[PLAYOFFS] NFC Conference Championship: Minnesota @ New Orleans

[NWSaint]

WHODAT ?!?!?!?!?!!!!



.. yeahyeah.. one to geaux baby !!



NWSaint.

 

[Spidey]

How hard are Packer fans laughing at Brett. lol awesomeness.

Quite hard I can assure you. Karma's a bitch.

Just a fun fact... If Favre retires after this season, his last pass as a Falcon, Packer, Jet, and Viking was an interception.

 

[Sharkweather]

Quite hard I can assure you. Karma's a bitch.

Just a fun fact... If Favre retires after this season, his last pass as a Falcon, Packer, Jet, and Viking was an interception.

First pass as a Falcon was an INT to.

Returned for a TD.

 

[the Brain]

Brett says he's going to take "a couple of days" to decide if to come back. Since when?

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

 

[MrBill]

You Viking fans wanted Favre, that's what you got

Well, he did get his team farther than Aaron "Kick 6" Rodgers did with the Packers one and done, along with beating their asses twice in the regular season and spanking the Cowboys in the divisional round. This season was a success, unless you are going to fire the 30 coaches that didn't make the Superbowl.

Congrats out to the Saints fans! My ears are still ringing from how loud the dome was and the Saints deserved the win. If you had told me the Vikings would have had 2 red zone fumbles (Peterson and Barrian) and Harvin fumbling inside the 20 to set the Saints up 1st and goal at the 9, along with Peterson fumbling the ball on every other carry plus Favre throwing a couple of picks, I would have though the score would have been 45-21. The fact that it came down to a FG in OT was pretty amazing in and of itself.

I know that the Saints did not want Favre to get the ball first in OT.

 

[Rayman]

Favre was just having fun out there.

Piece of fucking shit.

"He had it coming".

Well, he did get his team farther than Aaron "Kick 6" Rodgers did with the Packers one and done, along with beating their asses twice in the regular season and spanking the Cowboys in the divisional round. This season was a success, unless you are going to fire the 30 coaches that didn't make the Superbowl.

Congrats out to the Saints fans! My ears are still ringing from how loud the dome was and the Saints deserved the win. If you had told me the Vikings would have had 2 red zone fumbles (Peterson and Barrian) and Harvin fumbling inside the 20 to set the Saints up 1st and goal at the 9, along with Peterson fumbling the ball on every other carry plus Favre throwing a couple of picks, I would have though the score would have been 45-21. The fact that it came down to a FG in OT was pretty amazing in and of itself.

I know that the Saints did not want Favre to get the ball first in OT.

Enjoy rooting for whoever the hell it is you're rooting for next season.

 

[MrBill]

Enjoy rooting for whoever the hell it is you're rooting for next season.

No different that Nuk rooting for Kurt Warner but being a Cowboys fan really. I'll be rooting for Favre again next year if he comes back, he got his team farther than 30 other QB's.

I'm just glad the game was competitive and not a 31 point blowout that had people leaving for the exits in the fourth quarter

 

[Rayman]

I thought they brought Brett to take 'em to the Superbowl? Win now or never? 'Cause I don't think Brett is coming back. And Aaron Rodgers > Tarvaris Jackson... Packers future looks bright and Vikings not so much. Neither team made it to the SB, so I'ts pretty much the same for me.

He's jumping back to your side next year, so be careful what you say to him.

 

[Rayman]

BTW, if Brett retires today... He would've ended his Falcon, Packer, Jet and Viking career each one with an interception

Couldn't have happened to a nicer fraud.

 

[MrBill]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer fraud.

:youmad:

 

[Rayman]

:youmad:

I'm loving it, actually.

Seriously, I hope he comes back.

 

[the Brain]

The Vikes getting Favre was a SB or bust move. It wasn't just to advance one game further in the playoffs. They won the central w/o Favre. They made the playoffs w/o Favre. They didn't bring Favre in to have great stats. To fall short of Miami is a failure for the Brett move no matter how you look @ it. Now Minnesota is on the Favre watch once more. Now they are dealing w/what the Pack & Jets had to go through the last 5 seasons w/no trophy for their worries.

 

[Senser81]

The Vikes getting Favre was a SB or bust move. It wasn't just to advance one game further in the playoffs. They won the central w/o Favre. They made the playoffs w/o Favre. They didn't bring Favre in to have great stats. To fall short of Miami is a failure for the Brett move no matter how you look @ it. Now Minnesota is on the Favre watch once more. Now they are dealing w/what the Pack & Jets had to go through the last 5 seasons w/no trophy for their worries.

I don't think you can classify the move to Favre as a failure. This was easily the best Vikings team since their 1998 squad. The Vikings went from having a mediocre offense last year to averaging 30ppg this year. Sure, the Vikings "made the playoffs" without Favre, but no one thought of them as being an elite team.

If you feel the Vikings bringing in Favre was a failed experiment, would you be in agreement with the Vikings releasing Favre and going with Tavaris Jackson next year?

 

[the Brain]

I don't think you can classify the move to Favre as a failure. This was easily the best Vikings team since their 1998 squad. The Vikings went from having a mediocre offense last year to averaging 30ppg this year. Sure, the Vikings "made the playoffs" without Favre, but no one thought of them as being an elite team.

If you feel the Vikings bringing in Favre was a failed experiment, would you be in agreement with the Vikings releasing Favre and going with Tavaris Jackson next year?

The move was to get further. Did they get further? They accomplished the same thing they did last season, just looked better doing it. They still have a question mark @ QB going into next season. What's the diff between offseason '09 & offseason '10? When you look @ the big picture the Vikes w/Favre are no better than the Vikes w/o Favre.

 

[Senser81]

The move was to get further. Did they get further? They accomplished the same thing they did last season, just looked better doing it. They still have a question mark @ QB going into next season. What's the diff between offseason '09 & offseason '10? When you look @ the big picture the Vikes w/Favre are no better than the Vikes w/o Favre.

They did get further. They made it to the NFC Championship game. Last year they were eliminated in the wild-card round. The team was much better this year than last year. I don't think thats even debatable. Should the Cardinals get rid of Warner since they didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year?

I think that if the Vikings keep the exact same team intact for 2010, they'll have a good chance to win the Super Bowl.

 

[the Brain]

They did get further. They made it to the NFC Championship game. Last year they were eliminated in the wild-card round. The team was much better this year than last year. I don't think thats even debatable. Should the Cardinals get rid of Warner since they didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year?

I think that if the Vikings keep the exact same team intact for 2010, they'll have a good chance to win the Super Bowl.

Warner/Cards offers no comparison in this situation.

No one claimed the Vikes didn't get better.

Minnesota did not make this move to get to the NFC title game. They did it because they were thinking SB or bust. & they busted.

Failure.

Example. I'm a car racer. I know my car & crew, @ present, will never win a race. I'm having trouble reaching the top 5. So I reshape my team, change cars, throw the bank @ my organization, going for broke to finish 1st. And after that, I still finish 2nd in points. Now did I get better? Sure. but I didn't want to just get better. I wanted to win it all. That's why I made such a drastic change.

That same w/Minny. They put their entire training camp in disarray. They had tehir team divided over the whole thing. They changed their offensive philosophy. And they got better. But they still didn't win it all. That equals failure.

 

[Senser81]

Warner/Cards offers no comparison in this situation.

No one claimed the Vikes didn't get better.

Minnesota did not make this move to get to the NFC title game. They did it because they were thinking SB or bust. & they busted.

Failure.

Example. I'm a car racer. I know my car & crew, @ present, will never win a race. I'm having trouble reaching the top 5. So I reshape my team, change cars, throw the bank @ my organization, going for broke to finish 1st. And after that, I still finish 2nd in points. Now did I get better? Sure. but I didn't want to just get better. I wanted to win it all. That's why I made such a drastic change.

That same w/Minny. They put their entire training camp in disarray. They had tehir team divided over the whole thing. They changed their offensive philosophy. And they got better. But they still didn't win it all. That equals failure.

I agree that the Vikings envisioned Super Bowl ring when they got Favre, but I don't really know if I would classify it as "bust". One, they didn't really have to give up anything to get Favre...they weren't mortgaging their future for a "win now" mentality. Two, IMO there is a large degree of luck when it comes to winning the Super Bowl. The Patriots went 18-0 and lost. The Steelers have won it twice in the past few years, but IMO those weren't the best Steeler teams of recent vintage...they just got hot in the postseason.

The Vikings should remain strong contenders for next year.

 

[Rayman]

I agree that the Vikings envisioned Super Bowl ring when they got Favre, but I don't really know if I would classify it as "bust". One, they didn't really have to give up anything to get Favre...they weren't mortgaging their future for a "win now" mentality. Two, IMO there is a large degree of luck when it comes to winning the Super Bowl. The Patriots went 18-0 and lost. The Steelers have won it twice in the past few years, but IMO those weren't the best Steeler teams of recent vintage...they just got hot in the postseason.

The Vikings should remain strong contenders for next year.

Eh, I think they'll be in the thick of things, but unless they trade for McNabb or something, I think GB wins that division.

 

[MrBill]

Eh, I think they'll be in the thick of things, but unless they trade for McNabb or something, I think GB wins that division.

Is McNabb going to back up Favre?