ng game with "Brett Favre" during the telecast. He acrobatically inserted Favre's name into sentences where it clearly didn't belong. Such as "Cleveland is a great football town. With a great football tradition. Not as great as the great Brett Favre is great, but great." Or something like that. There were many "When you have one of the all-time greats ..." At one point near the end of the first half with the Vikings in control of the flow of the game, Billick wondered if the Vikes would stay conservative or if they would let "Favre be Favre." The Vikings have the best running back in the league, have the ball inside their own 30 with the half winding down, and Billick is wondering if Viking coach Brad Childress is going to have Favre fling it. And he sounded like he thought that was a great idea. That's what Favre can do to people. Make a smart football guy like Billick start saying things that make no sense. If there was any other QB on the field Billick would have said "I don't know about you but I'd give the ball to Adrian Peterson on every damn play." Instead he wants them to let "Favre be Favre." And Childress tried it. That's another thing Favre does. He gets coaches to let him throw the ball when he should be handing it off. Favre drops back, makes a risky and poor throw out into the flat that is behind the receiver and falls incomplete. 2nd and 10. OK, I'm thinking, you just give the ball to Peterson twice and get into the half on the road with a lead. Nope. Favre drops back. Has time. Stands there. Stands there. And gets sacked by a blitzing DB who everyone in the stadium but Favre saw coming. Next play the Vikes smarten up, hand off the ball, and punt. Let "Favre be Favre." They did. The only thing missing was a game-changing pick. That will come in time. You can count on it.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Letting Favre Be Favre
Watching Brett Favre's first game in a Vikings uniform. Glad to see him back. It's been a good 3 minutes since there was any mention of the Mississippi marvel so I was starting to worry about him. Vikings are ahead by 11 with less than 8 minutes to go. Looks like a W for Favre. Nice break catching the Rat and his Browns for your first game with a new team. That sure helps. A decent game by he-whose-name-we-must -say-repeatedly. 110 yards with no picks. Yet. There's still a few minutes to go. Brian Billick appeared to be playing the "Hi Bob" drinki
ng game with "Brett Favre" during the telecast. He acrobatically inserted Favre's name into sentences where it clearly didn't belong. Such as "Cleveland is a great football town. With a great football tradition. Not as great as the great Brett Favre is great, but great." Or something like that. There were many "When you have one of the all-time greats ..." At one point near the end of the first half with the Vikings in control of the flow of the game, Billick wondered if the Vikes would stay conservative or if they would let "Favre be Favre." The Vikings have the best running back in the league, have the ball inside their own 30 with the half winding down, and Billick is wondering if Viking coach Brad Childress is going to have Favre fling it. And he sounded like he thought that was a great idea. That's what Favre can do to people. Make a smart football guy like Billick start saying things that make no sense. If there was any other QB on the field Billick would have said "I don't know about you but I'd give the ball to Adrian Peterson on every damn play." Instead he wants them to let "Favre be Favre." And Childress tried it. That's another thing Favre does. He gets coaches to let him throw the ball when he should be handing it off. Favre drops back, makes a risky and poor throw out into the flat that is behind the receiver and falls incomplete. 2nd and 10. OK, I'm thinking, you just give the ball to Peterson twice and get into the half on the road with a lead. Nope. Favre drops back. Has time. Stands there. Stands there. And gets sacked by a blitzing DB who everyone in the stadium but Favre saw coming. Next play the Vikes smarten up, hand off the ball, and punt. Let "Favre be Favre." They did. The only thing missing was a game-changing pick. That will come in time. You can count on it.
ng game with "Brett Favre" during the telecast. He acrobatically inserted Favre's name into sentences where it clearly didn't belong. Such as "Cleveland is a great football town. With a great football tradition. Not as great as the great Brett Favre is great, but great." Or something like that. There were many "When you have one of the all-time greats ..." At one point near the end of the first half with the Vikings in control of the flow of the game, Billick wondered if the Vikes would stay conservative or if they would let "Favre be Favre." The Vikings have the best running back in the league, have the ball inside their own 30 with the half winding down, and Billick is wondering if Viking coach Brad Childress is going to have Favre fling it. And he sounded like he thought that was a great idea. That's what Favre can do to people. Make a smart football guy like Billick start saying things that make no sense. If there was any other QB on the field Billick would have said "I don't know about you but I'd give the ball to Adrian Peterson on every damn play." Instead he wants them to let "Favre be Favre." And Childress tried it. That's another thing Favre does. He gets coaches to let him throw the ball when he should be handing it off. Favre drops back, makes a risky and poor throw out into the flat that is behind the receiver and falls incomplete. 2nd and 10. OK, I'm thinking, you just give the ball to Peterson twice and get into the half on the road with a lead. Nope. Favre drops back. Has time. Stands there. Stands there. And gets sacked by a blitzing DB who everyone in the stadium but Favre saw coming. Next play the Vikes smarten up, hand off the ball, and punt. Let "Favre be Favre." They did. The only thing missing was a game-changing pick. That will come in time. You can count on it.
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