Will Brett Favre finally retire?
Probably, but knowing Favre, he’ll probably retire for the third time only to come back two weeks after his retirement speech.
In case you missed it, the New Orleans Saints probably convinced Brett Favre to finally call it quits with the way they’ve been putting the guy on the ground all game long en route to their 31-28 win in overtime to earn the trip to Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Florida.
Yep, the New Orleans Saints put the hurt on Brett Favre alright, as the Vikings quarterback NEVER felt comfortable inside the pocket all day long. To make matters worse, the way the Vikings have been turning the ball over didn’t help.
The Minnesota Vikings turned the ball over FIVE TIMES. FIVE. You can’t do that when you’re up against a team like the New Orleans Saints who are just dying to have the ball back on offense and in a game like this with a trip to the Super Bowl at stake.
Nobody told the Vikings. Nobody told Brett Favre.
The Vikings had the perfect opportunity to salvage the game and win it in regulation. They WERE in field goal range with 19 seconds remaining in the game. Unfortunately, they had 12 guys in the huddle as the Vikes were penalized for five yards, taking the field goal attempt out of the question.
They still had a shot at getting back inside field goal range if they just took care of the football and advanced it for a couple more yards. Unfortunately, Brett Favre decided to throw the football… TO THE OTHER TEAM… missing out on beating the Saints in regulation as Drew Brees and company forced overtime.
People say that coin tosses in overtime decide the game and it wasn’t any different as far as the 2010 NFC championship game was concerned. The Saints won the toss, kept the football and marched towards the Vikings’ 40-yard line to set-up Garrett Hartley for his game-winning field goal to earn his team a ticket to Super Bowl XLIV.
The New Orleans Saints will face the Indianapolis Colts, who defeated the New York Jets earlier in the day to win the AFC title.
The Saints are in the Super Bowl for the first time in the history of their franchise. And with the way the city of New Orleans celebrated after Hartley’s field goal, you can tell they’ve been waiting for this one for a long time.
”This is for everybody in this city,” Saints coach Sean Payton said. ”This stadium used to have holes in it and used to be wet. It’s not wet anymore. This is for the city of New Orleans.”
”It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for for a long time and obviously we’re not done yet,” Drew Brees said.
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