The Ballad of a Broken Man: Is This Really Brett Favre's End?

Andy Hutchins, your an idiot!!! Seriously, they call you guys experts but you dont weigh the facts, yea, his pick was costly but what about the sluggish vikings D, or APs MANY fumbles? You know who lost that game? THE TEAM. I wish all these Favre Haters would shut the H*** up and realize if it wasnt for him, this team wouldnt have made it this far.

Brett Favre has been a good player. And I think he will make a come back.
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I agree with Kinser, Favre has always been a "high risk, high reward" guy.  Yes, Peterson had three touchdowns, but that is only breaking even for the three fumbles he had (one was ridiculously credited to Favre) in the game.

Longwell is a good kicker, but perhaps Favre felt the need to get it done rather than rely on a kicker or the chance that AP would fumble again.  Granted, Favre should have took off for the 5-7 yard he could have made easy, but a sense of urgency made him make that mistake.

I greatly enjoyed watching the media puff him up before the inevitable big game collapse.

Yes, AP fumbled a lot and the D failed… but let the record show that one man could have wiped that overtime off the board with a simple decision to just run forward and take a slide… but instead, he handed the conference to the Saints on a pass that wouldn’t have gained as many yards as a slide.

I could watch that all day!

One more year Brett!!! If not the Vikes the Deadskins could use a quarter back. Make sure you waffle around till Augast for your decision to come back—rite in the middle of training camp

This came down to one play, and Farve had the ball.  He rolls to his right and has a blocker in fron’ and can gain a 10-15 yards making a 51 yd FG into a 35-40 yd field goal.  The gunslinger came back at the wrong time, and instead, Farve throws across his body and the ball is intercepted.  End of the drive, and the end of the season for the Vikings.  Hopefully that isn’t Farve’s final play of his career, but I fear it might be.  He was beaten like a punch-drunk boxer yesterday, and opposing teams found out how to beat him and the Vikings.  Hopefully we will not go through another waffeling session, but I cannot see him ending his career with a pick.

this is the very reason this crap with him goes on every year.why even bring this up?just report the facts of the game like how he choked again when it came to crunch time?just report on how he did in the game and the fact that the saints won.we do not need to start this will he or won’t he crap this early.in fact why worry about it at all?I personaly do not want to hear his name mentioned at all during the superbowl hype.he has nothing to do with the game so don’t write anymore columns about him.in fact if he says today he retires just say it and leave at that.realy what more do we need to know about him?so if he does retire that’s all you have to say,farve retired today and that’s it nothing more.

That is what you call Karma……Dang……..that was just sad to watch. 

Only vikings fans didn’t think this was going to happen. Maybe that uncalled-for TD he threw on the Cowboys last week should have been saved for a rainy day. <—not a Cowboys fan

Favre’s time in Green Bay ended with a pick late in a playoff game against the Giants.  He takes chances. Some work and some don’t. The Vikes got a lot of positives from Favre this year. Sunday they got the down side.

Brad Childress knew what he was getting in Favre.

I’m sure the national media is crying since their golden boy won’t be going to the Super Bowl.

As a Packer fan that watched Favre his entire career throw picks at the very worst time, I was wondering what happened to that guy. All year he made the safe play. The right play at the right time. He put on a new uniform, polished up his act, and tried to convince everyone that he wasn’t that guy anymore. But the only question really, was when "The Ol’ Gunslinger" would rear his ugly head. Unfortunately for the Vikings, it was at a moment that hands them another agonizing loss. In the end, he just couldn’t help himself.

I’m probably wrong…. but  something inside of me thinks that Childress sent in an "AP, off tackle" conservative play, but Brett shook the QB Magic 8 Ball while audibling and it came up "Gunslinger."

Prolly didn’t happen that way, but it’s fun to think that it did.

Favre will retire when the last pass he throws is not intercepted.  He will come back again, have another good year, and then throw a costly INT in the Playoffs toward the end of the game.    3 things to always count on—death, taxes, and Favre throwing a costly interception at the end of a Playoff game.     It’s in his DNA and he can’t help it.     Too bad his legacy will always be that of a choker at the end of really big games.

"oops, i did it again."-brett

Andy…Its amazing how you can say Favre lost the game because of HIS mistake.  We all must have been watching a different game because I saw a multitude of errors by the Vikings TEAM.  And tell me, did you have a dictionary next to you when you wrote this slop?  Or perhaps a book of poetry?  Your vocabulary is not commonly this far-reaching.  Re-reading the article, it is not about the turning points in the game, but more about poetic license.  Overall a poorly written piece that takes a cheap shot at one of the game’s greats.  Shame on you…

Favre ended his career with the Packers with a pick.  He nearly ended his Jets career (had one more desperation throw afterwards) with a pick.  Now he ended this season with a pick.  50% of his throws with Atlanta were picks.  High risk high reward?  One Superbowl.  Great QB, would be greater if he didn’t do his "gunslinger" thing so much.  Funny you focus on AP fumbles, where as Favre had 2 picks, 1 fumble, and another fumble that was given to AP where it was just as much fault of Favre’s as AP’s.

Just admit you have man love for Favre.

Did Peterson fumble on the last play of the game, with a chance to let an excellent kicker nail a field goal by doing almost anything other than what he did? No.

stop it…childress should have been fired for his horrendous management of the clock…and for having 12 men on the field before the BIGGEST PLAY OF THE SEASON. that forced them to throw…and that was that…blaming favre for this loss is like blaming the weatherman for the earthquake in haiti.

I have always been on the fence with all this Favre stuff. reading all these replies to this post and watching the game makes me want to say a few things. First in the game; Favre was the reason the Vikings were in the game in the first place. Put one of their other QB’s in there and where would they have finished…not in the NFC championship game.

The last thing is this. At 40 the man proved something to me. I think we all need to admire what he was able to do this year. Should he retire, yes. I think he should go down as the greatest QB in the history of football. All the records, the over 300 games started IN A ROW!! When they were picking him up off the turf in that game I gained respect for the man. Forget about all the time he retired and came back. Is he a media hound? I do not think so. I think he is a competitor like no other. He is a player that loves the game. Good luck Brett. If you come back next year I will watch. Tell me football fans; How many of you would like for your team to have him on the side lines next year. If your are honest I bet there are around 25 teams that would sign him after training camp in 2010 if he put his name and services out there.

If we’re being real here, is anybody really surprised by all this?

Favre, Peterson, and to a lesser degree the rest of the offense can and should take some of the blame with all the turnovers, but Childress inability to adjust to New Orleans knocking Favre around while not taking advantage of the one turnover New Orleans game them in the red zone as big factors in this loss. 

Frankly, it’s Karma and it bit the two who jerked with the karma most of the off-season.  How else do you explain Minny having nearly 500 yards of offense, but giving away what five turnovers, and then finally blowing it with a beyond stupid penalty forcing them to throw?  On top of that losing the coin flip?  Yeah, its karma.

I have a novel concept – Let’s stop debating Favre for now, and honor the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts.  There are great stories and storylines in this upcoming Super Bowl.  Please, let’s enjoy the next two weeks, then deal with the "Favre Watch", as the NFL Network likes to put it, as we won’t have a choice at that point.