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Yea I've been wanting to kick the entire Packers organization there for quite sometime now. I'll leave it to Jared Allen and Brett, their doing a darn good job. Also Farve first QB to beat all 32 teams at games end.
 
Justin
Allen is a MONSTER.
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Yeah, he's pretty elite. Hopefully Cam Wake can be as good as Allen. Cam has the best first step of anyone I've seen, but Allen is just crazy with the way he turns the corner.
 
Omnis
Yeah, he's pretty elite. Hopefully Cam Wake can be as good as Allen. Cam has the best first step of anyone I've seen, but Allen is just crazy with the way he turns the corner.
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True, but idk what just happened with that TD and oh boy FLAG LoL. C'mon Vikes!!!
 
They miss the 2-point, we pretty much win as long as we don't make a monumental collapse never seen before.
 
Oh they've been seen before, these are the type of endings I both love and hate. Looks like you guys got the kick at least. Favre is smart and Childress doesn't wanna take this win away from Favre, I don't see any turn overs coming I hope...
 
I have to give credit to Rodgers, for being sacked 7 times he is having an awesome game.

Edit: make that 8 sacks
 
I'm like a brick on eggs... wait never mind sack by #69, some guy name Jared Allen. I just have to witness FAVRE in a Vikes uniform beat the Packers. I've been watching Favre since his trade to GB, when no one could get his spelling or last name pronunciation.
 
Or close to it WAY TO GO BRETT FAVRE!!!

I'm so happy for Brett! Man Minnesota must be Party Capital, USA tonight. If I didn't know any better I'd say I'm a Vikes fan now LoL, see you guys in the playoffs.
 
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I didn't stay up to watch post-game, but someone please tell me that Favre gave his defense credit for putting the ball in his hands enough for him to be able to even attempt what he did? In all honesty, Favre looked good, but had the Vikings D not been on their A-game he wouldn't have had thd chance to do what he did.

And can someone tell the ESPN announcers that 4 is not 7 and Favre/Elway comparisons will not fly. Elway didn't do everything in his power to keep the spotlight on him at all times, including in the off season.

SRinc.
That's it! Man if someone had mad it that clear to me before I would be all over it. I'm assuming you can only join at the season open correct?
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Well, it is a bit more than that, but if you keep up with football fairly well you can figure it out. Feel free to watch our league this year (link in my sig) and join next year if you are interested.
 
FoolKiller
I didn't stay up to watch post-game, but someone please tell me that Favre gave his defense credit for putting the ball in his hands enough for him to be able to even attempt what he did?
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He did.
He also said Rogers played a pretty good game considering he had no O-line.
 
That's pretty funny, considering the crap he Rams down people's throats (or their ears, rather).

Also, I think the Favre situation is as much a creation of the media as it is Favre's doing. The only thing Favre is guilty of is ducking Free Agency rules, like that ex-GM guy was saying. By "retiring," he absolved his Jets contract and that's the only reason why he's on the Vikings right now. This guy has a new rule which would have all players who claim retirement suspended for the following season.

I credit Favre's agent for exploiting that loophole, though. That was a good one and it looks like it was to the benefit of everyone except for the Jets owner's bank account.
 
The Favre situation is incredibly frustrating.

He's with the packers for what, 1000 years? He has an enormous legacy with Green Bay - they were ready to erect gold statues of him and sing his name in praise until the end of time.

He decides to call it quits and go live at home with his beautiful wife and enjoy retirement. Then he decides he has nothing to do with himself and his wife is not so much fun to hang out with, and so he must go back and play football to entertain himself. Green bay welcomes him back once, but eventually they decide they need to move on.

So what does Favre do? He rips his legacy in Green Bay to shreds in hopes of getting to play for a team that has a shot at a superbowl title. So he finds a fundamentally fantastic team that needs a quarterback. Minnesota has had a suffocating defense for years, and with Adrian Peterson they have one of the best running games in the league. Favre decides that even a halfway decent quarterback could get these guys to the superbowl, and it's his opportunity to get that last ring he cares about so much.

Seriously?

It's worth it for you to light your legacy on fire, crap on your fans, flip the bird to your wife, to have a 1, maybe 2-year shot at a superbowl ring? Winning the superbowl one more time is that important? Let's say he does go on to win the superbowl (which I still think is very unlikely) and then he decides to retire having achieved that last ring he wanted so badly. Are the Vikings fans going to love him forever? Hell no. They're going to remember him forever as the Favre who they hated from Green Bay. Are the Packers fans going to forgive and forget? Absolutely not.

Right now, he's the embodiment of all the wrong things. He's throwing all team loyalty out the window for a chance at winning. Team loyalty is the reason football is so popular. People love their teams. But how are they to love their teams when their players are willing to throw them under the bus for a shot at winning a few more games? He's undermining the very reason people watch football.

Is anyone surprised that the Vikings are a decent team when they've got someone with a little experience at quarterback? They were a decent team with the flunkies they had. Favre's great achievement here is to find a team that basically didn't need him, and ride them through the season.

I'm disgusted that he's getting praised for it.
 
After reading Danoff's post:

If there are any Packers fans here, I understand how it feels. I am a Kentucky basketball fan and we don't call Rick Pitino, Benedict Pitino, or Slick Rick for nothing.
 
I'm guess I'm just lucky that all the teams that I'm loyal to (Buffalo, Cincinnati, Miami) suck, because I personally enjoyed watching the New York Brettes and have so far enjoyed watching the Vikings games as well. And I can honestly say that I only have been following the two teams because of Favregate.
 
Well I think it's pretty awesome to be the only guy to beat all 32 teams. Otherwise, Fran Tarkenton is completely right.

And, Toronado, HOW DARE YOU say that Miami sucks! Everyone knows that Fiedler/Saban/Cameron/Wannstache sucked, but not The Dolphins. :p No, but seriously-- Miami is on the rise. We just need a superstar receiver and hope that Chad Henne becomes something special.
 
On this day in 1999 (according to ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption"), the new Houston franchise was called the Houston Texans. And in Tony Kornheiser fashion, a few cheap shots on them were laid. Surprisingly, Michael Wilbon has the Texans as a Wild Card. So he agrees with me that the Texans, maybe very unlikely they win the AFC South, but MAY get a shot at the AFC Wild Card. This weekend, the Texans will play around at the defending NFC champs, the Arizona Cardinals. I'm sure that Houston won't slap around Arizona like they did to Oakland.

Honestly, I think the Texans need better execution and more consistency. When they can play to win and play to win consistently, then we'll really start to show through.
 
Danoff
The Favre situation is incredibly frustrating.

He's with the packers for what, 1000 years? He has an enormous legacy with Green Bay - they were ready to erect gold statues of him and sing his name in praise until the end of time.

He decides to call it quits and go live at home with his beautiful wife and enjoy retirement. Then he decides he has nothing to do with himself and his wife is not so much fun to hang out with, and so he must go back and play football to entertain himself. Green bay welcomes him back once, but eventually they decide they need to move on.

So what does Favre do? He rips his legacy in Green Bay to shreds in hopes of getting to play for a team that has a shot at a superbowl title. So he finds a fundamentally fantastic team that needs a quarterback. Minnesota has had a suffocating defense for years, and with Adrian Peterson they have one of the best running games in the league. Favre decides that even a halfway decent quarterback could get these guys to the superbowl, and it's his opportunity to get that last ring he cares about so much.

Seriously?

It's worth it for you to light your legacy on fire, crap on your fans, flip the bird to your wife, to have a 1, maybe 2-year shot at a superbowl ring? Winning the superbowl one more time is that important? Let's say he does go on to win the superbowl (which I still think is very unlikely) and then he decides to retire having achieved that last ring he wanted so badly. Are the Vikings fans going to love him forever? Hell no. They're going to remember him forever as the Favre who they hated from Green Bay. Are the Packers fans going to forgive and forget? Absolutely not.

Right now, he's the embodiment of all the wrong things. He's throwing all team loyalty out the window for a chance at winning. Team loyalty is the reason football is so popular. People love their teams. But how are they to love their teams when their players are willing to throw them under the bus for a shot at winning a few more games? He's undermining the very reason people watch football.

Is anyone surprised that the Vikings are a decent team when they've got someone with a little experience at quarterback? They were a decent team with the flunkies they had. Favre's great achievement here is to find a team that basically didn't need him, and ride them through the season.

I'm disgusted that he's getting praised for it.
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How exactly do you know that is the reason he came back? Sure that is one of the reasons but not the only one. Also, do you think he would really come back if his wife didn't want him too?

As for loyalty, the fans are loyal. If you look at the NFL HoF most players have played on multiple teams.
 
Justin
How exactly do you know that is the reason he came back? Sure that is one of the reasons but not the only one. Also, do you think he would really come back if his wife didn't want him too?
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I think his wife isn't going to stop him. And I think that of any of the reasons to come back, none of them should have been sufficient to get him to basically flip off his fans.

 
I don't think the wife thing is valid - it's not like he's 70 and can't hang it up. Most 40 year olds still have to work for a living, anyway.
 
Danoff
I think his wife isn't going to stop him. And I think that of any of the reasons to come back, none of them should have been sufficient to get him to basically flip off his fans.

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The retirement was a way to get out of his contracts. That's it and that's all.
 
Yea I'm not digging the dirt being thrown on his wife's that's just bad judgement and showing bad morale in character. However on the other end retiring to get out of a contract and not suffer to the consequences that others would and defeat your old team in which you set a million records with? Sign me up and why not? 'Rules are meant to be broken.', and when you can break them and they can't break you back... BREAK 'EM, hats off to Brett and Jared Allen on two textbook performances last night in their victory over Green Bay!
 
Did you guys see what ESPN is doing to team logos? I thought the rams one was hilarious.
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Should have made one for the Raider's with the 2 swords actually through the pirate's head... God my Raiders suck (again) this year... shoulda signed Vick.
 
My Texans will play at Arizona (I think we can win this one, but it's going to be tough). The Monday Night this week is an Omnis special. It's the Miami Dolphins hosting the J! E! T! S!. Jets at Dolphins. The AFC East Championship goes through Miami, and I'm pretty sure the Dolphins will put up quite a fight on Monday night.

But back to my Texans. The WR match is going to be a great one- Andre Johnson (HOU) vs. Larry Fitzgerald (ARI). Now, I love Andre Johnson, but I also love Larry Fitzgerald. The Texans need to step up on defense and get a solid running game going. Folks like Brian Cushing have picked up the slack for the Texans as well as "Super" Mario Williams. This has to be a statement game for the Texans to show that Andre Johnson can compete and can win against almost any team in the NFL.
 
The Ravens tried to shut down the Bengals today, but it didn't happen. An AFC North lead battle went to the "Cardiac Cats" from Cincy. They won 17-14. I wonder how GTPlanet's biggest Ravens fan responds to this loss...
 
Although we won, I am worried about our ability to win against a good team. The Rams(I love the throwbacks they wore) had an easy time getting down to the red zone, luckily they messed up most of the time.
 

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