Monsters_of_Rock wrote:That's pure bullshit. Down by 14 I could buy what you're selling, but not down by 4. Down by 4, Favre will lead your team to victory just as well as Elway and Montana would and much much better than that overrated and overhyped media darling Tom Brady.
Brady does not lead the Patriots, the Patriots lead Brady. Matt Cassel stepped in last year and gave them the same productivity that Brady has given them in all but one season. He was great in '07, but every other season of his career he's been merely good including this year.
Did you see the Vikings/49ers game earlier this season? If your silly little theory was correct Favre would have thrown an INT on that last drive and the 49ers would have won the game, but that's not what happened. Favre has actually had two 4th quarter comebacks already this season, and he's closing in on Elway's all-time record.
So much tard-dum in one post I almost don't know where to start....
You really just compared Favre to Montana? Really? And you are being serious? Normally after someone does that you hear a rimshot and everyone starts laughing. That alone should nullify anything you said afterward.
Brady doesn't lead the Patriots? So you mean those 3 Superbowls in which he led drives at the end to win them were what - a fiction of our imagination?
Cassel had a decent year last year, and it was fun to watch. It made for a great story, and I'm happy that he got a nice contract and a starting role in KC. But don't forget that he was taking over an offense that set a slew of records the previous season. It's not like he had to throw to David Patten and Reche Calldwell. In Moss, Welker & Faulk he had one of the best deep threats, one of the best slot receivers, and one of the best receiving RBs in the league to throw to. If we do a side by side comparison(through 6 games) of Cassel in '08 vs Brady in '09 we see
Cassel: 6 TDs, 4 INTs, 1,095 YDs, and a QB Rating of 91
Brady: 12 TDs, 2 INTs, 1,724 YDs, and a QB Rating of 99
Were you aware that Cassel was the most sacked QB in '08? It's not because his line sucked, it's because he had a tendency to hang on to the ball too long while going through his progressions. Seems the guy that was there before him excelled at getting the ball out quickly so he didn't get sacked so much. And that is part of the skill set we are trying to explain to you.
A good QB calms everyone in the huddle(see Montana's SB quip about who was in the audience during his famous SB winning drive vs Cincy), reads the defensive set and adjusts accordingly(Peyton Manning is the master of this), and then takes the ball, drops back and goes through his progressions as quickly as possible and makes the highest percentage throw possible to keep the chains moving(which is what Brady does best). If the TD is there they will certainly take it, but they know that you don't need a TD on every pass to win the game. Sometimes the best pass of the game was the 8 yard sideline pass on 3rd & 7, the one that kept the drive going just before the winning score.
Guys like Favre don't get that. They will win games by gunslinging, but they will also be the cause of many losses, particularly in big games. Yes Favre won a couple of games in the early part of the season. Gunslingers look great in week 2, 3, or 4. They just don't look so good come mid January. Did you see Delhomme's disaster last year? Matt Cassel picked that same defense apart 2 weeks earlier, so it wasn't like Delhomme was going up against the '85 Bears. He got rattled after he lost a fumble, started forcing throws even the the score was tied, and then started getting picked off left and right making things worse with each subsequent throw.
You may not have been watching that game because you were busy watching Favre's first round game with the Jets....opps, that's right - even though NY had a nice division lead after 11 games Favre returned to gunslinger form and cost his team the playoff spot.
But I'm sure you remember this sequence from the NFC Championship game the year before Let's pick it up in the 4th Qtr:
Green Bay - 6:49
1st-10, GB33 6:49 B. Favre incomplete pass down the middle
2nd-10, GB33 6:43 B. Favre incomplete pass down the middle
3rd-10, GB33 6:36 B. Favre passed to V. Morency down the middle for 7 yard gain
4th-3, GB40 5:53 J. Ryan punt. R. McQuarters returned punt for 6 yards
NY Giants - 5:53
1st-10, NYG37 5:53 B. Jacobs rushed to the right for 6 yard gain
2nd-4, NYG43 5:19 B. Jacobs rushed to the right for 3 yard gain
3rd-1, NYG46 4:58 E. Manning rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
1st-10, NYG48 4:16 E. Manning incomplete pass to the right
2nd-10, NYG48 4:12 B. Jacobs rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
3rd-8, 50 3:30 E. Manning sacked by K. Gbaja-Biamila
4th-13, NYG45 2:48 J. Feagles punt. T. Williams returned punt for no gain
Green Bay - 2:48
1st-10, GB17 2:48 B. Favre incomplete pass to the right
2nd-10, GB17 2:44 GB committed 5 yard penalty
2nd-15, GB12 2:44 B. Favre incomplete pass down the middle
3rd-15, GB12 2:39 B. Favre passed to D. Lee down the middle for 5 yard gain
4th-10, GB17 2:15 J. Ryan punt. R. McQuarters returned punt for 7 yards. R. McQuarters fumbled. D. Hixon recovered fumble
NY Giants - 2:15
1st-10, GB48 2:15 A. Bradshaw rushed to the left for 1 yard gain. NYG committed 10 yard penalty
1st-19, NYG43 2:05 E. Manning passed to D. Tyree to the right for 4 yard gain
2nd-15, NYG47 1:59 E. Manning passed to S. Smith down the middle for 14 yard gain
3rd-1, GB39 1:17 A. Bradshaw rushed to the left for 8 yard gain
1st-10, GB31 0:53 E. Manning passed to S. Smith to the right for 11 yard gain
1st-10, GB20 0:30 A. Bradshaw rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
2nd-8, GB18 0:05 E. Manning incomplete pass down the middle
3rd-8, GB18 0:04 L. Tynes missed a 36-yard field goal
OT
NY Giants - 15:00
NYG kicked off, K. Robinson returned kickoff for 19 yards
Green Bay - 14:54
1st-10, GB26 14:54 R. Grant rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
2nd-8, GB28 14:04 C. Webster intercepted B. Favre for 9 yards
NY Giants - 14:04
1st-10, GB34 14:04 A. Bradshaw rushed to the right for 4 yard gain
2nd-6, GB30 13:21 A. Bradshaw rushed to the right for 1 yard gain
3rd-5, GB29 12:38 E. Manning incomplete pass to the left
4th-5, GB29 12:25 L. Tynes kicked a 47-yard field goal