Before comparing Favre’s and Brady’s performances in the playoffs yesterday, a brief recap: All summer I made the statement that if the Packers say yes to the Moss trade (for a 4th-round draft pick), Favre would throw for 50-60 TDs, the Packers would score 50 points a game, Favre would be MVP, and the Packers would be a Super Bowl favorite. The Packers turned down the deal, Moss goes to the Patriots, Brady throws for a record 50 TDs (his previous high was 28, and Favre has had 8 seasons of 30 or more)–a record 23 to Moss, the Patriots score a record 589 points, Brady wins the MVP, and the Patriots are the Super Bowl favorite. It is obvious Brady’s season had a tremendous amount to do with Moss. Everything I said would happen for Favre and the Packers with Moss happened for Brady and the Patriots.
Let’s compare yesterday’s performances:
- Brady sets the playoff game completion percentage record going 26 for 28, with 2 drops. Favre went 18 for 23, with at least 3-4 drops.
- Favre played in blizzard conditions with very bad visibility.
- Favre led his team to touchdowns on six straight possessions in horrible conditions.
- Brady had all the time in the world to throw, and even average quarterbacks can look great with that much time.
- Favre is playing with the youngest or second-youngest team in the league.
1. Leo on January 13th, 2008 10:37 pm
I made a prediction before the season was half over, after watching numerous calls go the packers way, and now seeing Dallas “lose” at home to the giants to give the packers home field advantage for the NFC championship game…..”the league wants to have Favre go to the Super Bowl as his going away present”…..
2. Larry on January 14th, 2008 12:17 am
As you are well aware, the calls all went against Green Bay this year (as I predicted to you before the season). The league stole homefield advantage by giving Dallas the Packer game on bad calls, and then gave Dallas the Carolina game. The Packers got robbed of the first bear game and the Cowboy game, and the refs tried to steal the Redskin game. You know you can’t name one bad call that went the Packers’ way. Dallas lost because they haven’t played well for a month, and the Giants have. I’m not sure what you mean by Favre’s “going away present,” as he’s not going anywhere, except to Disney World! Or, are you saying the league is trying to make up for the 7 Super Bowls the refs stole from Favre?