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Favre Rues Crucial Error Against New Orleans, Unsure About Future
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January 26, 2010, Tuesday
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BRETT Favre, whose Super Bowl dream ended in bitter disappointment on Sunday, has yet to settle whether he will play another season but certainly regretted what could turn out to be his final pass in the National Football League.
With the scores level at 28-28, the 40-year-old Minnesota Vikings quarterback had the ball at the New Orleans Saints' 38-yard line, close to field goal territory, with 19 seconds left in regulation.
Moving out of the pocket, Favre had options but looked for receiver Sidney Rice out left, threw crossfield and his attempt was grabbed by Saints cornerback Tracy Porter, who galloped 26 yards and took the game into overtime.
"I probably should have ran it. I don't know how far I could have gotten but on hindsight that is probably what I should have done," said Favre, who would have become the oldest quarterback to start in a Super Bowl.
"I don't know how many yards we needed for a field goal but I knew we needed some. I was a little late to Sidney on that one and it was costly," he said, before reflecting briefly on the significance of the loss.
"It's disappointing and that's an understatement."
Favre's decision to change his mind over retirement and come back with the Vikings upset his former fans at the Green Bay Packers, where he spent 16 years before a solitary and largely sorry season with the New York Jets.
His performances this season, however, certainly justified his self-belief.
"I don't think I had anything to prove coming in, but if there were doubters out there maybe I served notice to them," he said. "My goal was to get to the Super Bowl in Miami and obviously that is not going to happen."
"But if it is (my last game) then no doubt I am going out on top."
With the scores level at 28-28, the 40-year-old Minnesota Vikings quarterback had the ball at the New Orleans Saints' 38-yard line, close to field goal territory, with 19 seconds left in regulation.
Moving out of the pocket, Favre had options but looked for receiver Sidney Rice out left, threw crossfield and his attempt was grabbed by Saints cornerback Tracy Porter, who galloped 26 yards and took the game into overtime.
"I probably should have ran it. I don't know how far I could have gotten but on hindsight that is probably what I should have done," said Favre, who would have become the oldest quarterback to start in a Super Bowl.
"I don't know how many yards we needed for a field goal but I knew we needed some. I was a little late to Sidney on that one and it was costly," he said, before reflecting briefly on the significance of the loss.
"It's disappointing and that's an understatement."
Favre's decision to change his mind over retirement and come back with the Vikings upset his former fans at the Green Bay Packers, where he spent 16 years before a solitary and largely sorry season with the New York Jets.
His performances this season, however, certainly justified his self-belief.
"I don't think I had anything to prove coming in, but if there were doubters out there maybe I served notice to them," he said. "My goal was to get to the Super Bowl in Miami and obviously that is not going to happen."
"But if it is (my last game) then no doubt I am going out on top."
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