09/09
11/29/2009
Childress says Tahi was twelfth man | ProFootballTalk.com
The most inexplicable moment during Minnesota's loss Sunday wasn't Adrian Peterson's last fumble, Bernard Berrian's fumble or Brett Favre's throw.
It was the 12-men on the field penalty called after a Brad Childress timeout with 19 seconds left. The Vikings head coach tried to explain after the game.
"We just had a fullback in there and we changed up and broke the huddle with 12," coach Brad Childress said. "You can't call back-to-back timeouts either. I thought we slipped up there."
The fullback was Naufahu Tahi, according to Yahoo's Mike Silver. But we hope Childress isn't trying to redirect blame to a player, because that is a brutal mistake by the coaching staff in a huge spot.
Silver was reminded of last season, when Vikings players said the team's sideline was in "total disarray" in their playoff loss to the Eagles.
Favre's interception will get the headlines, but we have more sympathy with a player trying to do too much. Coaches should be in control of the situation better.
Childress learned how to botch clock management from the master, Andy Reid. We thought the Vikings played far too conservatively leading up to the penalty, draining the clock to set up a long field goal at a time when the Vikings offense was pushing a tired Saints defense around. (The Vikings had 82 plays to 45 before overtime.)
We feel for Vikings players and fans this morning, but less so for Childress. He let them down.
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holmgren leaving also happened to go hand in hand with favre getting old, which is the real reason for his INTs... he tries to be the old brett favre, but in reality he's just old brett favre. see what i did there?
I particularly liked his "aw shucks" reaction after he threw that pick.
I'll try to quit bashing the guy, even if he earned it. I'm more than pleased with his successor.
I Move in Mysterious Ways said:At some point, every coach seems to completely lose control of Favre. Holmgren seemed to keep a pretty tight leash on the guy, hence two Super Bowl appearances. Once Holmgren skipped town, the interceptions and playoff chokes continued to pile up.
2001: 6 INTS (!!) against the Rams
2002: 2 INTS and a fumble againt the Falcons
2003: After the 4th and 26 disaster, Favre inexplicably chucks one straight up for grabs. One of the stupidest passes I've ever seen.
2004: 4 INTS against the Vikings
2007: 2 INTS against the Giants, including the one that handed them the win.
okay.....
Now wait a minute, i thought you were going to quit bashing the guy Sure the first post was almost a month ago so you have showed some restraint. And i realize you Wisconsin folks basically won your super bowl last night. But you really gotta let this stuff go. Your starting to sound like a 13 year old girl in here (my apologies if you really are a 13 year old girl)
okay.....
Now wait a minute, i thought you were going to quit bashing the guy Sure the first post was almost a month ago so you have showed some restraint. And i realize you Wisconsin folks basically won your super bowl last night. But you really gotta let this stuff go. Your starting to sound like a 13 year old girl in here (my apologies if you really are a 13 year old girl)
Seriously, Favre really needs to retire, for good this time. Then he needs to go back to Wisconsin or Green Bay and "mend some fences", assuming he wouldn't get shot for stepping foot on hallowed ground. Maybe he could dontate a huge chunk of money to a childrens' hospital in Green Bay or build a school or do something really expensive and charitable. I'm actually serious about this too, he can afford it, and it would go a long way (at least i think) to restoring some of the good will he used to enjoy and maybe erase some of the pain and hurt he caused all of the good folks of Green Bay and the state of Wisconsin.
i do agree with your 2nd paragraph though. it would be a good PR move for Favre. the good folks of Green Bay are pretty forgiving though. whether Favre mends fences or not, i'll still cheer him when his jersey is retired at Lambeau.
as someone who works with a ton of wisconsonites and packer fans i must say that i do find them to be pretty fucking nuts.