The Green Bay Fog: There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool

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Excerpt: On October 10th, Brett Favre will turn 40 years old. In the grand scheme, Favre is still a young man since 40 is the new 30 or some nonsense like that. In football years, Favre is an old dog up to his old tricks. Just ask the 49ers, who watched the old dog snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat in week three. The roller coaster ride that has been Brett Favre's career the last few years makes me believe the old adage that there is no fool like an old fool. Unable to make a decision, making decisions out of...

The Metrodome Miracle: I’ll Never Forget Your Play, Brent

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Excerpt: Minnesota has never seen a performance at the quarterback postition like the one Brett Favre gave them Sunday. They'll likely never see another one like it after Number Four is finally retired for good, either. I'm not talking about the stat line, even though it wasn't bad—26-46 / 301 yards / two TDs/ 1 INT.  I'm not talking about his yardage, his QB rating, his TD/INT ratio, or even his team's total offensive production against the San Fransisco 49ers. I'm talking about the punishment he absorbed from the first series to the last, and the resolve he showed to win.  Brett Favre left his guts on...

Jared Allen, Riding On Favre’s Coattails [Satire]

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Excerpt: Repudiating an Tarkenton-esque existence of shameful embarrassment, Jared Allen today renounced his former bad attitude and finally acknowledged the fact that the Minnesota Vikings are, in fact, for real."I'm the angriest DE in the League. But I was, totally like, 'Favre has got to show himself.' Now I know, I have some catching-up to do," Allen said, after nearly breaking down in tears, following a berating by Twin Cities reporters, all of whom questioned the venerable psycho's almost complete lack of accumulated statistics, three weeks into the 2009 National Football League season."It's almost...the dude got a lucky sack,"...

Brett Favre Proves He Still Has the Fourth Quarter Magic

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Excerpt: As I sat in the Edward Jones Dome Sunday afternoon and watched the Green Bay Packers beat the hapless St. Louis Rams, I couldn’t stop a wandering eye from glancing up at the far side of the building. There on the ring of honor, beside Rams greats like Marshall Faulk and Merlin Olsen, and other St. Louis football icons like Dan Dierdorf, were digital displays providing scores and stats from around the league. Packers fans delighted in seeing the Minnesota Vikings trailing San Francisco late at home. Former Packers quarterback Brett Favre was having a yeoman’s day, completing 50 percent of his...

What We Learned: NFL Week Three

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Excerpt: By Ryan of The Sportmeisters Week Three had some major upsets, and a few tricks thrown in as well. Let’s take a look back at some of the big stories.   That Old Favre Magic Two weeks into the NFL season, and Brett Favre has done little more than manage a game, a task either of his backups could do, and still make them 2-0. They do have one of the top NFL running backs in Adrian Peterson. However, Favre was finally called on in the fourth quarter against San Francisco, and boy, did he deliver. With 89 seconds to go, the Vikings were...

Minnesota’s Miracle at the Metrodome Can’t Mask Vikings’ Flaws

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Excerpt: Brett Favre, you magnificent graybeard, you've done it again. You completed barely 50 percent of your passes. You threw ducks that should've been intercepted; you threw an interception. You missed receivers, you settled for field goals, and you looked like the aging fighter most people pegged you as. And absolutely nobody cares about that now, because you won. With 1:29 on the clock and no timeouts, Favre led the Vikings 80 yards for a game-winning touchdown the whole world has seen by now. Journeyman Greg Lewis—who was signed for special teams purposes and was only playing because Percy Harvin was exhausted—made the catch...

Favre Experiment Already a Success? Still Too Early To Judge

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Excerpt: After Brett Favre orchestrated the 'Drive of the Decade' to cap off one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent Minnesota Vikings history, many former critics are now calling Brad Childress' Favre experiment a success.  I say that it's ludicrous to judge the success or failure of Favre's tenure with the Vikings after Week Three.  First, I will point out that I never was a critic of the Vikings picking up Favre.  I thought it was a big gamble, but I never thought it was a bad move. With the seemingly perfect mix of talent and experience, the Vikings window of opportunity to get to the Super Bowl is...

Comeback Kid: Brett Favre’s Ten Best Moments

Brett Favre is back, for good or ill. Once again, Favre's late game heroics have propelled him to the forefront of the NFL - maybe not as a fantasy option, maybe not as a statistics darling - but as the gutsy, gritty game-winner we've known him as for the past 17 years (and counting). On the heels of another fourth quarter comeback, let's take a look at ten of the best moments in Brett Favre's career.

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Brett Favre’s $12 Million Buys a Storybook Ending and Nightmares for NFC North

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Excerpt: Eighty-nine seconds to play, eighty yards to go, no timeouts, and down by four.Does Sage Rosenfels get the job done in that situation? I don’t know. Does Tarvaris Jackson dance away from the pass rush and throw a perfect strike to Greg Lewis in the back of the end zone? I have my doubts.But Brett Favre sure does. If you were wondering why the Vikings are paying Favre $12 million to hand off to Adrian Peterson, you got your answer Sunday. The 49ers had Peterson under control, limiting Minnesota to a whopping two first downs on the ground. They had...

The Tainted Legacy: Brett Favre’s No Longer a Threat

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Excerpt: Retirement is supposed to be a great time in a athlete's life. Sure it's hard to give up playing a game they played and loved for years. Their teams, coaches, opponents, and fans all get to reflect upon and show appreciation for a long career. I never was a fan of players who came out of retirement. Jordan. Magic. Roger Clemens and Alonzo Mourning to name a few who came back. Jordan sort of cheapened his legacy when he went to the Wizards approaching 40 years old. However at that point it was the ultimate challenge of going to a team...