Coming Up Short: How Favre’s Career Ought To End But Won’t

November 18, 2010   ·   J E Cammon   ·   Jump to comments

It was touted as "America's Game of the Week." The Vikings carry Favre to Boston to play New England. I say carry because after fracturing two bones in his foot in last week's loss to Green Bay, it didn't seem like the 41-year-old quarterback would be able to walk, much less drop back and get separation and scramble the way a successful qb in the NFL ought to (I'd include good decision making skills, but that has nothing to do with his foot, and his judgement is questionable even when healthy).

And true to form, the first quarter featured only a handful of passes. The hardest thing on Brett's plate seemed to be performing the hand-off for the stretch plays to keep up with the double digit hand offs to Peterson. He didn't limp (much), which likely has to do with the excellent chemicals given to him before the game to help him deal with the fact that he should be in a walking boot somewhere. So I guess all's forgiven. To paraphrase Troy Aikman, after everything we've seen of Brett...

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