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Originally Posted by Bretsky
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Originally Posted by Gunakor
Both teams had trouble moving the ball consistently up to that point. Both teams made mistakes on defense. Both FG kickers had trouble putting the ball through the uprights. Regulation time is a wash. Both teams had their chance to put the game away in regulation and neither could do it.
But once the clock was reset and the OT period begins, the slate is wiped clean, there is no score, first team to score wins. Once we got there, the previous 60 minutes matter very little IMO. Brand new game. We got the ball. Favre gave it away on the Packers side of the field. Not because he was hurried, or pressured, or scrambling around trying to buy time. He planted, sitting comfortably in the pocket, and threw a ball that sailed right into the waiting hands of a NY defensive back looking for his 15 minutes of fame. We lost. That's what happened. There's really nothing else to say.
I don't agree with the logic.........but........if you are going to apply it
You can make a very similar argument for Aaron Rodgers missing a Wide Open Greg Jennings streaking free on the long ball that would have ended the game with a good throw.
Rodgers didn't lose the game by missing Jennings. He could have won it there, I agree, but missing that throw didn't lose the game. Rodgers and his offense still had another shot. Favre's INT on the Packers side of the field pretty much was the final nail in that season's coffin.
That and Favre's INT was a 10 yard pattern while Rodgers' miss was a deep pattern, so the difficulty factor was much higher on Rodgers attempt.
Rodgers' fumble a few plays later lost the game, but it was different circumstances entirely. Look at that infamous photo of the Favre INT again. He was sitting comfortably in the pocket. He made an awful throw and it cost us the game. Rodgers had a defender's finger hooked around his facemask when he fumbled the ball and another guy right there too. Favre, nobody near him. Rodgers, under heavy duress. Huge difference.
Besides, Rodgers has played in just one playoff game in his career. Favre has played in a couple dozen of them now. You'd expect a veteran to handle that pressure better than a second year starter playing in his first postseason overtime would handle it.