<![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It. - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It. - Deadspin Comments]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @LeagueofShadows: Lawrence James Henry Tynes was too much of a lightweight to stand around outside, so he took off for the tunnel as soon as the game was over.

drjayphd

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Tickenest: @Worm: He's still a pretty good corner, but he's overrated.

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @LeagueofShadows: @Tickenest: You mean you want the Fox analysts to actually look at this year's game tape and see Al Harris getting burned by Sidney Rice in the Metrodome, torched by Drew Carter in Lambeau, embarrassed by Brandon Marshall in Denver, and eaten alive by T.O. in Dallas?

I want to shave the man's head, deep fry his dreadlocks, and make him eat them individually.

/about to be committed

Worm

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @LeagueofShadows: Yet people continue to say what a great cornerback he is. My God, we knew in Philly how bad he was. I'll never forget his awful performance in the 2001 NFC Championship Game (the one where the Eagles went to St. Louis and were leading at halftime.) He was just pathetic that day (as on most), and I'm especially bitter because out of all the years they made the NFC Championship Game, that one was their best chance to win the Super Bowl (honestly, St. Louis should have killed the Patriots in that one and I think the Eagles would have come out on top if they'd made it.)

Tickenest

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Chamomiles Davis: Al Harris played as bad as I've ever seen a cornerback play.

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> We all should have known better: with Brett, you win some, you gunsling some...

Satyr Icon

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> I'm still trying to understand why Eli Manning ran out onto the field after the winning kick and jumped into the arms of . . . holder Jeff Feagles?

Ted's Famous Kickin Chicken

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Chamomiles Davis: Not Jennings, Driver. Way to go, douchebag.

Chamomiles Davis

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> I didn't get to see the entire game yesterday, but from what I did see, Eli was hitting Toomer and Burress almost at will. The bulk of Favre's passing yards came through one 90-yard pass to Jennings, correct?

Chamomiles Davis

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Gourmet Spud:

We've got John Graves Simcoe Day, at least in Toronto. Everywhere else in Ontario it's the always festive "Civic Holiday".

Kid Canada

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @VTBen:

And unfortunately, us Canajens don't have any pioneer of civil rights. And Don Cherry day hasn't passed yet.

Gourmet Spud

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Maybe Eli Manning won the game rather than Brett Favre losing it?

muggsybogues

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Worm: fair enough.

Crookednose

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Afino: When your an 8 point favorite, at home in the NFC Championship, and your the quarterback the offense manages only 88 yards in the second half and you throw an bad interception on a potentially game winning drive, you deserve a HUGE amount of the blame.

If this were Eli or Grossman or virtually any other QB, he'd be getting slaughtered in the media. Its favre, so every looks for other people to blame

Drederick Tatum

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> I'll remind everyone again that kicking used to be much more important in this game... about 100 years ago or so.

Permanent4

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Before the game, Favre said that as the game progresses, he'll lose distance and zip on his passes. The 15 yard out would certainly qualify as needing both of those attributes. Also, I saw a stat floating around that the pack is close to .500 in games under 40* in the last couple years.

I think the best part of the post game festivities were the player interviews. They all sounded like they just came from the dentist.

The Boy Wonder

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Gourmet Spud: +1, unfortunately not everyone has the day off... I start classes for the new semester today.

VTBen

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Crookednose: No, I'd say trying to throw a 15-yard "out" route when you can't feel your hand and you haven't completed that pass all night qualifies as "ill-advised." Stupid play call, for sure, but you can't try to make that throw in 30-below weather. There's no way you can get enough steam on the ball.

Worm

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> King didn't select a "Goat of the Week" - I wonder why.

RBS

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> That wasn't an "ill-advised" pass. It was simply a pass that should have been to outside the numbers, but which he flubbed, so it floated inside and was easy to pick. Ill-advised is throwing into triple coverage, which he admittedly did at least once and got away with it. That last INT was simply a bad pass, not a bad decision.

Crookednose

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Afino: I'm still in denial.

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> By the way, I think Brett's performance was hindered by the cold. A month ago it was around 0 degrees and windy as hell in Chicago and he struggled. He looked old and tired. Same thing yesterday. I hate to say it, but as I get older, I have less tolerance for the shitty weather. And drinking.

J-No

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Tickenest:

Yep. Funny how that works, eh?

Favre was a reason they lost, not the reason.

Regardless, the Packers didn't deserve to win. I reached the acceptance stage of grief by midnight last night.

Afino

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @BigTenObsession: Al Harris sucked more than any cornerback I've ever seen.

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Andre Kristacovitchlalinski, Jr. is not impressed by Mr. Tynes.

BigRicks

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Lawerence was sure excited after learning that Strahan was giving him the OK to do the Cowboy dance

RagingRomones

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Dread: Whoa, whoa, WHOA!! Let's not do anything rash, or say something we can't take back now.

Senators Lost Cojones

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> I feel so gay after reading Peter King today.

Hey! That rhymed!

Shanknuts

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Student of The Game: Damn, you beat me to the punch.

Pepper Leach

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Dread: Now why do you have to go and do a thing like that? Uncalled for.

J-No

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @LeagueofShadows:

1. Too many
2. Al Harris got eaten alive by Plax all day
3. Despite their mistakes, Snee and Diehl did a good job
4. Kawika Mitchell, Osi and Strahan

BigTenObsession

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @blainer: Guess that whole "No soup for Eli" thing really worked out.

JoeyPorterAle

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Afino: Maybe, but I can't help but think that had the Packers won the game in OT, reasons 1-5 for their victory, according to Packers fans, would have been Favre.

Tickenest

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @stealofthedraft:
Rockin the ganga

JoeyPorterAle

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> If Deanna had sit in the stands instead of a luxury box, the Pack would have won. Just ask Eli.

blainer

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Afino: 1. McCarthy's playcalling sucked. How many freaking screen passes are you going to call when you realize they DON'T FREAKING WORK, JUST LIKE THEY HAVN'T WORKED ALL YEAR.
2. How the hell does the pass defense fall apart with Eli Freaking Manning as the quarterback. They couldn't cover for shit.
3. No pass rush.
4. No running game, which McCarthy unneccesarily abandoned too soon.

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> The Pack doesn't make the Super Bowl due to Favre's ineptitute...

and the Giants *do* make the Super Bowl despite not heeding the warnings of or handing the ball to Tiki Barber.

If only there was some sort of column here at Deadspin that could help me to track how conventional wisdom changes from week to week.

Dread

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> No, Will, you're exactly right. The old fart has sucked in the playoffs ever since the 98 game against the 49ers(where Owens caught the last second touchdown).

LeagueofShadows

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Wow. Tony Romo really is a young Bret Favre.

ralphus

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @eddierebel: better grip while trying to choke the game away...

Tracy Ham and Eggs

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Senators Lost Cojones:

Gregggggggggggg Easterbrook's gonna be pretty pissed if someone finds the mystery of the universe before him.

Afino

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @eddierebel:

Because apparently he is the FUCKING BALLS!

BigTenObsession

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Totally Favres fault. 9 of 17 for 73 yards with 2 INT's in the second half and OT. That's just shitty play. Did the old man hit the Vicodin bottle at halftime?

Chief Wahoo

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Tynes looks like schrutebag in that pic.

I was cursing him out after the first kick, in shock after the second one, and euphoric after he nailed it. Last night was a great party night in Manhattan.

Jefferson DArcy

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> We are kickers we kick ball we play with ball we kick the ball!
I like to kick, I like to play, but please please, not Green Bay!
BRRR Green Bay! BRRR Green Bay!

Wait, he made it? Oh.

Kid Canada

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Why wouldn't Tynes wear gloves?

Artie Fufkin

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @Stev D:

It's too late for salve. Word is he's ordered a skin graft from Kevin Gilbride.

Gourmet Spud

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> This Packers fan says that the title of this post is wrong.

There's at least 4 bigger reasons than Favre to why they lost this game.

Afino

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @stealofthedraft: Solving the mystery of Dark Matter thus unlocking the secrets of the Universe. Or incest. It's a toss up.

Senators Lost Cojones

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> I hope that Tom Coughlin gets some salve for his face.

Stev D

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Blogger and Author Will Leitch Found Dead.

Editor of the popular sports site Deadspin, Will Leitch, was found murdered outside of New York. Leitch, the author of a new sports anthology, was apparently run over in a tragic hit-and-run accident while leaving a book signing. Reports are sketchy, but police say it appears that the vehicle was a large camper with a Raiders bumper sticker. Witnesses claim the drivers where a pair of pudgy older men, one with facial hair.

The only other evidence found at the scene were a telestrator pen and a field hockey stick with "Montclair High School" written on it.

Tracy Ham and Eggs

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @OchentaYcinco: I truly can't believe that I found this nugget in a football column:

"you want to make Brandon Jacobs happy, serve him some nice lasagna, with a touch of nutmeg, believe it or not."

Got to hand it to King for getting the big story.

Kiner's Rounded Edge

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> strahanwilleattynes.jpg

Heh.

Student of The Game

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @OchentaYcinco: cheese

Moonshine Mike

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Eli Manning talks with a yak tongue. Just saying...

Dignan

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Favre should trade gunslinging for Singapore Slinging, and fast.

LingeringBursitis

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> @stealofthedraft: ... eating? Good parenting?

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> At least now that the Packers are out of the play-offs the good people of Green Bay can get back to...

stealofthedraft

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> So, Peter King's column is up. Do I want to read the sound of a (over)grown man crying?

OchentaYcinco

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Somewhere, John Madden is crying with his penis in his hand.

Beer-Fart

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> At least Peter King has found a way to fill the Farve void:

Started watching "American Idol'' the other night, and loved it. Never thought I would, but the show is a riot.

In other news, there's these tiny little creatures who get into your lungs and make you sick! It's a riot.

Slothrop

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> What?? Brett's NOT perfect?? Careful there Will. Count yourself lucky if you don't wake up to find a bloody wheel of cheddar in your bed tomorrow.

Senators Lost Cojones

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Happy Martin Lawrence King Day, everyone!

Gourmet Spud

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Looks like Farve Gunslinged them out of a victory. Gunslinged? Gunslung? Gunslang? Gunslew? Somebody help me out.

Sliderofdeath

]]> <![CDATA[Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.]]> Wow, Favre may possibly be thinking about maybe retiring. Or not. I never saw that coming.

Sliderofdeath

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