When will Brett Farve revert to the gunslinger with bad judgment who rolls out in one direction and throws a pass across his body in the other direction? I asked that question all season. I finally got the answer in the 4th quarter of the NFC championship game. The great thing about this year's Super Bowl is that the two best teams in the NFL, rather than the two hottest teams, will be playing. The opening line of the Super Bowl is Colts -4. My immediate reaction is surprise. The teams seem evenly matched. If I were a betting man, I'd take the points. FlynnFiles will have a Super Bowl pool next week. For now, use the comments thread below to discuss the big game.

Dan,

Unlike the Saints starters, the Colts starters did not lose a game all year. Discounting their two effective forfeits to end the 09' regular season, their regular season win streak dates back to the Cretaceous period. I just don't see Manning going down in the Superbowl. Methinks Colts by at least 7.

We were treated to a great game on Sunday. Farve took a risk he had to take by trying to get more yards for his field goal kicker with less than 12 seconds left in the game on that pass. Longwell in 12 seasons had never kicked more than a 55 yarder (vikes needed more yards on that play). Although not the best decision, however to allude that the pass was the cause of the vikes defeat would be a reach and classic Farve bashing. He played well not great but very gritty. I think he was the best Qb on the field tonite and thats saying alot. He made some great throws, threw for more than 300 yards and got the sh*t knocked out of him. But the Saints were more opportunistic and the fumbles killed the vikes. Questionable spots, calls and decisions helped the Saints today and you can't give a team that good that many breaks. Two great teams played today and nobody chocked. The NFL is some GOOD STUFF.

As I've mentioned, I'm just happy that I won't be having to watch and hear the Brett show on FavrESPN and other sport news outlets.

Bottom line for this guy has always been his lack of work ethic and discipline and it rears its head in the most crucial situations. If it weren't for Holmgren putting the lumber to this guy for one season, he never would have won a Super Bowl.

Anyway, both teams played extremely well and it was a great game. And, truth be told, the Vikes were one really bogus pass interference call away from getting the ball back and potentially winning the game.

Regardless, I like the Saints to win this next contest.

Yeah Farve has no work ethic or discipline. And he never comes up big in crucial situations. Asdf stick to politics your delusional. You speak of Farve as if he was Tony Eason or Jay Cutler. The Guy owns nearly every QB passing record. "Work ethic" Farve has the consecutive games started record, plays hurt all the time. He has put himself in position to make big plays as well as poor plays on center stage throughout his career. The good vastly outweighs the bad. Tom Brady is great but he was the worst ranked QB in the NFL in the 4th quater this year. Brett Farve never had that Jerry Rice, Irvin, Moss, Marvin Harrison but still at 40 years old had one of the best seasons a QB could have. But lets just gloss over all that.

He rarely makes training camp, even when he is not in the shadow of another retirement and to hear many of his team mates and coaches tell it, he is and has been always on his own agenda and has always done things on his terms (consistently late or no-show to meetings and practices, etc.). That's not discipline.

And, contrary to what the media likes to portray, there are a lot of G.B. fans who were not that happy with him and were actually happy to see him go.

In fact, we have a local sports guy here who is a former Wisconsin native and his take is that if you saw this guy game in and game out (not just one a two times a season) you would not be impressed.

Yes, he holds records. True. But that's because he'll chuck the ball anywhere anytime and is a very good and accurate QB. But, as we saw AGAIN on Sunday, he'll lose more than win because with all of the stats and points, it only takes one mistake to lose a game.

On Favre - for you hero worshipers....

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/100126&sportCat=nfl

Im glad asdf and Gregg Easteregg set the record straight about Farve and showed me the light. Particularly the quote from Aristotle. Can you say duche. When the brilliant writer Easteregg gets in Farve's head with 19 seconds left and convinces us that Farve made that throw to be the hero for himself alone with no regard for his team winning. Easteregg acts as if he had so many easy options during that play to secure an easy field goal for Minny to win. Farve threw a risky pass to try to give them a chance to win the game. Throwing the pass out of bounds or incomplete did the same as the interception. The scramble for 5 or 10 yards is easier said than done. Especially for you and Easteregg. All depends on how you look at things and o so selectively and cynical for the Monday morning QBs. Farve brought two teams to the NFC championship game in the past 3 years. Neither team was predicted to do anything of the sort. But its said he blew both games for his teams. I dont think Brady blew the 2007 Superbowl against the giants, but he had a far worse game than Farve had Sunday. That same poor giants team that knocked 2007 greenbay team out of the playoffs. Great athletes have tremendous egos you have to to be half as great as Farve. Farves ego is tough to take and he wants it done his way too much and I could do without the posturing sometime. However Greenbay saying sorry your retired and can't or shouldn't come back, well f*ck them. And the league was better that he said that to them and thats why the league stepped in and said the same to gbay. The vast majority of his teamates at gbay or minny love him as well as his coaches as difficult as he may be. He is a winner who always comes ready to play in tremendous shape and has given about as much out of his body for this game as anyone in any sport. Starting as many consecutive games as he has speaks for itself. Only a winner with tremendous discipline and work ethic could attain such.

Wow DF11 - ain't you the BF rumpswab?! And a football pundit to boot!

Brady? Work out freak - makes the rookie training camp and early camp every year - first one to arrive for practice - last one to leave - studies the game and makes every team meeting:

Four Super Bowls (two SB MVP's); three wins; one loss after a perfect record breaking regular season and playoffs.

Favre? Until he sobered up, worked out with 12 oz. weights, not known for a strong work out regimen after that - decides when he wants to go to camp, if at all - misses team meetings consistently or is late - inconsistent with his career path:

Two Super Bowls; one win; one loss.

Not a real strong comparison.

Thanks for the insight on Farves workout regimen and the facts on all the team meetings he has missed. Log on the team meetings that he has missed? Easteregg tell you that so its true? Countless players and coaches talk about how conditioned and prepared he is. Farve owns nearly every passing record and you gloss over that as if its barely worth mentioning. Forgot to mention how he did all season or against dallas or the Saints up untill the interception. I wonder what Sydney Rice thinks of him or if we would know who Sydney Rice was if Farve didn't go to the vikes. I can say negative things about all the best QBs and yes Farve included. You have made some good points and also some statements that are not backed up. The Easteregg article was pointless (I love how he thought for Farve on that play in the 4th) what a tool. All and all the good outweighs the bad ten fold with Farve. I have Farve as a top 5 QB of all time, I think this season cemented him there, I think most would agree. But there are always gonna be Farve haters regardless. I agree in advance he is gonna cause drama in the off season about whether he should return or not. And I don't like that. But that aside he has done too much for this sport to discount all that hes done because of the off season posturing stuff, if he plays at 41 he'll do everything to get himself ready to do so in the offseason. And I hope he does and so doesn't the vikes, but not Greenbay or the rest of the league for that matter. The leagues two best QBs and teams will be in the superbowl this year and I think we are in for a great game.

Yep, he had a great game Sunday until......

Meanwhile:

Saints 34
Colts 30