Dec 25 2005
Purple haze
Some observations on limited viewing of the Xmas Day action:
Can some Packers fan out there please explain to me why nobody in Green Bay wants Brett Favre to retire after this season? Did you watch Favre today against the Bears? He threw four interceptions and tried to force the ball into places where it just wouldn’t fit, thinking his riverboat-gambler style could still work on a team of third- and fifth-stringers. (Green Bay picked up Rod Gardner off waivers and snatched Noah Herron off the Steelers’ practice squad. They’d inquire about Terrell Davis’ availability if there were more games left this season…)
Yes, Favre was great before, and you figure if Mark Brunell could have a good season after he looked so terrible last year, Favre could do that, too. Maybe he can. The Packers, however, desperately need to rebuild, and nobody rebuilds around a 36-year-old quarterback. Yes, it will hurt some of you to see Favre in another uniform, but it didn’t stop Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice or Joe Montana, did it? It’s not like he won’t go into the Hall of Fame as a Packer, right?
Anyway, the Bears won, clinching the NFC North and a first-round bye. The game was so engrossing that I found myself switching between that and America’s Funniest Home Videos most of the time. That tree-climbing dog had better moves than Antonio Chatman.
I didn’t tune into the Vikings-Ravens game until late, and not until I went to NFL.com, checked out the live stats and saw these numbers for Kyle Boller:
17 for 23, 180 yards, 2 TD
Wow. Guees he had a breakthrough with that sports psychologist a few weeks ago. Maybe they got to the bottom of what really happened between Boller and Jeff Tedford. The mental scars must have run pretty deep. Maybe that’s why Packers fans don’t want Favre to retire; Aaron Rodgers is a Tedford guy…
Can someone explain to me why the Vikings didn’t use any timeouts in the last three minutes? They let the clock run down past the two-minute warning and gave themselves only 1:49 to overcome what became 7-point deficit. Did Mike Tice think he could save them for next week or something?
Two plays into the Vikings’ two-minute drill, the Ravens defense forced Checkdown Charlie out of the pocket and knocked the ball out of his hands. Then the Ravens offense got the Vikes to use up all their timeouts before putting another 3 on the board. Minnesota’s eliminated. Our pal Peter did not has probably had better Christmases than this.
Boller’s final line: 24-for-34, 289, 3 TD, 1 INT. The week before: 19-for-27, 253 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs. One is an accident, two is a trend, three would be a Brian Billick ego trip. Just remember — Boller is doing this against NFC teams…
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