Beating the Cowboys in the playoffs 27-3 apparently wasn’t good enough for Brett Favre. Throwing for three touchdowns clearly wasn’t enough. No. Brett Favre needed to make sure the Vikings impressed polesters with their margin of victory so he called for a play action fake on 4th and 3 from the 11 with under two minutes left and the Vikings already leading 27-3. If that script sounds familiar it’s because it is; Favre chucked one deep with three minutes left in the first Vikings/Packers game with his team already up 30-20. Why do it? Because he was trying to rub it in and embarrass his opponent. In fact, Brad Childress was pissed at Favre for calling an audible in that situation when he was really supposed to hand the ball to Adrian Peterson. I’m guessing the same thing was called on the 4th and 3 play before Favre decided he wanted to pad his stats and rub it in.
The Vikings of course got a meaningless touchdown that only served to make the final score appear more embarrassing and Favre’s stats look more impressive. Several members of the Cowboys were pissed after that play — Wade Phillips and Dave Campo were upset at the Vikings coaches and Keith Brooking most notably was irritated. Brooking said: “I will say it was classless. It was disrespectful to do that. We get paid to stop them. But I just think it was totally disrespectful what he did in the end. I don’t think that’s what the NFL is all about.” He’s right and I agree. It was totally classless and disrespectful, but would you expect anything less from Favre? If he was chucking for the end zone on 4th down with five minutes left, why not go for the score on 4th down with two minutes left.
I hope Favre enjoyed his victory on Sunday because karma will get him back next weekend. Maybe those four touchdowns will turn into four turnovers. All because he had to rub it in. What a jerk. Here’s the play in case you missed it:
