Today, it was not about the Wilf ownership and a decision on unloading Childress. It was about the reclamation of the 41-year-old quarterback, about two Viking touchdowns in the last six minutes to tie the game and then to win it in overtime on Ryan Longwell’s 35-yard field goal. It was about the return of Jared Allen the Sackman; and Greg Camarillo’s amazing downfield flight and hustle to break up a touchdown at the goal line, where he stripped the ball from Arizona’s Kerry Rhodes after an interception and forced a harmless touchback.
But the day was Favre’s, who until Sunday had been a net minus in the Vikings’ bumbling pursuit of a return to the NFL playoffs. It had, in fact, been close to awful by Favre’s standards in his two decades in pro football. And if you are to believe Brett Favre’s early take on the most powerful incentive goading the champion athlete in the crisis, he didn’t so much win the game for the team Sunday; and not for the besieged coach, who he had embarrassed publicly and often. You play first, he said a few weeks ago, for yourself — meaning the gratification that comes with delivering high performance; facing pressure and overcoming. That notion doesn’t follow the storybook scenarios of one-for-all; but he could be right. And the fair question is: Who’s done it better, or longer?
Source: minnpost.com
