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Revenge is sweet, even if Brett Favre won't admit it
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It's not the most noble of emotions, but we all enjoy a little revenge now and then. After a nasty break-up, we all like our ex to see us with someone better than them, and Brett Favre's new steady, the Minnesota Vikings, sure made the Green Bay Packers look like a bunch of wallflowers.
Favre threw four touchdowns to four different receivers (Percy Harvin, Visanthe Shiancoe, Jeff Dugan and Bernard Berrian), didn't throw an interception, giggled at a chorus of boos by the Lambeau Field faithful, and even threw a completion into triple coverage to show the world that he hasn't been completely neutered by Vikings' coach Brad Childress.
Not that Favre did it alone. The defense, except for parts of the fourth quarter, was great, with six sacks, three by Jared Allen, Adrian Peterson ran for 97 yards and caught a pass for 44 more, and Harvin, the recipient of the forced pass from Favre, had 259 all purpose yards.
Green Bay fans should be plenty proud of the quarterback they kept, though, as Aaron Rodgers threw for almost 300 yards with three TDs and no interceptions, despite a raggedy offensive line. But, football is played to win ( as Herm Edwards would say, YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!), and the Vikings are marching toward a first round bye while the Packers will have to catch fire to have any chance at a wild card berth.
Revenge? Favre says he doesn't think about it, but as a Vikings fan I do. Favre has every right to say, "I'm too old, huh? How many old men can throw like me?" But he won't. Love him or hate him, Favre is one classy dude. Green Bay held a mock funeral for Favre, and booed him lustily from warm-ups on. Of course, Packer fans, a delusional group on the whole, thought that the Packers would literally bury the old man once the game started. It didn't happen, and loyalties started to sway.
According to a member of the Vikings coaching staff, by the end of the game Sunday, most of the booing had subsided and were replaced by chants of "we love Brett!"
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