Rather depressing, isn't it, how all 32 teams in the NFL have one goal. A Super Bowl. And all 32 teams work their hearts out every minute of the day, every day of the week, to accomplish that goal. One team will have accomplished that goal in the end. 31 teams will have worked in vain. The season will have been a complete and utter failure if you do not win the Super Bowl. Brett Favre's season was a complete and utter failure.
Deep down - extremely deep down, that is - I feel sorry for Benedict Favre. After enduring so much ridicule and slander (from me), defying all odds, beating his old team twice, smashing several records, making it all the way to the NFC Championship, his remarkable season has come to an abrupt end. He didn't accomplish what he came back for, after coming so close. Yes, I have to admit it, I actually have sympathy for Benedict Favre.
I also feel sympathetic for all the poor Vikings fans out there. The game was a shootout; nobody led by more than a touchdown throughout the entire game. If one team scored, the other answered (If they didn't fumble the ball first. There were 6 fumbles, all of them made by the Vikings). It looked like the last team with the ball would win. Unfortunately, the Vikings were the last team with the ball.
With 7 seconds to go in the fourth quarter, Favre & Co. had the ball at the 56 yard line. They only needed a few more yards to reach field goal range. Favre took the snap, and. . . threw and interception. Just like in the 2007 NFC Championship game, when Favre was still playing for the Mighty Pack, an interception ultimately decided the game.
The game was brought into overtime. The Saints won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball first. They marched right down the field, lined up for a field goal, and ended Brett Favre's legendary season. It must have been frustrating for Brett Favre, watching his team lose the NFC title and knowing that there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.
Moving on, the Colts beat the Jets 30-17 to claim the AFC title. But the game didn't start out on a positive note. The Jets scored two unanswered touchdowns before the Colts finally got on the scoreboard. And on top of that, Joseph Addai got hurt in the first quarter (fortunately he was able to play later on in the game).
But the Colts proved once again that they can play just as well, if not better, when they're losing. They came back all the way, lead by their dynamic offense, to win the game. The Colts win, the Vikings lose. . . It seems like everything is going my way.
Well, now we have the Super Bowl to look forward to in February. It certainly is going to be a good one. Go Colts!
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