Comments on: Interesting article on Favre/Rodgers http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/interesting-article-on-favrerodgers/ All Things Green Bay Packers Fri, 17 May 2013 23:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ordinary Jill http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/interesting-article-on-favrerodgers/#comment-15593 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:19:55 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=8053#comment-15593 Favre’s consecutive starts record goes hand-in-hand with his touchdowns record and his interceptions record. He didn’t have the best percentages, but he made it up on volume. He was also very tough physically.

Rodgers has always reminded me of Steve Young — who started his NFL career as a USFL refugee and Joe Montana’s understudy. Not everyone was convinced back then that he would be a great NFL quarterback.

]]> By: Dave in Tucson http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/interesting-article-on-favrerodgers/#comment-15591 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:58:28 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=8053#comment-15591 There’s no question in my mind that Favre was a pretty flawed QB. The times that he had his greatest successes (particularly during the 96 season), he had a lot of talent around him that did a good job of covering for his mistakes.

I’ve had a chance to re-watch the games of the ’96 season recently, and Favre was pretty much as reckless then as he ever was(*). But he had a #1-ranked defense and an MVP caliber return game that did a good job of covering for his mistakes, as well as making sure he rarely got in a position where he needed to take big risks.

The consecutive starts record is impressive, but I think there were times it hurt both Favre and his teams (he probably should’ve been benched after he got knocked out of the Bills game, if for no other reason than his own health).

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