Battered and beaten, Brett Favre(notes) limped off the field for perhaps the final time. His head down, the pained look on his face was brought on as much by a head-scratching turnover as it was by a bone-crunching hit from Bobby McCray. With the NFC championship game tied, the Minnesota Vikings close to field goal range and mere seconds left, Favre made the kind of mistake he had avoided all season. He committed the No. 1 no-no for an NFL quarterback when he threw the ball late and back over the middle toward Sidney Rice(notes), and Tracy Porter(notes) stepped in front to intercept the pass Sunday. New Orleans won the coin toss in overtime, and before Favre could take the field, Drew Brees(notes) drove them into position for Garrett Hartley’s(notes) winning field goal that gave the Saints a 31-28 victory and their first Super Bowl berth. So close and yet so far!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Vikes and Favre lose a heartbreaker
Battered and beaten, Brett Favre(notes) limped off the field for perhaps the final time. His head down, the pained look on his face was brought on as much by a head-scratching turnover as it was by a bone-crunching hit from Bobby McCray. With the NFC championship game tied, the Minnesota Vikings close to field goal range and mere seconds left, Favre made the kind of mistake he had avoided all season. He committed the No. 1 no-no for an NFL quarterback when he threw the ball late and back over the middle toward Sidney Rice(notes), and Tracy Porter(notes) stepped in front to intercept the pass Sunday. New Orleans won the coin toss in overtime, and before Favre could take the field, Drew Brees(notes) drove them into position for Garrett Hartley’s(notes) winning field goal that gave the Saints a 31-28 victory and their first Super Bowl berth. So close and yet so far!
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