Could that game have ended in any other fashion considering the Brett Favre love affair that was going on in the ESPN broadcast booth last night? Deanna Favre sits in for a quarter and Tony Kornholio, as PFT likes to call him was drooling all over the booth. For Favre to deliver in such an exhilarating fashion was almost storybook. If anybody has had a career made for Hollywood, it’s Brett Favre. To be doing this at his age is simply unbelievable. Favre is once again proving that although Brady and Manning are lighting things up, Brett Favre is still the face of the NFL. And when he does what he did yesterday, the monster continues to grow. I love it.
Granted, all the Packers did was win a non-conference road game, it wasn’t the Super Bowl or didn’t clinch the division title or even a playoff berth. It did give the Packers a little more respect and keep them in first place in the NFC North over the surprising Detroit Lions. A game I thought the Packers would lose they won with great defense and a golden arm. If Favre stays healthy the Packers may well indeed be a factor in the NFC this year.
Yesterday’s win was a huge one for the Packers not only in the standings but in their heads. Head coach Mike McCarthy has this team finding a way to stay in games when things look bad and then making something happen when the opportunities arise. I am very impressed and promise to not be so negative in future game blogs. This team circles the wagons like old Buffalo Bills of the late 80s, early 90s. I hate to jinx them but I feel good about the Packers chances in Kansas City next week. The Chiefs are woeful on offense but have a fairly good defense. Arrowhead Stadium is another stadium that I’m sure Brett Favre has never won in. How sweet it would be to beat both the Broncos and Chiefs back-to-back and come home to face the hapless Vikings.
Things are looking good in Packer land, but like the players hopefully do, lets take it one game at a time. And lets all enjoy the brilliance that is Brett Favre. While it seems a given at this time that Favre will be back for another year, leave it to Favre to up and retire after a great year.
Yesterday’s win will long be remembered. Brett Favre, at 38-years old carrying a young team on his shoulders and guiding the Packers to a 6-1 record on Monday Night Football. The arrogance of Tom Brady, the whining of Peyton Manning, I’ll take Brett Favre every time. As Favre himself would say, “put ‘er in the ole’ vice!”