Minny Was So Much Better: Favre Blows Abother Big Game

floridagolfer · 01-25-10, 07:53 AM

Originally posted by ranman92

I totally agree with that horrible clock mismanagement they never should have been facing a 3rd and 15 at the 37 yardline with 19 seconds left. The bad coaching there was totally amazing. The looked like they were in a trance the last minute of the game. The favre int was setup before the play even started. Favre maybe the toughest son of a bitch to ever play the game. 40 years old and to take that kind of punishment showed unbelievable toughness by Brett.

I certainly will second the notion that there were a lot of bad decisions by Minny in the last minute. Clock management was atrocious, like they'd never spent a minute all season practicing that kind of situation, and the play-calling was suspect even before Favre's god-awful decision to throw that third-down pass. How in the hell do you get called for 12 guys in the huddle? All in all, there's plenty of different directions to spread the blame.

paco · 01-25-10, 08:46 AM

Who dat who dat who dat

SBR_John · 01-25-10, 09:21 AM

Did not have a bet so was pulling for my fellow southern team the Saints. But by the end of the game I was pulling Vikings. They played so much harder. Made a zillion mistakes and still nearly won.

These are the games if you are a Vikings fan you never recover from. You take this scar to your grave. Reminds me when Pitt beat Dallas 35-31 in the Superbowl thanks to a last minute phantom pass interfernce call. That was like 30 years ago. Real fans don't get over these.

paco · 01-25-10, 09:22 AM

Who dat who dat who dat

blue chip · 01-25-10, 09:31 AM

Blame Favre? Blame the f..... guys who fumbled the ball the whole game. Minny dominated statistically due to the arm of BF. Everytime NO went up a TD a beaten down Favre drove those guys back down the field.

jhack704 · 01-25-10, 10:08 AM

doesnt matter like i said all the stuff before the fact is he blew it

ShamsWoof10 · 01-25-10, 10:56 AM

Give me a break with this "Farve blaming"... They were lucky to be in the game... A road team comes in and turns the ball over that much NOT COUNTING the fumbles they didn't lose... Farve wasn't the 12th man on the field either on that 3rd down flag... This is a team game in case you "sports talk show" repeaters haven't realized it yet... They made mistakes as a team not just one guy...

You guys are "sports talk radio" without a doubt... They spend a few minutes talking about football being a team game then the rest of the week taking a guy (flavor of the week) and talking about what "HE" has or has not done...

What I found funny this week was Farve said "I had to remind people that I have played in the Super Bowl twice and I even won one and they'll go... really..?" hahaha If I was Brett I would be irritated with fans by now...

whatsgood5 · 01-25-10, 10:57 AM

Without Favre, they weren't a playoff team though

KKoz9 · 01-25-10, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by whatsgood5

Was a stupid throw, but this can't be pinned on him. All those turnovers are what fukked them over

Doesn't matter, his stupid decision DIRECTLY cost them a chance at very makeable field goal to win.

Let the 6 months of "will he retire or not?" talk begin...UGGH, GAG, PUKE

SexyMit · 01-25-10, 12:00 PM

They had 5 turnovers, how was that much better then New Orleans? They had BS penalties on New Orleans that kept 2 scoring drives alive, that they had stopped on 3rd down. This game shouldn't have even been close with 5 turnovers.

bettilimbroke999 · 01-25-10, 12:01 PM

Favre played great, had he not thrown that INT it would've been a 57 yrd FG, granted he prolly coulda picked up 7 on the ground if he'd run it and made it a 50 yarder but even that would've been very tough, if Favre throws incomplete there its the same as an INT no way is Longwell gonna put it through from nearly 60 yards

ShamsWoof10 · 01-25-10, 12:29 PM

Originally posted by bettilimbroke999

Favre played great, had he not thrown that INT it would've been a 57 yrd FG, granted he prolly coulda picked up 7 on the ground if he'd run it and made it a 50 yarder but even that would've been very tough, if Favre throws incomplete there its the same as an INT no way is Longwell gonna put it through from nearly 60 yards

Yeah I agree completely and as you said even without the penalty assuming they didn't get anything on the next down the FG would have been from 52 on the RIGHT HASH... What most people don't realize is it was a tie game so with the ball being on the 42 IF HE MISSES it's not a given a FG would have been attempted...

The Farve drama could start again and may be what the "fluffers" use to keep our attention hard until the next scene.. I mean season....

KKoz9 · 01-25-10, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by bettilimbroke999

Favre played great, had he not thrown that INT it would've been a 57 yrd FG, granted he prolly coulda picked up 7 on the ground if he'd run it and made it a 50 yarder but even that would've been very tough, if Favre throws incomplete there its the same as an INT no way is Longwell gonna put it through from nearly 60 yards

Quit rationalizing and being a Favre apologist...he cost his team a chance at a makeable FG to win (50 yarder is more than makeable for a pro kicker).

Romo makes that play = biggest choker in the history of NFL

FadeCommonSense · 01-25-10, 01:07 PM

He got them so far. Single handedly winning the 49ers game. There are other games he is the sole reason they won so I would give him the respect he deserves. Now if he holds the Vikings hostage like a normal Brett favre off season, I will not give him any respect for his play at all

bettilimbroke999 · 01-25-10, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by KKoz9

Quit rationalizing and being a Favre apologist...he cost his team a chance at a makeable FG to win (50 yarder is more than makeable for a pro kicker).

Romo makes that play = biggest choker in the history of NFL

In looking at the replay now I have to agree with you, he had the field wide open hell he could've just about picked up the 15 but at least 10 if running towards the sideline, would've put them at the 28 for a 46 yrd FG, whether or not Longwell would've made it remains to be seen but clearly this was a terrible decision by Favre, I didnt realize until lookin at the replay just how wide open the field was for Favre to run, wtf was he thinkin?

teaserpleaser · 01-25-10, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by whatsgood5

Without Favre, they weren't a playoff team though

come on man

beerman2619 · 01-25-10, 01:10 PM

actually kids the ball was on the 35 when Farve thru the interception. That is a 52 yard field goal in a dome well with in longwell's range.

SBR_John · 01-25-10, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by beerman2619

actually kids the ball was on the 35 when Farve thru the interception. That is a 52 yard field goal in a dome well with in longwell's range.

Was that after the 5 yard penalty for 12 men in the huddle? I think it was actually on the 40 but even that is makeable in a dome. He should have tucked it and ran for 3-5 yards.

bettilimbroke999 · 01-25-10, 01:23 PM

Look at the replay hell even his receiver down the right side line was wide open for 10-15 yrds, Favre had tons of time as well just apparently was completely blind to the right side, I've been pulled over to the Favre choke side

jayroy25 · 01-25-10, 01:27 PM

misewell call him donavan mcnabb

ShamsWoof10 · 01-25-10, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by beerman2619

actually kids the ball was on the 35 when Farve thru the interception. That is a 52 yard field goal in a dome well with in longwell's range.

Excuse me???? "WELL WITHIN" his range..? The ONLY NFL kicker that you can say that about is C_Bas... Since we are talking about Farve and no one else making mistakes then that penalty for too many men STANDS there is no what if that didn't happen... So it's simple if Brett throws the ball away it's a 57 yarder...

HOW MANY HERE WOULD HAVE TRIED A 57 Yard FG from the RIGHT HASH MARK ??? Keep in mind if he misses the ball is on the 47 yard line for the Saints with plenty of time to get a FG...

alka07 · 01-25-10, 03:48 PM

they should have throw on 1 down and 2 down and run on 3 down mistake by coach

ShamsWoof10 · 01-25-10, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by SBR_John

Was that after the 5 yard penalty for 12 men in the huddle? I think it was actually on the 40 but even that is makeable in a dome. He should have tucked it and ran for 3-5 yards.

Keep in mind that he twisted his ankle late in the 3rd Q and it did not look like a minor twist with him pounding the table on the sideline in pain...

morocca · 01-25-10, 04:07 PM

vegas was determined not to lose that moneyline bet on MIN

jram68 · 01-25-10, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Unreal

Turnovers

He just had to run and the field was wide open

Peterson blew it, not Favre

Chuck Sims · 01-25-10, 04:22 PM

The Vikings were in the process of a game winning drive when the head coach got conservative when Minn reached the Saints 32 yd line. Instead of passing to improve their field position, they just run the ball and then the penalty on 3rd down put them into a passing situation.

Coach Childress(idiot) in the post game news conference said they were going to run the ball on 3rd down too, setting up a 50 yd FG if the run went nowhere. His loser mentality reasoning was that he did not want to give the Saints back the ball with time on the clock if Minn threw incomplete passes.

What is with these loser coaches that think 50 yd FG's are chip shots? Its a 50% chance of making the kick at that distance for godsakes. I had Vikings +4 so I am financially happy but I wanted Favre in the super bowl against Manning. What a gamethat would be!

Mr Handicapable · 01-25-10, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by whatsgood5

Without Favre, they weren't a playoff team though

Wrong...they made the playoffs last year w/Tavaris Jackson...which means they could make the playoffs w/anyone at QB! Prob the most talented team in the NFC!

Busterflywheel · 01-25-10, 05:46 PM

Originally posted by floridagolfer

I certainly will second the notion that there were a lot of bad decisions by Minny in the last minute. Clock management was atrocious, like they'd never spent a minute all season practicing that kind of situation, and the play-calling was suspect even before Favre's god-awful decision to throw that third-down pass. How in the hell do you get called for 12 guys in the huddle? All in all, there's plenty of different directions to spread the blame.

I agree..Im starting to think alot of the posters on this forum did not watch the game or have been watching espn to much..