Tuesday, January 22, 2008

OVER - RATED

I've been saying Brett Favre is overrated for years. People love to love this guy. It's all bullshit. He won one Superbowl. Big deal. So did Trent Dilfer. He's a gunslinger they say? Right. If Favre were a gunslinger, he'd been dead about 15 years ago being beaten by Steve Young and John Elway. (side note: Steve Young is also overrated and only a tad better than Farve).

Who witnessed his performance this weekend can say this guy is an all time great? Will all those who revered his regular season, leading this hapless group of Packers to a 13-3 record all come forward now and admit - he choked this weekend. When given a chance to win the game - long after they had been outplayed, what does Farve do? Toss an interception. Can you imagine Montana or Brady doing such a thing? Even Peyton, by no means a big game quarterback, when he chokes...chokes by going 4 and out. When Steve Young chokes, he chokes by mismanaging the clock and allowing time to rundown to a point where they have to make a desperate stab at the end zone. When Rex Grossman chokes, he tosses an interception on the 1st pass of the drive or fumbles the snap. When Montana chokes...oh wait a sec, he doesn't choke.

When Favre chokes...which he does considerably more than he wins...he tosses an interception on the 2nd play from scrimmage against a team he's favored to beat.

The guy is 12-10 lifetime in the playoffs and thrown the most interceptions in football history. His longevity is impressive, but let's be honest, people favor his personality, not his football skills.

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