Rope a Dope

Oh Brett Favre you were starting to fake some people out. I've known for a long while that you were a gun slinging, egotistical, media whore, interception machine, but you even made me drop my guard for a moment! All season long I've posted blog after blog which forecasted that Favre the phony would throw a critical interception at the worst possible moment.

Why would anyone not think this way? Favre has 317 career interceptions and an additional 30 playoff INT's. Only Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, and Fran Tarkenton have more career TOUCHDOWNS then Favre does interceptions in the history of the NFL. Favre has thrown more than 20 interceptions in a single season SIX times!

He has thrown two of the most egregious interceptions I have ever seen. In 2003 in a playoff over time game at Philadelphia, Favre threw a back footed floater about 40 yards down field. There wasn't a Packer within 20 yards of the ball and Brian Dawkins looked as if he was fielding a punt. Needless to say he intercepted the pass and a few moments later David Akers & the Eagles ended the Packers season.

The second despicably bad interception was his last throw as a Packer. In the 2007 NFC Championship game the Packers had been let off the hook not once but TWICE by Lawrence Tynes who missed both game winning field goal attempts. You'd figure with the temperature being approximately minus 72 that this would discourage the Giants and invigorate the Packers to steal a win in what had seemed to be a magical season for Green Bay. This is probably true if you have anyone but Brett Favre under center. In his typical boner fashion this boner threw an interception on (I believe) the VERY FIRST PLAY of over time!!! Again, needless to say, a few moment later Tynes gained redemption and kicked a frozen brown block through the uprights propelling the Giants into the Super Bowl.

I'd personally like to say fuck you to Favre for this one in particular. I would have preferred he held that interception in him for another week. In that case my living room would currently be decorated with 19-0 apparel.

All the while we have irrefutable evidence, as the officials would say, of how much Brett Favre sucks (well I guess he doesn't suck in the sense that JaMarcus Russell sucks but aside from his incredible longevity he is a top 15 quarterback at best). You would never know any of this if you were, for instance, a foreigner who came over to America to learn about the National Football League. This foreigner would tune into Sportscenter, pregame shows, and watch each game to see analyst after analyst after announcer after analyst giving Favre a never ending knob job.

"He's a warrior."
"This guy here is such a competitor, does it get any better than Brett Favre?"
"Nobody has more fun out there than Brett Favre."

I honestly want to know, what is each of these idiots actually DOING when they see him throw another interception?

(Pans to Ron Jaworski's house as Jaws is coming back from the bathroom.... "Hmm, I wonder how the Bears got the ball back. The Vikings must have punted.")

I however heard two of the most asinine comments I have ever heard regarding Favre courtesy of Terry Bradshaw and Tom Jackson. Prior to the NFC Championship Bradshaw said, and I'm paraphrasing, 'I have loved watching Brett Favre and he in my opinion is the greatest quarterback to ever play.'

Made me want to puke. Off the top of my head without even stopping to try and think of other players, I would rather have: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, Steve Young, John Elway, Dan Marino, Bart Starr, Roger Staubach, Otto Graham, Johnny Unitas, Fran Tarkenton, Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Aikman, and Kurt Warner.

Notice that I didn't put Bradshaw on there. That overrated piece of crap won four Super Bowls riding a hellacious defense and stellar running game. Had you replaced Bradshaw with Favre... well... uhhh... ok I'll put Bradshaw in there too cuz at least he didn't fuck it up for his team.

The second comment from Tom Jackson came AFTER the Vikings crushing loss to the Saints. Jackson said, and I quote, "That’s the thing about Brett Favre; he’s not afraid to throw an interception. That’s one of the things I most admire about him." Ummm... what?!?!?! Tom, if you want me to throw on some shoulder pads, a helmet, and throw 15 picks a game for the Vikings I'd be happy to. It's been my life long dream to garner your admiration and, shit, you don't seem hard to please!

It's maddening!!! Maddening, maddening, maddening, maddening!!!!

So as the Saints-Vikings game kicked off, I all but had black and gold pumping through my veins. After all, what's worse than the Colts in the Super Bowl? Brett Favre being the opponent! As the game moved on though something funny happened....

I watched this game by myself so here's a bit of a synopsis of what went through my head...
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- Jeeze, they couldn't capitalize on that Reggie Bush turnover!! Oh man ANOTHER Vikings fumble?! They took out Peterson, my gahd they are falling apart!

(Shots of Brett Favre talking AP through it on the sideline, keeping him & his team mentally in the game)

- Holy shit what a hit!! He musta broke his ribs on that?? No flag!?!?! Favre just got clipped below the knee, jesus!!!

(Shots of Brett Favre grimacing but continually getting up and fighting)

- Fuck me, I'm not actually starting to pull for the Vikings am I? I mean I hate Favre but even the most venomous hater like myself can't do anything but admire that he's fighting his balls off for this.

(Vikings ball 2 minutes and change left. Completion, completion, SEEEEEEED to Sidney Rice. 10 yard run by Chester Taylor)

- Oh my gahd they are going to win this game. Favre!! FAVRE?!?! BRETT FAVRE has held his team together and displayed the type of gritty winning performance that would put Willis Reed to shame!!!!!

- Damn this is a big play, 3rd down... oh shit he has maaad room to run...

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ROPE A MOTHER FUCKING DOPE!!!!
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(Favre rolls right and that gun slinging, egotistical, media whore, interception machine throws completely across his body to a covered Sydney Rice, PICKED OFF!)
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I mean could there have been a more fitting ending to this? The microsecond after the interception I knew this game was over. They didn't need to flip the coin in over time because 100 out of 100 times the Saints would have won the toss. They didn't need to review a single play, they didn't need to even play the effing over time. That game was over.

Just another case of Brett Favre being Brett Favre. I just can't believe he was starting to rope me in..... I feel dirty.....