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By MATT LEDESMA
Scripps Howard News Service
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/50579
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He'll be wearing purple instead of green this time around, but it will take more than a uniform change for the Dallas Cowboys not to recognize Brett Favre.
Sunday's NFC divisional round playoff game in Minnesota will mark the 12th meeting between Favre and the Cowboys.
Dallas is 9-2 overall against the future Hall of Fame quarterback including a perfect 3-0 mark in the postseason.
Although the 40-year old Favre has shown at times this season he can still conjure up some of that old school magic, I don't see the Vikings advancing past the Cowboys.
Favre may be able to change his team affiliation at will, but a leopard can't change its spots.
In three playoff meetings, the league's career leader in tossing picks has thrown as many interceptions (five) as he has touchdowns against Dallas. I'm betting Favre will have another tough day, especially on a Cowboys defense that has been playing lights out this past month.
I was in the stands the last time Favre came to Texas Stadium. In that 2007 Thursday night matchup, Dallas forced him into a couple of interceptions and just 56 yards passing before a blitz by defensive back Nate Jones knocked him out of the game.
That late regular-season win basically gave Dallas a clear path to hosting the NFC championship game that season, but a divisional round loss to the Giants changed those plans. The Giants would go on to take down Green Bay in the championship game, with the contest ending on none other than a Favre interception.
The guy is a gunslinger, and those who live by the rocket ball, die by the rocket ball.
Don't kid yourselves into thinking Favre will stand by and let Vikings coach Brad Childress handcuff him into giving running back Adrian Petersen the rock all day. Favre didn't put his body and legacy on the line for one more season to hand the ball off in crunch time.
No, he came back to silence those blasphemers in Green Bay and to prove he could still quarterback a team to the Super Bowl. So he'll audible, and then chuck the ball downfield, forcing passes to not-so open receivers.
And because of that free wheeling style of play, he might just also be playing his final NFL game this Sunday.
Scripps Howard News Service
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/50579
professional football
He'll be wearing purple instead of green this time around, but it will take more than a uniform change for the Dallas Cowboys not to recognize Brett Favre.
Sunday's NFC divisional round playoff game in Minnesota will mark the 12th meeting between Favre and the Cowboys.
Dallas is 9-2 overall against the future Hall of Fame quarterback including a perfect 3-0 mark in the postseason.
Although the 40-year old Favre has shown at times this season he can still conjure up some of that old school magic, I don't see the Vikings advancing past the Cowboys.
Favre may be able to change his team affiliation at will, but a leopard can't change its spots.
In three playoff meetings, the league's career leader in tossing picks has thrown as many interceptions (five) as he has touchdowns against Dallas. I'm betting Favre will have another tough day, especially on a Cowboys defense that has been playing lights out this past month.
I was in the stands the last time Favre came to Texas Stadium. In that 2007 Thursday night matchup, Dallas forced him into a couple of interceptions and just 56 yards passing before a blitz by defensive back Nate Jones knocked him out of the game.
That late regular-season win basically gave Dallas a clear path to hosting the NFC championship game that season, but a divisional round loss to the Giants changed those plans. The Giants would go on to take down Green Bay in the championship game, with the contest ending on none other than a Favre interception.
The guy is a gunslinger, and those who live by the rocket ball, die by the rocket ball.
Don't kid yourselves into thinking Favre will stand by and let Vikings coach Brad Childress handcuff him into giving running back Adrian Petersen the rock all day. Favre didn't put his body and legacy on the line for one more season to hand the ball off in crunch time.
No, he came back to silence those blasphemers in Green Bay and to prove he could still quarterback a team to the Super Bowl. So he'll audible, and then chuck the ball downfield, forcing passes to not-so open receivers.
And because of that free wheeling style of play, he might just also be playing his final NFL game this Sunday.
