Yet he still led his team to the NFC championship game. Favre is a highly talented quarterback with questionable judgment. I think most people have known that since his first couple years. Potent, but reckless.
Why aren't you angry at the 13th Viking in the huddle that forced Favre to pass to get back into field goal range? That last pass was like walking out of a finals exam, only to be stopped at the door and asked if you remembered to finish the back side of the last page. Get as mad as you want, but that was not a good situation for any quarterback to be in.
Why are you surprised about the pass interference call when the pass defender didn't turn his head to see the ball? They call that almost every time if the defender looks like he got run down even a little. I see the point about it being an uncatchable pass, but it was awfully close for a throwaway pass.
Still, I thought it was a great game.
Yeah, I mean... I'm sure I'm just being stupid about it... but the games I've seen him in, he's seemed a lot more reckless than good. Mind you I'm neither a Green Bay fan nor a Minnesota one... so I don't have all that much of a sample size.
That huddle penalty was absolutely ridiculous, too. Either the coaches fucked up really bad, or one of the players did... but that's just sloppy playing.
I also didn't find the pass interference
too blatant. If the defender isn't watching the ball, and the receiver goes down, you're probably in trouble. That's just one of those things that... well, it's the equivalent of helmet to helmet on roughing the quarterback. You might get mad at them for being "light" hits, to get a penalty like roughing the passer called, but it is a call the refs make consistently. Maybe they should just rename it or something.
From what I heard from friends, though, it sounded like they thought the pass interference was a make-up call, because the saints supposedly got fucked over on some flag the drive before, which let the vikings tie it in the first place. Sadly I had gone to see a movie and missed that part of the game, but the general consensus among the 5-6 people watching was that the vikings wouldn't have had the chance to tie the game if the refs had been fair earlier... so when the questionable pass interference came up, they sort of *shrugged* and said while they weren't sure if it was a legitimate call, they suspected it was just a make up call. Again, I dunno if that's true or not, because I didn't see the flag they were talking about... but take it or leave it.
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