Interception!

Even I was surprised by the ineptitude of Brett Favre at the end of the NFC Championship. Twelve men on the field after a timeout while in field goal range? Alex Smith ugly. A throw across your body interception when you need six yard for a field goal try? Did he skip quarterback 101? Rex Grossman wouldn't even do that. What is wrong with the Vikings? What a spaz of a team. Two interceptions, another throw that hit the hands of a Saints defensive back, five fumbles, three of them lost?

Here are two prescient articles from two years ago.

1. Brett Favre: Another Awful Performance In a Big Loss
2. Overhyped: Favre didn't deliver in second half of career

Today wasn't an aberration. It is a pattern. From two years ago:

In two of his last four postseason appearances, Favre threw two of the most unthinkable playoff interceptions in NFL history, both in overtime -- to Brian Dawkins of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2003 and to Corey Webster of the New York Giants in January.

Add in today's interception and last year's Jet's total collapse...in four of the last six seasons, Favre single-handedly ended his team's season. I'm not even talking about having a subpar or mediocre game or not rising to the level of a champion. I'm talking about straight up choking-did-the-mob-pay-you-to-throw-the-game bad plays.

Notice the Jets this year. Sanchez is by no means a good quarterback, but the guy got the Jets to the AFC title game. Favre didn't even get them to the playoffs last year.

Saints-Vikings was a weird, ugly, dramatic game.