Game winning drives
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rodgers 0
- No. 1: Sept. 20, 1992 against Cincinnati. It became what's been called
the "Birth of a Legend" and the first of 40 fourth-quarter or overtime
comebacks in Favre's career.
When Packers starter Don Majkowski went down with a torn ligament in his
ankle, Favre replaced him and played the remainder of the game.
He completed 22 of 39 passes, a subpar 56.4% completion percentage. He got
sacked five times, fumbled the ball four times, and lost two fumbles.
But with one magical completion, a 35-yard touchdown pass to Kittrick Taylor
with 13 seconds left to turn what was a 14-point deficit into a 24-23 win,
Favre started cementing his place in NFL history.
Among the other 39 comebacks adding to his comeback legacy:
- No. 7: January 8, 1994, the 1993 NFC Wildcard game at Detroit. Down 24-21,
Brett chucked a pass 60 yards in the air to Sterling Sharpe for the
game-winning 40-yard touchdown pass with 55 seconds left to produce a 28-24
win, the Packers first playoff playoff triumph in a non-strike year since
Super Bowl II.
- No. 9: December 18, 1994, vs. Atlanta. In the last Packers game at
Milwaukee County Stadium, without Sterling Sharpe who left the game due to
injury, Favre led an Ice Bowl-like final drive. It ended with Brett
scrambling to the right, running the ball against coach Mike Holmgren's
wishes, and reaching the end zone with 14 seconds to go in a 21-17 win that
elicited Jim Irwin's famous quote, "This kid has a heart about two
foot-by-two foot."
- No. 10: November 12, 1995 vs. Chicago. Favre was doubtful to even play
after suffering a sprained ankle the previous week in the "T.J. Rubley" game
at Minnesota. But he had possibly the best day of his career: 25-33 for 336
yards and five touchdown passes without an interception. The final TD, to
Edgar Bennett in the fourth quarter, delivered a 35-28 win that put the
Packers in permanent possession of first place in the NFC Central.
- No. 11: October 14, 1996 vs. San Francisco. In a Monday Night game Favre
described as the most physical he'd ever played in, he threw a career high
61 passes, and though he only completed 29 of them, Favre delivered Green
Bay from 11 points down in the second half to a 23-20 overtime win.
Had the Packers not earned the victory, the 49ers would have owned home
field advantage in the NFC playoffs, which could have greatly affected Green
Bay's ability to claim the Super Bowl championship it eventually won.
Then, there was one magical stretch of 29 days in 1999: three game winning
touchdown passes, all on Lambeau Field's hallowed grass, all in the final
two minutes.
- No. 14: September 12, 1999 vs. Oakland. In the season opener, the Packers
trailed the Raiders 24-14 with 6:41 left when Favre delivered a scoring pass
to cut the deficit. Then, he got the football back, 82 yards from the end
zone with 1:51 on the clock and no timeouts left.
He didn't need them.
Favre ended the drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Thomason with 11
seconds left, and he ended the day with a tearful press conference
- No. 15: September 26, 2999 vs. Minnesota. Again, Favre had 1:51 left to
bring the Packers back from a 20-16 deficit. On this drive, he had a fourth
down play with no time out available to him in the final seconds.
Favre simply sent every receiver on a "go" route, straight for the end zone,
and found Corey Bradford for the game winner with 12 seconds left.
- No. 16: October 10, 1999 vs. Tampa Bay. For the third time, the Packers
trailed 23-19 in the final minutes to the eventual NFC Central Champions.
Favre led the Packers six plays in 40 seconds, and ended the 73-yard drive
with a 21-yard end zone-bound rainbow to Antonio Freeman with 1:50 left that
clinched a 26-23 win, eliciting Wayne Larrivee's "Thank God the miracles
never cease here at Lambeau Field!"
But more miracles came:
- No. 19: November 6, 2000 vs. Minnesota. During a rainy Monday night
overtime, Favre found Freeman again, this time on Antonio's famous
"Improbable Bobble" that turned into a 43-yard game winning score for a
26-20 victory.
- No. 30: January 4, 2004, NFC Wildcard vs. Seattle. A game Al Harris could
have never won with his overtime pick-six without Favre's fourth-quarter
heroics. Trailing 20-13 in the fourth quarter, Favre took the Packers on
touchdown drives of 60 and 51 yards to give the Packers a 27-20 lead. Favre
delivered 319 passing yards and a touchdown throw.
- No. 34: December 24, 2004 at Minnesota. With the NFC North championship at
stake in hostilie territory, Favre led the Packers through a legendary game
with six lead changes and five ties.
After a pick-six by Minnesota's Chris Claiborne gave the Vikings a 31-24
lead, Favre led the Packers on an 80-yard drive, ending it with a
fourth-down scoring pass to Donald Driver with 3.34 left. Then, he led a
76-yard drive that ended the game with a 29-yard Ryan Longwell field goal
that produced a 34-31 division-clinching win.
- No. 39: October 29, 2007 at Denver. In a city where the Packers had never
won, in a week where Favre's arm strength had been challenged by a reporter,
Favre threw an 82-yard scoring pass to Greg Jennings on the first play of
overtime to defeat the Broncos, 19-13 - Favre's 39th comeback.
- No. 40: November 4, 2007 at Kansas City. In a contest with seven lead
changes and 42 points scored in a 12:06 stretch of the second half, Brett
Favre found Greg Jennings deep again for a 60-yard scoring throw with 3:05
left, his second game-winning bomb to Jennings in six days in a 33-22
triumph, Favre's 40th career comeback on the field.
Patton
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you're a shitty fan
MikeC
lowly 49ers. Oh, and his attempt at getting the Jets back into that
game with 2 minutes left resulted in another game-sealing INT.
TR
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You have no material.
"b...@honey.com"...LOL
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Simpleton said:
> You have no material.
Nor do you, where did you cut and paste this information from? Favre
has played a few more years than Rodgers. Rodgers would have 1 this
year, that I recall, if not for a missed field goal. Poor simpleton.
Enjoy your infatuation with Favre, he won't be around too much longer.
TR
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You're a shitty fan.
Barutan Seijin
> Rodgers would have 1 this year, that I recall, if not for a missed
> field goal.
Oh, so you guys are counting near misses for Rodgers? I'm sure he leads
your league in symbolic victories vs. Favre.
The fact is that Rodgers didn't move the ball close enough. He didn't
get the job done.
jusford
Forget near misses. The point is, Favre has had a bit more time in the
leauge to establish "comebacks". Going forward will still root that it
doesn't have to come to "game winning" drives. But that would depend
on getting a shut down defense. Given the choice, I'd rather give
Rodgers a few years to prove he's a long term QB for the Packers
(based on this season) than waste my time infatuated over Favre and
crying about how he would have taken this team (with this defense) to
the Super Bowl if he were still here. And to add, I'm glad as a Packer
fan I don't have to put up with the B.S. this year about whether or
not he'll retire, it's already starting again:
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2008/12/03/2008-12-03_brett_favre_shrugs_off_winter_chill.html
"At some point, I've got to fall apart," he said Wednesday, smiling.
"I'm not going to lie to you. It's like any car; you drive it long
enough, it's going to fall apart, you're going to have a flat tire,
something's going to happen. But right now, I'm still together."
DrD
You're an idiot, and the same goes for TR. Rodgers doesn't call the
plays, nor did Favre. And frankly, Rodgers has had several drives that
would have been game winners if the defense were able to hold a team
without a score with less than 2 minutes left to go.
It's been said about a million times: the team is more than just ONE
PLAYER! Favre owes a lot of his success to those that played around
him. Frankly, you have to be pants on head retarded to blame the QB
when he does set up a go ahead score near the end of the game, only to
have the defense blow it.
TR
On Dec 9, 10:20 am, Barutan Seijin <barutansei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am 9 Dec 2008, jusf...@yahoo.com schrieb:
>
> > Rodgers would have 1 this year, that I recall, if not for a missed
> > field goal.
>
> Oh, so you guys are counting near misses for Rodgers? I'm sure he leads
> your league in symbolic victories vs. Favre.
>
> The fact is that Rodgers didn't move the ball close enough. He didn't
> get the job done.
>
> --
> barutansei...@gmail.com
Forget near misses. The point is, Favre has had a bit more time in the
leauge to establish "comebacks". Going forward will still root that it
doesn't have to come to "game winning" drives. But that would depend
on getting a shut down defense. Given the choice, I'd rather give
Rodgers a few years to prove he's a long term QB for the Packers
Uh, this is his 4th year in this offense, dipshit.
TR
"DrD" <eqfa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 9, 10:20 am, Barutan Seijin <barutansei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am 9 Dec 2008, jusf...@yahoo.com schrieb:
>
> > Rodgers would have 1 this year, that I recall, if not for a missed
> > field goal.
>
> Oh, so you guys are counting near misses for Rodgers? I'm sure he leads
> your league in symbolic victories vs. Favre.
>
> The fact is that Rodgers didn't move the ball close enough. He didn't
> get the job done.
>
> --
> barutansei...@gmail.com
You're an idiot, and the same goes for TR. Rodgers doesn't call the
plays, nor did Favre. And frankly, Rodgers has had several drives that
would have been game winners if the defense were able to hold a team
without a score with less than 2 minutes left to go.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That makes a lot of sense, dipshitboy.
"DrD"...LOL
jusford
> "jusford" <jusf...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Oh, forgot you were counting his time with the scout team, dumbass
simleton.
jusford
The logic will be lost, but nice effort. Isn't it ironic that the
Favre nuthuggers don't believe in hypotheticals? Unless of course it's
what the team would have done this year with Favre on it.
TR
Man, are you stupid.
Lefty
A new low for the maladjusted halfwit, Tom J.
How do you think Rodgers could have led the team to a
comeback from the bench, you drooling idiot?
Don't forget to fuck yourself, skeezix.
>
>
Lefty
It proves pretty exhaustively that there's really no
controversy about Rodgers, just a lot of whining from the
LOLipops.
Barutan Seijin
> The logic will be lost, but nice effort. Isn't it ironic that the
> Favre nuthuggers don't believe in hypotheticals? Unless of course it's
> what the team would have done this year with Favre on it.
My point is simply that Rodgers is not as good as you TT/MM/Rodger
nuthuggin' homers think he is. That has little to do with Favre and
what the team would've done with him.
JOD
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> Too bad he can't muster better than 1 for 9 on 3rd down against the
> lowly 49ers. Oh, and his attempt at getting the Jets back into that
> game with 2 minutes left resulted in another game-sealing INT.
Just to set the record straight make that 1 of 10 on 3rd and 1 of 2 on 4th
down plus 123 net yds. passing. It can happen to anyone. Not a Favre hater,
he's just a former Packer in my book. A good player but in the final
analysis, short on character. Hopefully, they will get a 2nd rounder for him.
Jack.
Steve Johnson
I know you and 12 year old girls basically have the same understanding of
the NFL, but wins and losses by a QB don't take into account when the
defense continually gives up the game winning drive to the other team. I
also seem to recall Favre playing pretty poorly in games when playing from
behind. So I looked it up and sure enough..
Favre's and Rodger's QB rating when playing from behind:
Favre
Behind 77
Behind 1-8 points 72
Behind 8-14 67
Rodgers
Behind 89
Behind 1-8 points 90
Behind 8-14 81
I noticed that the Jets defense held in the final two drives this weekend
giving Favre three drives to win their game against the 49ers but he still
threw the game ending INTs.
TR
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LOL
Is that the new math, dipshit?
rea...@papers.com
> > The logic will be lost, but nice effort. Isn't it ironic that the
> > Favre nuthuggers don't believe in hypotheticals? Unless of course it's
> > what the team would have done this year with Favre on it.
> My point is simply that Rodgers is not as good as you TT/MM/Rodger
He's a top 10 QB by almost every measure, yet most people are saying
he needs a year or two to develop.
Did you not read any of their posts?
Mike
Steve Johnson
"Barutan Seijin" <baruta...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Rodgers has a signficantly better QB rating playing from behind than Favre
does.
Steve Johnson
Show it to the nurse at the retard home. She'll explain it to you.
TR
"Steve Johnson" <sjohn...@REMOVEaccessus.net> wrote in message
She's failed you, gottasmall.
LOL
Barutan Seijin
> Rodgers has a signficantly better QB rating playing from behind than
> Favre does.
Translation: "He looks better losing."
Jazzman
>Favre 40+
>
>rodgers 0
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>- snip
Yeah, boy wasn't he something? A team couldn't ask for a better
clutch player. l wonder what he is doing these days?
Milt
> Am 9 Dec 2008, Steve Johnson schrieb:
>
>> Rodgers has a signficantly better QB rating playing from behind than
>> Favre does.
>
> Translation: "He looks better losing."
>
Right on, the team might be down the toilet this season, but at least
the QBs stats look good!
Anthony
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It means he's holding up his end of the deal. The defense and kicking games
need to step up and do theirs.
jusford
So we should expect a team with a QB with bad stats but playoff bound?
Maybe like the Raven's or Buc's SB teams. Maybe we could get Dilfer to
come back and play? Why can't people admit Rodgers is not a flop?
Granted he could tank next year and this year could be a fluke, but he
looks very capable of leading an NFL team to the playoff's.
Steve Johnson
>
> - No. 30: January 4, 2004, NFC Wildcard vs. Seattle. A game Al Harris
> could have never won with his overtime pick-six without Favre's
> fourth-quarter heroics. Trailing 20-13 in the fourth quarter, Favre took
> the Packers on touchdown drives of 60 and 51 yards to give the Packers a
> 27-20 lead. Favre delivered 319 passing yards and a touchdown throw.
>
>
The writer credits Favre with a come from behind win in the Seattle playoff
game because the team was behind and Favre put them into position to win
with an Al Harris interception for a TD. Rodgers essentially did the same
thing in the Texans, Panthers, Vikings and Titans games and had the defense
done the same thing as in the Seattle game, those would have all been
victories too and the Packers would be 9-4 right now.
TR
On Dec 10, 3:54 pm, Milt <theatreguynos...@miltsweb.com> wrote:
> Barutan Seijin wrote:
> > Am 9 Dec 2008, Steve Johnson schrieb:
>
> >> Rodgers has a signficantly better QB rating playing from behind than
> >> Favre does.
>
> > Translation: "He looks better losing."
>
> Right on, the team might be down the toilet this season, but at least
> the QBs stats look good!
So we should expect a team with a QB with bad stats but playoff bound?
Maybe like the Raven's or Buc's SB teams. Maybe we could get Dilfer to
come back and play? Why can't people admit Rodgers is not a flop?
1-10 on 3rd down conversions. Plus he's incapable of putting together a
winning drive.
TR
"Steve Johnson" <sjohn...@REMOVEaccessus.net> wrote in message
>
>>
>> - No. 30: January 4, 2004, NFC Wildcard vs. Seattle. A game Al Harris
>> could have never won with his overtime pick-six without Favre's
>> fourth-quarter heroics. Trailing 20-13 in the fourth quarter, Favre took
>> the Packers on touchdown drives of 60 and 51 yards to give the Packers a
>> 27-20 lead. Favre delivered 319 passing yards and a touchdown throw.
>>
>>
>
> The writer credits Favre with a come from behind win in the Seattle
> playoff game because the team was behind and Favre put them into position
> to win with an Al Harris interception for a TD. Rodgers essentially did
> the same thing in the Texans, Panthers, Vikings and Titans
LOL
No, he didn't.
mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net
So, how's Favre doing lately?
Mike
mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net
> >
> > - No. 30: January 4, 2004, NFC Wildcard vs. Seattle. A game Al Harris
> > could have never won with his overtime pick-six without Favre's
> > fourth-quarter heroics. Trailing 20-13 in the fourth quarter, Favre took
> > the Packers on touchdown drives of 60 and 51 yards to give the Packers a
> > 27-20 lead. Favre delivered 319 passing yards and a touchdown throw.
> The writer credits Favre with a come from behind win in the Seattle playoff
> game because the team was behind and Favre put them into position to win
> with an Al Harris interception for a TD. Rodgers essentially did the same
The 2 4th-quarter TD drives were predominately due to Green and Davenport;
Favre's longest pass in those two drives was an 11 yarder.
Interesting, Green's TD run put the Packers up by a TD; the Seahawks
came right back and tied it up.
Favre actually led the Pack on a drive, but Longwell missed a long
FG as time expired (sound familiar?)
Mike
Steve Johnson
He's put together lots of winning drives. Then kicker misses a kick. Or
the defense allows a final drive in overtime by the other team.
Lefty
And, as for 1-10 on 3rd down, what was with throwing those
home-run balls on third-and-short?
Steve Johnson
Let's review:
Tennessee game: Packers down 16-13 in 4th quarter. Rodgers puts together
a drive and a field goal ties the game and it goes into overtime. In
overtime, the defense is run over and Titans score winning field goal.
Rodgers never gets a chance to score.
Minnesota game: Packers down 21-20 in the 4th quarter. Packers score a
TD to go ahead 27-21. Defense give up winning TD with 3 minutes left.
Rodgers leads Packers down again to the 37 yard line and Crosby misses the
kick.
Carolina game: Game tied in 4th quarter. With 2 minutes left, Rodgers
leads the Packers to field goal. 2 plays later the Panthers score the
winning TD.
Houston game: Packers down 21-14 in 4th quarter. Rodgers ties the game
with less than 6 minutes to go. Defense gives up the winning drive in the
final 2 minutes.
TR
At Tampa Bay on Sept. 28: With 2:26 left and the Packers trailing 23-21,
quarterback Aaron Rodgers returned to the game after spraining his throwing
shoulder. The Packers started at their 40, but Rodgers threw an interception
on second down, and Tampa Bay went on to score a touchdown in the Packers’
30-21 loss.
At Tennessee on Nov. 2: With 4:24 left in regulation and tied 16-16, the
Packers started at their own 18 but after converting two first downs had to
punt. They never got the ball back and lost in overtime, 19-16.
At Minnesota on Nov. 9: With 2:22 left, the Packers got the ball at their
own 41 and trailing 28-27 after a Vikings field goal. Rodgers took them to
Minnesota’s 37, and Mason Crosby missed a 52-yard field goal with 26 seconds
left.
Against Carolina at Lambeau Field on Nov. 30: Rodgers had led the Packers on
a 9-minute, 23-second drive that ended with a field goal that put them ahead
35-31 with 1:57 to play. After the defense gave up a quick touchdown, the
Packers got the ball back on their own 17 with 1:30 to play, and Rodgers
threw an interception on the second play.
Against Houston at Lambeau Field on Dec. 7: With the scored tied at 21-21
with 4:37 to play, the Packers started a drive on their own 16. Rodgers hit
receiver Donald Driver with a 59-yard pass to put them in scoring position
at Houston’s 25, but a holding penalty on right tackle Tony Moll and a sack
took them out of field goal range. They punted, and Houston drove to kick
the game-winning field goal as time ran out.
Barutan Seijin
> At Minnesota on Nov. 9: With 2:22 left, the Packers got the ball at
> their own 41 and trailing 28-27 after a Vikings field goal. Rodgers
> took them to Minnesota’s 37, and Mason Crosby missed a 52-yard field
> goal with 26 seconds left.
And let's not forget those safeties.