A response to a friend:
Favre’s bad interceptions? I guess Brady throwing 3 against San Diego was okay, since he wasn’t off balance when he threw them. Everyone talks about Favre’s forced interceptions, but his percentage is the same as others’. Since others stand in the pocket and force passes into coverage, that’s okay, but when Favre is scrambling and does it, that’s bad. An interception is an interception, and Favre gives you the great plays that others don’t. Just because Favre’s look bad, he gets all this criticism. If you throw two a game, it’s two a game, whether or not you were scrambling or standing in the pocket. Why does no one focus on Mickey Mantle’s strikeout record, which I believe he held until it was broken? It’s because strikeouts come with the great performances Mantle put on. Well, when you make a lot of great plays, some of the interceptions are forced. The key for Favre is that his percentage is the same as others’.
Favre’s playoff record? Let’s see, they beat the Vikings a few years ago, but many bad calls cost them that game. They would have beaten the Giants with a halfway decent gameplan, so that’s not on Favre. The Eagle game, aside from the fact it should have been played in Green Bay due to bad calls, wasn’t his fault, but the fault of the coaching, who didn’t go for it on 4th and 1 at the end, who “caused” the bad block-in-the-back penalty on the punt before the interception, a horrible gameplan, etc. If Ahman Green doesn’t trip on a lineman on 4th and goal from the 1 at the end of the half, the Eagle game is over at halftime. These are Favre’s fault?