Brett Favre Will Play Another Day

I for one am glad to see Brett Farve has not retired. NFL football would not be the same. I was saddened when John Elway retired. When Elway played you were in constant anticipation that something big was going to happen and more than not it did. If Favre would have exited the game it would have been an end to an era of which Elway was a part of. An era of the quarterback's quarterback. I hope he plays until he is sixty years old.

I'm sixty-one years old and I still love to play the game. I can't run as fast as I used to, I can't throw as far as I used to, but I still enjoy the competitive chutzpah that is rapped up in a football game along with the quest to excell individually in a team environment and leaving nothing undone on the field of play. Favre can't leave with it undone.

Brett had a phenominal season in 2009-10: TDS-33, INT-7, YDS-4,202, RTG-107.2. He was having a phenominal playoff run. Against the New Orleans Saints, the Vikings dominated in every aspect. Farve was dominating. Nagging Viking mistakes kept the Saints alive. Then came the cross-field pass that ended the Vikings hopes for a Superbowl appearance and for Farve, left it undone.

Elway left the game on top, he didn't leave it undone. Farve has done everything in his illustrious career. He has proven to be durable and a winner. He is the only player to win the AP Most Valuable Player three consecutive times (1995–97). He has led teams to eight division championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, and 2009), five NFC Championship Games (1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, and 2009), winning two (1996 and 1997), and two Super Bowl appearances, winning one (Super Bowl XXXI).

Brett holds many NFL records, including most career touchdown passes, most career passing yards, most career pass completions, most career pass attempts, most career interceptions thrown, most consecutive starts, and most career victories as a starting quarterback.

Brett Favre will have another phenominal season, if he doesn't suffer a serious injury and the Vikings offense stays intact. Those are some big ifs. Already the Vikings are experiencing a challenge with injuries to two of Brett't primary targets. Rice out for half the season and Harvin ailing and iffy from week to week.

Whoever steps into the Vikings receiving corp under Brett's influence will become a productive receiver. The screen pass to Peterson will be an effective option this year under these circumstances as well as the tightend position, until another wide receiver becomes the happy recipient of the Favre yardage machine. My prediction is Brett Favre will not leave it undone this year, barring no out of the blue setbacks.

Browns Syndrome Maintains Its Grip, Lose to the Vikings 34-20

Money makes the world go round, world go round. Joshua Cribbs this past week was threatening to sit out the regular season games until he got a contract agreement. Thank goodness he didn't. He was the only bright spot in what otherwise was a dismal beginning to the season for the Cleveland Browns. Cribbs had a total of 207 yards of punt and kick returns highlighted by a 67 yard punt return for a touchdown. There was one minor mishap, but it was recovered. Negotiations I think will be tipped in his favor by that performance.

The dark spot was a running back by the name of Adrian Peterson. The Browns defense just couldn't contain him. He compiled 180 yards on 25 carries with 3 touchdowns. His longest was 64 yards for a touchdown. Fantasy players just had to love that performance. Jamal Lewis by comparison had 57 yards on 11 carries and 3 receptions amounting to 47 yards.

All the hipe during the week leading up to the game was about Brett Favre and Brady Quinn. Quinn involved in a quarterback hullabaloo and Favre for just being Favre. Favre had a somewhat mediocre showing, but when you have a running back like Peterson behind you it is easily overlooked. Favre could only manage 110 yards on 14 completions out of 24 attempts with one touchdown. On the other hand, Quinn faired alittle better. He had 205 yards on 21 completions out of 35 attempts. Quinn finally managed a 26 yard touchdown pass to Robert Royal with 28 seconds left. Whether-or-not that was enough to quiet the controversy, time will tell.

At least, for one half of the game, things looked good for the Browns, but then the second half began and the bottom fell out. Browns fans can take solice from the fact that it is the first game, there are 15 more yet to be played. From where they are right now, the bottom, the team can only go up. If they can take anything of value out of their performance today they now know where they need to improve or maybe they already did and just don't know how to fix it. Just an added note, things got pretty ugly in the Dawg Pound. Browns syndrome maintains its grip. Is there a cure in the near future?