What Were You Expecting?

You know, there were probably a lot of people watching MNF last night just hating all of the Favre montages that were going on, and the attention given to Brett's wife. You probably hated Kornheiser's intro about how great Favre is and has been and why everyone loves him. You're probably sick of watching the Packers because there is no one on the Packers that gets any attention (rightfully so) to compare with the constant Favre onslaught.

Then you watched him play.

You watched him throw a deep bomb to one of those guys you've never heard of (James Jones) just over the fingertips of the NFL's best cover corner, Champ Bailey and then while Jones was running to the end zone, you saw Favre running around like a kid.

Maybe you went to sleep, but you probably saw at least a replay of Favre throwing the game winner on the first play of overtime on a perfectly thrown ball right over the finger tips of one of the best cover corners the NFL has to offer, Dre Bly, and then saw Favre jump and hug all of his teammates, like a kid.

The throws rolling to his right and throwing bullets across his body for first downs and running an offense of young players as if he was their father. There is a command that he has on the field that is unrivaled. And it doesn't have anything to do with knowing the offense.

The best thing a leader can do is lead by example. Imagine if you are some young kid (younger than me, that's odd) coming into the game and you see the oldest guy out there running around with more energy than anyone else? Do you not think that is inspiring on some level? The Boston Red Sox won the World Series two nights ago, but everyone is so caught up in the A-Rod/Torre/Girardi issues that it seems that everyone failed to notice. Thanks ESPN.

In this day in age, where so much has gotten away from actually playing the game, imagine being a young player and playing arguably the greatest quarterback ever to play and see him play the way he does. The emotion that doesn't come from the robots Brady and Manning. That's how to set an example. Someone called in yesterday to a show I was listening to and talked about sportsmanship and how it was a bad example to show kids how to play the game given what happened in the Georgia game this past weekend. If you want your kid to learn how to play football, tell them to watch Favre. Not to mention they might learn something from a guy who went 21-27 against the best corner tandem in the NFL.

You've heard me battle this a million times. They were talking about how "in this situation (OT, game on the line) there is no one I'd rather have than Brett Favre." This morning some "expert" was talking about how big of a joke that was with the robots out there. Would I rather have the Patriots or Colts offenses? Yeah, absolutely. But if I had one guy, it's Favre. Ten years ago, tomorrow, last night and next year, it's Favre. For once, Jaws got something right.

Am I biased? Without a doubt. Are you to Manning or Brady? Most likely. I've got a stat for you: 38. That's how old Favre is and you saw yesterday a guy who is a legit MVP candidate, lead a team that has, as aforementioned, zero other stars. But he gets more out of his players than anyone else in this league. Why? He leads by example. He inspires those around him to play harder by simply loving the game. A receiving corps of Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones and Donald Lee should have no business being successful in the NFL. It's amazing what you can do when you're inspired. And Favre has been inspired for a long time.