Don’t think there is a set formula for upsets but it is an interesting pattern.
Though logically you’re gonna be a better football team if you have a great pass rush and/or QB. If you have both you’re probably not in an upset position to start with
Problem with the Packers is they match up horribly with 49ers, Cowboys, and a healthy Eagles team. All three will be able to run the ball and dictate the terms of the game, unless Green Bay gets some turnover luck
Rodgers, again, is also not an elite QB anymore.
I honestly remember nothing about that game other than 1. Thinking Gilbert brown was going to die on the field if Broncos kept running the ball like that and 2. Elways run at the end when he got spun like a helicopter which is 1 of the most iconic plays in nfl history
It does speak to how Favre was basically on par with MJ for GB to be -14, Denver was the best team in the afc 2 straight years at the time and had a icon qb of their own but for that ‘95-98 period Favre seemed like he was changing the game.
You look at Favre's and Elways numbers back then and against QBs of today and those guys would be considered trash.
Amazing how the rule changes have changed passing numbers. Why all-time records in football are kind of a joke.
Then of course the guys before Favre and Elway had an even harder time.
Favre had his greatest sats year at 40 just because of the rule changes. He was obviously much better in the 90s.
Amazing how the rule changes have changed passing numbers. Why all-time records in football are kind of a joke.
Then of course the guys before Favre and Elway had an even harder time.
Favre had his greatest sats year at 40 just because of the rule changes. He was obviously much better in the 90s.
Broncos had the hype train the year before as team to end the afc curse after 11-12 years of w/e it was and they blew it vs an expansion team probably played a role. Obviously perception played a bigger role in lines making back then.
edit: and yeah what crude says, the nfc was almost considered a different league by the time 97 rolled around. Like the SEC vs the big10
I’ve been here way longer than you tough guyNot really just a question because so many were all over SF winning it all
Go jab yourself for the 20th time
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i wouldn’t really put favre and Elway statistically in the same conversation. Elway and Aikman are a better example. Guys like Josh Allen and Mahomes modeled their games from Favres dumbass.
Favre and Elway were great and both would be great today.
Personally Josh Allen actually reminds me a lot of young Favre. Crazy talented as both a runner and a thrower and believes his arm can throw balls through defenders.
Just different game. Stats are so inflated now. Hell it was an accomplishment to throw for 3000 yards in a season then.
Personally Josh Allen actually reminds me a lot of young Favre. Crazy talented as both a runner and a thrower and believes his arm can throw balls through defenders.
Just different game. Stats are so inflated now. Hell it was an accomplishment to throw for 3000 yards in a season then.
Remember that beating the refs allowed the Saints to put on him in that NFC Title game when he was with the Vikings. Just brutal.
How many just blatant roughing the passer penalties did the refs allow in that game? had to be at lest 4.
Hits to the head hits to the knees. Guys going both high and low simultaneously when the ball was long out of his hands.
Still would have won that game if AP didn't have that horrible fumbling season. Then of course Favre being Favre right at the end.
