Money quote:Early in the pre-game broadcast Steve Young tried to bring some sanity to the proceedings, saying that quarterbacks don’t just come into a new team and start flinging the ball around 40 times a game.
Stuart Scott reacted as if Young had just drop-kicked the family puppy: “Brett Favre can’t fling the ball around 40 times a game?!!,” he demanded angrily, his one good eye bugging out of his head.
CHFF: Young was right. BrettFavre is 160-94 (.630) in the regular season over the course of his career. But in games in which he throws the ball 40 or more times, he’s a pathetic 26-43. BrettFavre is also 0-4 in the playoffs when asked to throw 40 or more times, or a combined record of 26-47 (.356) when asked to carry the load. In other words, nearly half of Favre's regular-season losses, yet just one-sixth of his victories, came when he was asked to carry the load. To put Favre's numbers into perspective, consider that Tom Brady is 17-8 (.680) in games in which he passes 40 or more times (including 4-1 in the playoffs). The notion that BrettFavre carried the Packers all those years is, in stark, irrefutable terms, complete bullsh*t.
Great article satirizing the Favre ballwashing
