The Key to Brett Favre's Success in 2009

Zacky1053 · 11-23-2009, 02:40 AM

I'll be the first to admit I didn't notice until today just how amazing Favre has been this year. After a slow start statistically, he now has a 21-3 TD-INT ratio, a completion percentage close to 70% (his career average is 61%), and of course, his team is winning. So why is he doing so well when he had a subpar year just a season ago?

This may be met with varying opinions, but I believe that Favre, in the end, struggled in 2008 with the Jets because he "ended up there". His motivation was just to keep playing, not to win a championship, because the Jets were not a championship-caliber team.

He then retired again, and only came back when presented an opportunity to lead the Vikings, who have a great defense (for the most part) and an absolute stud RB in Adrian Peterson. (You also cannot ignore the two matchups against the Packers, and playing indoors 11 times in 2009). The only thing missing was a quality QB behind center. Favre was able to take his time recovering before signing, which also I believe played a huge part in his success this year.

As much as I hate to say it, the stars are aligned for him to lead this team to a Super Bowl if he stays healthy. The only team I think comes close to challenging them is the Saints, obviously.

11-23-2009, 02:40 AM	#1
Zacky1053 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 22,750 Zacky1053	The Key to Brett Favre's Success in 2009 I'll be the first to admit I didn't notice until today just how amazing Favre has been this year. After a slow start statistically, he now has a 21-3 TD-INT ratio, a completion percentage close to 70% (his career average is 61%), and of course, his team is winning. So why is he doing so well when he had a subpar year just a season ago? This may be met with varying opinions, but I believe that Favre, in the end, struggled in 2008 with the Jets because he "ended up there". His motivation was just to keep playing, not to win a championship, because the Jets were not a championship-caliber team. He then retired again, and only came back when presented an opportunity to lead the Vikings, who have a great defense (for the most part) and an absolute stud RB in Adrian Peterson. (You also cannot ignore the two matchups against the Packers, and playing indoors 11 times in 2009). The only thing missing was a quality QB behind center. Favre was able to take his time recovering before signing, which also I believe played a huge part in his success this year. As much as I hate to say it, the stars are aligned for him to lead this team to a Super Bowl if he stays healthy. The only team I think comes close to challenging them is the Saints, obviously.