Nice throw, Brett. Way to take your team out of the Super Bowl......

RonBurgundy · January 24, 2010 12:31PM

lol

VintageCardLover · January 24, 2010 12:32PM

maybe he can retire (again) and again. and again...

JohnnyD · January 24, 2010 12:32PM

He had five yards of open field in front of him, even on a gimpy leg.....

jeffcbay · January 24, 2010 12:33PM

Yeah, that was a bad decision...

swartz1 · January 24, 2010 12:34PM

too early...

It aint Monday morning yet...

elsnorto · January 24, 2010 12:36PM

So if he retires for good now, it will basically be the same way he went out with the Pack... throwing a key late interception like he did against the Giants in the 2007 NFC Championship. I am sure it wasn't a total loss for Favre though, he got to pad some stats and grab a few more records. Personally, I wish he had stayed retired and not traded his legacy for some more short-lived glory.

Snorto~

ElToroLoco · January 24, 2010 12:37PM

WTF is going on with him? All of his last plays with his last two teams were picks. He had at least 5 yds, probably 10 with a good block by the wideout. He's my favorite quarterback of all time, but S.O.B!!!!He plays one more season with the Vikings.

Edited to add:He threw a pick on his last play with the Jets also. So it's actually three, but two giant ones!

cincyredlegs · January 24, 2010 12:37PM

I agree that Favre shouldn't have made that throw but they fumbled twice inside the 10 and fumbled twice to give the Saints 2 TD's. I think it was a true team effort to lose that game. It was still a fun game to watch. Should be an exciting Super Bowl.

sportscardtheory · January 24, 2010 12:38PM

<< So if he retires for good now, it will basically be the same way he went out with the Pack... throwing a key late interception like he did against the Giants in the 2007 NFC Championship. I am sure it wasn't a total loss for Favre though, he got to pad some stats and grab a few more records. Personally, I wish he had stayed retired and not traded his legacy for some more short-lived glory.

Snorto~ >>

The guy was two plays away from the Super Bowl... way to take it away from him in some lame attempt to smear him.

thunderdan · January 24, 2010 12:39PM

For Vikings fans, that one's gonna sting for a looong time.

Talk about stealing defeat from the jaws of victory. Brett had at least 10 yards in front of him which would have made the field goal very makeable.

RonBurgundy · January 24, 2010 12:39PM

Although, to be fair, Adrian Peterson, Percy Harvin, and Bernard Berrian helped him out..................

BigRed7 · January 24, 2010 12:40PM

the bad decesion was minnesota just sitting on the ball, two timeouts, you don't settle for a 49-50 yard field goal. keep going down the field the saints weren't going to stop them. then it was 3rd and long because of the penalty, just plain stupid.

Dboneesq · January 24, 2010 12:42PM

Just got back my cards from PSA, which included 4 Drew Brees 2001 cards. (None of the expensive ones)

Three "10s" and one "9".

Guess the time is as good as any to put 'em up on DA BAY!

ymarea · January 24, 2010 12:43PM

<< the bad decesion was minnesota just sitting on the ball, two timeouts, you don't settle for a 49-50 yard field goal. keep going down the field the saints weren't going to stop them. then it was 3rd and long because of the penalty, just plain stupid. >>

I agree 100%. An offense can keep attacking without being careless. So often you see coaches go into a shell when they have a chance to deliver a knockout blow.

jeffcbay · January 24, 2010 12:45PM

Monday nothing... right when he started running I thought SWEET, they're gonna get back into field goal range! Then he THROWS it... WTF? I hate to see it happen to him, I like Favre...

grote15 · January 24, 2010 12:53PM

I agree with Bog Red...it was bad strategy to settle on attempting a 50-yd FG in the first place. You move the ball with relative ease down to the 33-yd line and then you stop?? Brett made a mistake, but he was not the reason the Vikings lost today, though Im sure this one is going to be a bitter pill to swallow.

SDavid · January 24, 2010 12:56PM

I'll have to watch the replay, but I think his eyes were looking downfield the whole time. I can't blame him for not having the instinct to run after the beating he took. I'm not sure he even realized how much space he had.

The 12 men in the huddle penalty is what killed them. That took him out of FG range, and they probably would have run the ball on that play.

burke23 · January 24, 2010 12:58PM

I hate being a Vikings fan.

jackstraw · January 24, 2010 1:02PM

Maybe its me but they review everything from the national anthem to the half time show and they allow the game
to be decided by a coin toss? I think that is lame sorry the whole season everything you worked for on a coin toss.
I say in overtime they NFL had no chance of turning over the reviews. Total lame effort by the NFL which is supposed
to be the model league. Now thats said how long till Baseball?

mlbfan2 · January 24, 2010 1:05PM

ESPN is reporting that Brett Favre is retiring.

UPDATE: CNN just reported that he just unretired.

Stay tuned to this thread for further developments.

PSACollector · January 24, 2010 1:06PM

i thought favre was going to "choke," but he "came through" and threw a key interception

goraiders · January 24, 2010 1:08PM

<< 

<< So if he retires for good now, it will basically be the same way he went out with the Pack... throwing a key late interception like he did against the Giants in the 2007 NFC Championship. I am sure it wasn't a total loss for Favre though, he got to pad some stats and grab a few more records. Personally, I wish he had stayed retired and not traded his legacy for some more short-lived glory.

Snorto~ >>

The guy was two plays away from the Super Bowl... way to take it away from him in some lame attempt to smear him. >>

Two plays away,they were not playing horseshoes or
well you know the rest..

J.R.

MrG · January 24, 2010 1:09PM

This game was so much better than the CBS game! I think if you review the stats, he had a much better offensive game than Brees. I am not a Farve lover, but I beleive this game will be remembered! If not for the end score, but for the fact that he passed Jo Mo at most yards ever!

jeffcbay · January 24, 2010 1:11PM

Favre was great this year, no doubt about that. He really should retire on this high note, even though he lost tonight.

ripkenintheminors · January 24, 2010 1:20PM

<< Monday nothing... right when he started running I thought SWEET, they're gonna get back into field goal range! Then he THROWS it... WTF? I hate to see it happen to him, I like Favre... >>

Agreed. Even on a bad leg I just knew he was going to run. Unreal.

PowderedH2O · January 24, 2010 1:21PM

In my house, there was a HUGE cheer for Favre at the end of the game. I've been waiting since 1967 for this. GEAUX SAINTS!!!

Sam

sportscardtheory · January 24, 2010 1:23PM

<< 

<< 

<< So if he retires for good now, it will basically be the same way he went out with the Pack... throwing a key late interception like he did against the Giants in the 2007 NFC Championship. I am sure it wasn't a total loss for Favre though, he got to pad some stats and grab a few more records. Personally, I wish he had stayed retired and not traded his legacy for some more short-lived glory.

Snorto~ >>

The guy was two plays away from the Super Bowl... way to take it away from him in some lame attempt to smear him. >>

Two plays away,they were not playing horseshoes or
well you know the rest..

J.R. >>

I was commenting on the post I quoted, not making an observation that it's okay to lose the Championship Game.

jradke4 · January 24, 2010 1:32PM

well well well.

everyone gets what they ask for dont they.

he said he came back to get to the sb. well the jets lost a conference championship today as well. i guess he could have just stayed their to get his shot.

oh yeah...so much for this team being so much better than the 1996 SB XXXI Champion Packers or the 1997 NFC Champion Packers.

WalterSobchak · January 24, 2010 1:32PM

I grew up in MN and still live here. In 1987, right after they lost the NFC Championship game to the Redskins (Darrin Nelson failed to make what would have been a game-winning catch on 4th down in the final minute of the game), I made a decision that I was never going to get too emotionally invested in the Minnesota Vikings. I would still root for them, but I was never again going to get worked up about it. I was 16 years old.

That was a wise decision.

itzagoner · January 24, 2010 1:34PM

there's no telling how good he could have been if he had only done a commercial with Justin Timberlake.

grote15 · January 24, 2010 1:40PM

Favre limped off the field at the end of the game and I'm thinking maybe he didn't trust himself enough to run for it on that 3rd down, though obviously he should have at least tried..

I don't understand why some people seem to revel in his failures, though. The guy has kept his nose clean, never gotten arrested or beat up his wife or gf, plays the game hard and with a ton of energy and enthusiasm, and at 40-years-old he became the oldest player to start an NFC Championship game and still he gets ridiculed? I know he's done a lot of flip-flopping about retirement, but shouldn't it be his decision in the end anyway whether to retire or not? Both teams he left (Packers and Jets) had made a decision to move on without him, so why the bitterness? Just wondering...

jradke4 · January 24, 2010 1:43PM

<< I grew up in MN and still live here. In 1987, right after they lost the NFC Championship game to the Redskins (Darrin Nelson failed to make what would have been a game-winning catch on 4th down in the final minute of the game), I made a decision that I was never going to get too emotionally invested in the Minnesota Vikings. I would still root for them, but I was never again going to get worked up about it. I was 16 years old.

That was a wise decision. >>

i said the same thing after the packers lost SB XXXII.

jradke4 · January 24, 2010 1:46PM

<< Favre limped off the field at the end of the game and I'm thinking maybe he didn't trust himself enough to run for it on that 3rd down, though obviously he should have at least tried..

I don't understand why some people seem to revel in his failures, though. The guy has kept his nose clean, never gotten arrested or beat up his wife or gf, plays the game hard and with a ton of energy and enthusiasm, and at 40-years-old he became the oldest player to start an NFC Championship game and still he gets ridiculed? I know he's done a lot of flip-flopping about retirement, but shouldn't it be his decision in the end anyway whether to retire or not? Both teams he left (Packers and Jets) had made a decision to move on without him, so why the bitterness? Just wondering... >>

umm you are wrong. he retired from the Packers and the Jets. they didnt cut him. he asked the Packers to release him but they refused and then traded him instead. you dont think that chilly willy and bevell were tampering with him before the packers traded him?? why do you think he retired so fast from the Jets and then asked for his release a few weeks later. that was his way to get to the vikes to spite the Packers. oh well, as the saying goes...some times you get what you asked for but worse.

WalterSobchak · January 24, 2010 1:53PM

I watched the game in a room full of die-hard Vikes fans. At the end of regulation, when Favre had an uncontested jog to the 30-yard line (or so) in front of him to set up a GWFG attempt, but instead decided to throw across his body into traffic...... I have never heard a room full of people lose their sh*t like that in my life.

My buddy that was sitting next to me at the time is not ordinarily that big of a sports fan. I swear to God, if he had been carrying a gun he would have blown his head off after that play.

tunahead08 · January 24, 2010 1:54PM

<< 

umm you are wrong. he retired from the Packers and the Jets. they didnt cut him. he asked the Packers to release him but they refused and then traded him instead. you dont think that chilly willy and bevell were tampering with him before the packers traded him?? why do you think he retired so fast from the Jets and then asked for his release a few weeks later. that was his way to get to the vikes to spite the Packers. oh well, as the saying goes...some times you get what you asked for but worse. >>

Yeah boy, we really got it worse... had a stellar season with a chance for the Superbowl. But we lost because the whole team made mistakes, not just Favre. He had a great season as did the Vikes.

Mickey71 · January 24, 2010 2:01PM

For some reason it was like 1st down or else. He only needed a yard or 2. The ball carries well in that dome. He had at least 6 yards untouched. With all the hits and pressured throws he made all night that should have been one of the easier reads-----------------don't throw it was the read.

burke23 · January 24, 2010 2:03PM

This may be the ballad of a loser, but it just stings to out play your opponent and lose because of f'ing fumbles...it shouldn't have come to the 2nd INT or even OT...2 fumbles in the redzone, and another in ours giving them the short field? only the Vikes.

DavidPuddy · January 24, 2010 2:18PM

Adrian Peterson lead all Running Backs in fumbles this season. He has a history of putting the ball on the ground.
Brett Favre is the NFL's All-Time leader in interceptions.

Nothing that happened in tonights game should surprise anyone!

GDM67 · January 24, 2010 2:23PM

<< I grew up in MN and still live here. In 1987, right after they lost the NFC Championship game to the Redskins (Darrin Nelson failed to make what would have been a game-winning catch on 4th down in the final minute of the game) >>

He had a little help from Mr. Darrell Green.

grote15 · January 24, 2010 2:28PM

<< Favre limped off the field at the end of the game and I'm thinking maybe he didn't trust himself enough to run for it on that 3rd down, though obviously he should have at least tried..

I don't understand why some people seem to revel in his failures, though. The guy has kept his nose clean, never gotten arrested or beat up his wife or gf, plays the game hard and with a ton of energy and enthusiasm, and at 40-years-old he became the oldest player to start an NFC Championship game and still he gets ridiculed? I know he's done a lot of flip-flopping about retirement, but shouldn't it be his decision in the end anyway whether to retire or not? Both teams he left (Packers and Jets) had made a decision to move on without him, so why the bitterness? Just wondering... >>

umm you are wrong. he retired from the Packers and the Jets. they didnt cut him. he asked the Packers to release him but they refused and then traded him instead. you dont think that chilly willy and bevell were tampering with him before the packers traded him?? why do you think he retired so fast from the Jets and then asked for his release a few weeks later. that was his way to get to the vikes to spite the Packers. oh well, as the saying goes...some times you get what you asked for but worse.

The way I understood it, the Packers had decided to go ahead with Aaron Rodgers as their starter before Favre asked to come back from retirement. At that point, they weren't willing to take him back, so the drama unfolded from there which resulted in his trade to the Jets. The Jets really didn't want him back for this season, either, that's why they traded up to draft Mark Sanchez. Regardless, I think it's a player's choice to decide what team he plays for and I don't begrudge Favre one bit, though I know Packers fans on the whole feel jilted over that whole ordeal..

BTW, if you despise the guy so much why are you actively collecting like every Favre card and ticket stub known to man? LOL..

diamondman · January 24, 2010 3:19PM

I personally think the refs helps the saints win in OT , with 2 lame calls, 1. Pass interference ( the guy wasn't even near the ball to catch it) 20+ yrds. 2. the one they reviewed were the guy trapped the ball but called it a complete pass. ah ba humbug fixed #$&*#**@###$$$442+@#+#_. The Vikings won the game just not on the scoreboard.

Colts slaughter the Saints in the SB by halftime. At least the Vikings would have made it interesting.

Hope Favre comes back next year , the NFL needs more players like him.

fuj · January 24, 2010 3:33PM

<< I don't understand why some people seem to revel in his failures, though. The guy has kept his nose clean, never gotten arrested or beat up his wife or gf, plays the game hard and with a ton of energy and enthusiasm, and at 40-years-old he became the oldest player to start an NFC Championship game and still he gets ridiculed? I know he's done a lot of flip-flopping about retirement, but shouldn't it be his decision in the end anyway whether to retire or not? Both teams he left (Packers and Jets) had made a decision to move on without him, so why the bitterness? Just wondering... >>

I used to be a fan of Favre and there are still some aspects about him that I admire. However, the last 4 years have really tarnished my perception of him. It all started when the Pack drafted Cal alum Aaron Rodgers and from what I read, Favre was not happy and did not do anything to help Rodgers in his transition to the NFL. I can understand that he didn't like some kid being drafted to take his job but don't act like a spoiled brat.

Then he puts us though this annual soap opera where he strings the Pack, Jets and Vikings along on whether or not he is going to play. Who can stand the tear filled press conferences announcing his retirement(s), followed just a couple months later by an annoucement that he wants to play again?

While I understand that he has a burning desire to play along with a love for the game, but he has really jerked around his former and current teammates with this act. How would you like to have been Rodgers, who patiently served his time as Favre's apprentice, was handed the job when Favre retired and after months of preparing to be the starter finds out the primadonna wants to un-retire? How about Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels who didn't know if they had a legit shot at starting for the Vikes this year?

Favre has done everything he can to make himself appear to be a self centered jerk so I can't help but laugh when he throws yet another pick to kill his team's Super Bowl dreams.

RoarIn84 · January 24, 2010 8:11PM

Well Minnesota..... at least you still have Prince, The Coen Bros, The Twins and the geniuses behind my sigpic. They are all guaranteed winners!!

stevek · January 24, 2010 8:36PM

Favre had a heckuva season, and just ran out of gas there at the end - he gave it all and had nothing left - a true warrior.

My hats off to him.

Blacklabelsociety · January 24, 2010 9:28PM

Favre could win the mvp award. One of his best years ever. Too bad the vikes never got to touch the ball in OT. Vikes played good enough to win but 6 fumbles hurt.

Sportsamerica · January 24, 2010 9:36PM

I don't even think the game should have been that close... If you go back and rewatch the game. Look at the refs during regulation.. So many of the calls went the Vikes way, when the same call was to be made on the other side, it wasn't called.

For example, the 3rd down play when they called the Saints for Roughing Farve (the guy was already tackling him! Even Aikman stated it shouldn't be called.) and they get the flag. Then later on, Brees throws the ball, and the vikes piledrive him to the ground, no call.

Vikes outplayed the Saints but didn't win..

(Note I am not a Saints or Vikes Fan, Steelers all the way)

WinPitcher · January 24, 2010 10:22PM

Am I in the sports forum?

Steve

Hartland · January 24, 2010 11:51PM

The Vikings completely dominated the game and proved they were the much better team but you can't win a game with that many turnovers. Questionable calls both ways but no way that's pass interference on Ben Leber in OT. That ball couldn't have been cought by Manute Bol.

brianwintersfan · January 24, 2010 11:51PM

Plus a few bad calls by the refs didn't help. I was pulling for him, but such is life!

burke23 · January 25, 2010 12:03AM

As a Vikes fan - calls were missed both ways. The Leber call hurt since on replays it didn't even seem that he touched the receiver, nor was the ball catchable as other's mentioned. I still can't believe 3 fumbles lost. Vikes have only themselves to blame - they missed out on 6-14 points with fumbles in the redzone. Lame. I wash my hands of this team...probably till summer. F'ers.

jradke4 · January 25, 2010 12:21AM

<< << Favre limped off the field at the end of the game and I'm thinking maybe he didn't trust himself enough to run for it on that 3rd down, though obviously he should have at least tried..

I don't understand why some people seem to revel in his failures, though. The guy has kept his nose clean, never gotten arrested or beat up his wife or gf, plays the game hard and with a ton of energy and enthusiasm, and at 40-years-old he became the oldest player to start an NFC Championship game and still he gets ridiculed? I know he's done a lot of flip-flopping about retirement, but shouldn't it be his decision in the end anyway whether to retire or not? Both teams he left (Packers and Jets) had made a decision to move on without him, so why the bitterness? Just wondering... >>

umm you are wrong. he retired from the Packers and the Jets. they didnt cut him. he asked the Packers to release him but they refused and then traded him instead. you dont think that chilly willy and bevell were tampering with him before the packers traded him?? why do you think he retired so fast from the Jets and then asked for his release a few weeks later. that was his way to get to the vikes to spite the Packers. oh well, as the saying goes...some times you get what you asked for but worse.

The way I understood it, the Packers had decided to go ahead with Aaron Rodgers as their starter before Favre asked to come back from retirement. At that point, they weren't willing to take him back, so the drama unfolded from there which resulted in his trade to the Jets. The Jets really didn't want him back for this season, either, that's why they traded up to draft Mark Sanchez. Regardless, I think it's a player's choice to decide what team he plays for and I don't begrudge Favre one bit, though I know Packers fans on the whole feel jilted over that whole ordeal..

BTW, if you despise the guy so much why are you actively collecting like every Favre card and ticket stub known to man? LOL.. >>

where have i said that i despise the guy. just trying to set the facts straight. i thought he told the jets he was retiring before the draft last year. if i have some free time i will google it to find out. i just get a kick out how vike fans are rally to bretts defense all of a sudden. its very comical.

Nice throw, Brett. Way to take your team out of the Super Bowl......

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