11/21/2007
Favre sounds like he will be back
He wasn't definitive, but Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre left the distinct impression Tuesday he'll be back for an 18th NFL season in 2008. Favre, who enters Thursday's game at Detroit having completed 260 of 384 passes (67.7 percent) for 2,975 yards, 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions for a passer rating of 98.6, said the team's 9-1 start and his personal performance have given him reason to think he can play beyond this season. Speaking in a conference call with reporters who cover the Lions, Favre intimated that while contemplating retirement in past years, he wasn't entirely convinced he could still play at a high level. His performance this year has removed any doubt. "My play right now, if the season was over today, I could look in a mirror and say, 'You can play. You don 't have to say I think I can. You know you can,' " Favre said. [More]
Sacks likely to be key in game
If there's any kind of forecast you can make about the Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field based on statistical trends, historical precedence and logical assumption, it's this: At least one of the two quarterbacks is going to be hitting the turf. Good money would be on it being Detroit's Jon Kitna, who has been sacked a league-high 40 times and will be facing a Green Bay Packers defense that is tied for fifth in the National Football League in sacks with 28. In one three-game stretch this year, Kitna was sacked 22 times, including 10 by the Philadelphia Eagles. [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 5:28 AM.
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