11/24/2007
Favre on fire, dissects Detroit
Brett Favre was asked to throw 17 straight passes at one point. The way he was completing them, the Green Bay Packers didn't need to hand the ball off. Favre set a franchise record with 20 consecutive completions and finished with a season-high 381 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers' 37-26 Thanksgiving Day victory over the slumping Detroit Lions. "You never think he is going to miss one," Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said. The three-time MVP put together another sensational performance that made the 38-year-old Favre look as if he's back in his prime. His seventh 300-yard game of the season matched a team mark he set 12 years ago. [More]
When has Favre ever played better?
Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson is generally a man of few words. But after his team's 37-26 Thanksgiving Day victory over the Detroit Lions that all but clinched the NFC North Division title, the soft-spoken Texan perhaps said it best. Thompson was speaking about Brett Favre, the same guy whom Packers fans were accusing the GM of trying to run out of town only a couple years ago. "You only have to play quarterback a couple of times in the NFL to figure out that it's not easy," Thompson said. "There's a lot of nasty people trying to get to you." [More]
Rouse's INT Turned The Tide
There were numerous big plays in the Packers' Thanksgiving Day victory in Detroit. Brett Favre had six pass completions of at least 20 yards. He threw three TD passes. Ryan Grant broke off two runs longer than 25 yards. The defense recorded four sacks. But one play still sticks out in Head Coach Mike McCarthy's mind as the biggest of the game - rookie Aaron Rouse's interception - for reasons on both sides of the ball. Rouse picked off a deep pass over the middle intended for Calvin Johnson on the first play of the second quarter. The interception and 34-yard return put the ball on the Detroit 11-yard line, and the Packers needed just one play to score on a TD pass from Favre to Greg Jennings. [More] Collins still starter, when healthy
For this week, the decision on who'll start at free safety for the Green Bay Packers will be a medical-based call. But for future reference, once Nick Collins and Aaron Rouse are both healthy, coach Mike McCarthy said Collins will regain his starting spot, despite the rookie's impressive three-game run. McCarthy said Friday that Collins, who hasn't played since suffering a left knee injury Nov. 4 at Kansas City, ''will be close'' to playing in Thursday's NFC showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. Rouse, meanwhile, injured his right knee shortly before halftime of the Packers' 37-26 Thanksgiving Day victory at Detroit and wasn't able to finish the game after playing the first series of the second half. [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 4:53 AM.
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