Spoke Too Soon!

Tonight's Monday Night Football game started off, and almost ended, pretty ho-hum.

But never underestimate Brett Favre on Monday night football. With Denver inside the 10 yard line with under 30 seconds to go and down 10-13, the Broncos just needed to push their way to the touchdown. But alas, they couldn't score so they brought out veteran kicker Jason Elam for the field goal to tie the game.

Being a kicker has to be pretty nerve-wracking. You don't get much credit, but if you miss, you get all of the blame. I guess I can see why they take a lot of heat - they pay them to do one thing and one thing only. They're not out there getting hit, or at least they shouldn't be. I can't recall having ever seen a kicker just kick without actually setting up (he only had a second, literally). But he made it so that's all that matters.

Back to Favre. I guess after his wife, Deanna, got to sit in the booth (this is not what I meant, but she did promote her book which discusses her bout with breast cancer) with the rest of the Monday Night Football guys, Favre was not content just winning the game.

Nope, he went and threw an 82 yard touchdown to win the game on the very first play in overtime. Way to overachieve, Brett. AND kudos to Greg Jennings for escaping Dre Bly to make that catch.


I've never considered myself a huge Packers fan but Favre makes it pretty hard not to like him.

Tale of Two Records

Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, shortly after setting the record for the most touchdowns ever thrown, Super Bowl XXXI winner Brett Favre has the dubious distinction of throwing the most interceptions of all time. But his team, the Green Bay Packers, won the game, which is all he probably really cares about. This just shows that if you stick around long enough, you're going to do a lot of things really well and a lot of things really badly.

A lesson for us all in our own lives, I think.