I constantly hear that Brett Favre has made great plays throughout his career, but he makes a lot of very bad plays that result in interceptions that other quarterbacks don’t. My response has always been that these plays are the result of bad situations he has been put in. When his coaches get very conservative and run the ball and the offense goes nowhere, that’s when he gets frustrated and tries to do what he can to win, and forces things. He tries to do too much to compensate for the lack of success they are having offensively. I’ve always said, surround him with decent players and have an aggressive, throwing gameplan, and he won’t make those plays.
This year is a perfect example:He had one interception in the first (Philadelphia) game, and in that game, they emphasized the run, so he was frustrated. He had one interception in the second game (Giants). He had no interceptions in the next two games (San Diego and Minnesota), even though they threw 45 times each game, because they emphasized the pass and he could play in control. He wasn’t frustrated by a bad gameplan. In the 5th game, the Packers emphasized the pass in the first half, he threw 20 times, and completed 19 with no interceptions. In the second half, they emphasized the run, he got frustrated after 5 straight running plays (which cost them a touchdown), and threw the bad interception.
Now, I’m not saying Favre should make these bad plays. I’m only saying they occur because he wants to win so badly, and when nothing is working, he feels he has to force things and do whatever it takes to win. I’d much rather have a quarterback with an attitude like that, than the attitude I see from other quarterbacks.