Another Fantastic Favre Finish

As an avid follower of the NFC Central North my entire life, I’ve seen this before. I can’t tell you (really, I can’t) how many times Brett Favre has had less than two minutes to win a football game. And time and time again, he seems to find a way to do it. Just for the record, he now has 42 comebacks from fourth-quarter deficits or ties in his 19-year and counting career.

Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings / Image: Zuma Press

But he’s supposedly over-the-hill and in his new role as “game manager” for the Minnesota Vikings, Brett has been both conservative and consistent. But successful. Today, against a San Francisco 49ers defense that refused to let all-world running back Adrian Peterson beat them, Brett was called upon to win a game. And he did just that. Brett’s 32-yard touchdown pass with two seconds remaining lifted the Vikes to a 27-24 win over the Niners and improved the team’s record to 3-0 heading into next Monday night’s showdown with division rival Green Bay (October 5, 8:30 PM ET on ESPN).

As impressive as the game-winning touchdown pass was—a laser dart to the back of the endzone where one player (recently acquired receiver Greg Lewis) and one player only was going to make the catch—it was the 80-yard drive with just 1:29 to go and no timeouts that really impressed me. Brett remained visibly calm, cool and collected throughout—as one would expect from a grizzled veteran. And no offense to backups Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels, but to further justify the acquisition of Brett this preseason—neither of those QBs wins this game for the Vikings today.

During the week leading up to the game, Brett said playing in the Metrodome was going to be “awesome.” As it turns out, yes, it was. It was an amazing throw and equally amazing catch that won this game.

Source: NFL.com, Twitter.com/VikingsFootball