Big Packer fan living in the twin cities checking in…
For as much as I bleed green and gold for the Pack, and as much as I admire Favre and thank him for years of division championships, he’s not at his prime anymore.
And I agree that these announcers give him WAY too much credit. They play Houston for gosh sakes, and all he can pull off is one touchdown? They were lucky to get the win. I sat through the first 3 quarters yelling “Dammit Favre, just get a first down for god’s sake.”
And sorry to say Diog , neither the Pack or the Vikes are going all the way this year. The Pack will run out of gas in some playoff game not being able to put anything togther, and the Vikes will choke miserably like they always do, even with Moss.
The thing is, I don’t feel animosity to Favre. The Packers, yes, but not Favre personally. If you’re a football fan you have to appreciate Brett Favre. You couldn’t ask for a better leader on the field, no one has more heart, he’s got one of the all time great cannons and his streak is incredible. I would rank him as one of the top 5 QB’s of all time and I hate that he plays for the Packers. I also agree that he doesn’t seem like an asshole and doesn’t project a huge ego.
Still, those announcers were waayy overdoing it last night, especially since Favre was having a subpar game and David Carr actually played better than he did. This was most keenly illustrated when Carr scrambled out of trouble and shoveled the ball ahead to an outlet guy for a decent gain. What did McGuire say?
“He did a Favre. That’s what Favre always does” :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
…Still, those announcers were waayy overdoing it last night, especially since Favre was having a subpar game and David Carr actually played better than he did. …/QUOTE]
Not true.
Favre was 33 of 50, 383 yards, 66% completion rate, 7.7 yds/attempt, 2 ints.
Carr was 13 of 26, 164 yards, 50% completion rate, 6.3 yds/attempt, 0 ints.
Each had on TD pass.
Favre drove his team down into FG range, and they won. He didn’t have Green to balance his offense.
Favre was sub-par? Maybe. But Carr in no way played a better game than Favre. Unless of course you count Carr’s hip haircut.
Lippin’ his schlong football-wise apparently wasn’t enough.
At one point, I think it was Theisman said (to this effect), “I wish every person in America could sit down with Brett Favre and just have a conversation with him. He has so much to teach about life.”
Oh my f’n god.
He’s now our personal savior OUTSIDE of football too.
They’ve gone WAY TOO FAR with the Favre-love.
I’ll admit it’s pretty bad with Ray Ray, too. I just don’t like that announcing team very much anyway.
Gotta agree booka, plus Favre also had a scramble in which he picked up a crucial first down late in the game. Carr did most of his damage in the first half when the game was not on the line. Favre took over in the third and fourth quaters. It helped that we intalled a speedier secondary (including the linebackers) in the second half to cover the Houston recievers, basically negating Carr.
Houston could not move the ball in the second half and their defense was on the field too much. A bad combo.
Another note. Both of Favres picks were essentially punts. Put the other team in poor field position and they didn’t score off of them. One of the picks was on third and long and the Pack would have ended up punting anyway.
Farve racked up the attempts and yards because his team had nothing else going. I’d say the 1:2 TD:INT ratio makes Carr’s performance the better, though neither were great.
Ya - I guess you’re right. Just because Favre had to essentially pick up the entire offense in order to win the game (which he did) in no way intimates that he had a better game than Carr. Indeed - Carr was the better quarterback that night, and I don’t know how I got confused. :rolleyes:
During the time that the worst of the #4 lovefest was going on, Houston built a 13-3 lead and Favre threw two interceptions. During the first half of the game, Favre was getting outplayed by Carr. The comeback hadn’t started yet while the knob polishing was at its most vigorous.
Oh, get over yourself. I just stated my opinion. What was the score again?
Despite the yardage numbers, the Pack wasn’t some offensive juggernaut that rolled over Texas. Remember how they needed a last-second field goal to win it, or was I imagining things?
Carr didn’t put up gaudy numbers, but he put up effective numbers, and didn’t (repeatedly) give the other side opportunities to score. The fact that for the last couple minutes Favre managed to get his thumb out of his ass and quit handing Texas the ball doesn’t necessarily mean he had the better night.
Farve was his usual self–picked it up and moved his team, sometimes, when the game was on his shoulders, and also made some mistakes that would have cost his team the game against a better opponent.
He’s an amazing passer with often terrible judgement. Let’s not forget that this “modern legend” has only won a single Super Bowl, and that’s creeping up towards a decade ago.
Seems to me that for all but his best few years, he’s been just as likely to sink his team as save it. If you’re going to sit there and say that their success is all his and their failure is all someone else’s, feel free. I’ll just smile calmly over here.
Favre is a great player. He will justifably make the Hall of Fame his first year of eligibility and I can think of few, if any, other quarterbacks I would like to have in a two-minute drill, especially among quarterbacks playing today. That said, Favre is not the only player to have a lost a parent, he is probably not the only player who has a wife with breast cancer, and I agree completely that broadcasters need to stop acting like Favre is the second coming of Christ.
Oh, Dio. I beg of you not to watch MNF next week. Madden and Michaels were starting the lovefest last night. I fear you will suffer a complete meltdown should you watch any amount of the game against the Rams.
Find something to rant about Bush that night and stay away from the tv from 8-11.
Favre has a lot of strengths, but I never thought that about him.
I’d take Brady over him in the two-minute drill in a second, as well as Manning. Then, I’d put Favre on a level with a lot of other guys.
I still think of games of his like the playoff game at St. Louis where he destroyed GBs chances, the game they lost in the SNOW at Lambeau field to the Falcons.
He lost a game against Denver in the Superbowl they were expected to win.
Not to mention that terrible interception against Philly in overtime in the playoffs last year.
I’ll remember Favre as a guy who was tough as nails, and a guy you could build a team around, but as a pressure player or a guy that I would put in when I absolutely needed a win. . .there are a lot of other guys I’d take first.
I think the media should take a good long break from sucking Favre’s cock and move on for a while to sucking Roethlisberger’s cock.
It will take until at least the end of this season before Steeler fans get sick of that, and everyone else in the country benefits by not having to hear about Brett Favre for a while.
i don’t have cable, so didn’t see the game/hear the shlong-sucking. I bet they were over the top sunday night because they don’t see him and broadcast him every week. They only get one game a year and had to wrap it all into that one broadcast and do somethig to entertain the sunday night fans. Monday nights aren’t that bad i’m betting, they get him 3/year. Sunday afternoons, you don’t hear the adulations as much. You hear them, and they are deserved, but not like they did on sunday I bet.
They’re also selling a product. The star of the team is who they are selling, all broadcasts and sports do it. Kobe vs. Shaq, Michael vs Larry, Jeter and the Yankees, TigerTigerTiger, Beckham and … Do you think they’re going to lead off with a spot on David Carr?? Ryan Longwell?
200 straight games at qb, 35 years old, of course he isn’t what he was. Who would be. He does do some things that make you want to wring his neck, but more often he does things like he did against the Giants, get knocked silly, sits on the bench, then puts himself in against doctors orders on 4th and 4 and heaves a ball to the end zone for a touchdown, then goes and sits on the bench with a concussion for the rest of the game-barely remembers it. Today, I’m thankful i’ve been able to watch him for the last dozen or so years.
Just thought you all should know, yesterday was Brett Favre day in Wisconsin and the Packers crushed the Rams. Favre had a great game, - DTC.
And the announcers licked his knob, I wouldn’t go so far as to say they sucked it, they merely licked.
