Timmy! posted:DH is correct.
I'll never forget that play. It was bad enough that he threw that pass knowing damn full well he was past LOS, but it was THE moment I knew he was no longer the "warrior"he was portrayed as.
And it pissed me off he thought it was so funny afterward, having a big laugh about it after the play.If memory is still serving, we were behind in that game, and had reached a point of desperation, so the ultimate outcome may not have changed if he would have attempted to run it in.
But being able to see he no longer cared was unmistakable.
I think there were signs of decline even before this, but I agree this play sort of confirmed it. When Favre was winning MVPs, there was no hesitancy in his game. When he was a younger guy, he trusted his legs enough to go full bore to dive for a 1st down or TD. By that 2004/05 playoff game, he didn't trust his legs anymore and it caused some hesitation in his game that was costly at times.
The good news.... that same hesitancy in his game would rear it's ugly head as a VIking when if he had chosen to scramble instead of throw, he would have given the Vikes a fighting chance to win that game vs. New Orleans in the '09 Championship game.