Favre Is Under Control

by Brandon on Sep 25, 2007 12:48 AM CDT in Green Bay Packers News

Peter King started off this week's column about QB Brett Favre's trip into the juvenation machine:

His coaches told him last spring to be less Favrian, less daring, and he's doing that. Against the physically imposing Chargers, he had two negative plays -- two sacks, no interceptions -- while throwing for 369 yards and three touchdowns.

I read the same thing back in the spring; McCarthy tells Favre to take better care of the ball. It's true that he hasn't thrown any dumb interception yet, but I don't believe he's turned over a new leaf. He's still the same gunslinger and we are only looking at three games. Compare Favre v.2006 to v.2007 after three games:

Hmm...so Favre's stats are almost exactly the same. Maybe next week Peter King can focus on the real story, that talk of Favre's demise has been overblown for the past few seasons, and that the Packers defense and special teams are much better.

Year	Comp. %	Yards	TD	INT	Fumbles Lost
2006	59%	850	6	3	0
2007	64%	861	6	2	1

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Farvre is a seasoned leader

I don't get the fascination with trying to say that Farve is winning because he's different. Because his coach told him to grow up. But that takes away from his talent.He's winning because he's older, and because he's gotten it together.

As the AP reported, Brett disagrees with:

"I don't think I'm going into the game with every drop-back going, 'Don't turn it over. Don't turn it over. Don't throw it down the field,"' Favre said. "I'm just playing the game."

Actually he's not just playing the game. He's playing it seriously because he's serious and older. That's a natural progression.

Reddog

by Reddog on Sep 27, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions