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Just teasing, everybody.
The Bears-Packers rivalry is a lot of fun for me.
fbaezer -- keep watching!!!
... thought it was enough of a lead, and it was.
PERHAPS HIS BEST?
-The NFL's only three-time MVP, quarterback Brett Favre may have just completed the finest season of his career at age 38.
-It was a monumental year for Favre, who broke some of the legue's most hallowed records.
-At the N.Y. Giants in Week 2, Favre recorded his 149th career win, surpassing John Elway as the winningest quarterback in league history. Favre now has 160 career wins.
-In Week 4 at Minnesota, he surpassed Dan Marino as the NFL's all-time leader in touchdown passes with his 421st TD. He now has 442.
-In Week 15 at St. Louis, again he surpassed Marino as the all-time leader in passing yards. He has 61,655 career passing yards.
-But it wasn't all about breaking records for Favre in 2007. In leading the Packers to the division title, he turned in one of the finest statistical seasons of his 17-year NFL career. A look at where some of his 2007 numbers rank over his brilliant career:
Category: 2007 Total - Rank
Wins: 13 - 1T
Completion percentage: 66.5% - 1
300-yard passing games: 7 - 1T
Passing yards: 4,155 - 3
Passer rating: 95.7 - 3
Interceptions: 15 - 3T
Completions: 356 - 4
SIMPLY THE BEST
-The Packers own more NFL championships (12) than any other franchise, but it's not all about past glory for the Green and Gold.
-Talk of unrestricted free agency in the early '90s led many to believe small-town Green Bay would be the first franchise to fold.
-Since the advent of free agency in 1993, the Packers own the best W-L record in the NFL. They have captured seven division titles in that time.
-The Packers have won 10 or more game in nine seasons since 1993.
-A look at the most successful teams in the free-agency era shows eight of the last 11 Super Bowl champions, beginning with Green Bay's '96 title:
Team (W-L Record) (Pct.)
Green Bay Packers (152-88-0) (.633)
New England Patriots (150-90-0) (.625)
Pittsburgh Steelers (148-91-1) (.619)
Denver Broncos (146-94-0) (.608)
Indianapolis Colts (138-102-0) (.575)
Kansas City Chiefs (135-105-0) (.563)
Philadelphia Eagles (132-107-1) (.552)
Well that was just plain magnificent.
I love these guys!
McCarthy is just the right coach for Brett, finally. I loved how he kept going with Clark even after those fumbles. And I love how Clark ran like crazy to make it up to his team.
I love Nick Barnett's crazy jawing, and Atari Bigby's out-of-nowhere hits.
I love, love, love, Brett's play when he was nearly sacked and then stumbled along barely keeping his face out of the turf and then he saw the open receiver and made the toss... gorgeous.
And that high loop right over Jennings' head in the end zone... poetry.
And all that snow just made everything even more wonderful.
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Sure hope the Giants win so we can have one more on the frozen tundra this season.
