The Life and Times of Brett Favre Quiz

Answer: A plane crash

Glanville, who coached the Falcons between 1990 and 1993, disliked Favre's previous troubles with alcohol and the party lifestyle he had led in college. Glanville perhaps had justification for wanting to bench Favre as he led the Falcons to a 10-6 record in 1991 without him playing.

Favre was known for turning up late for practice during his rookie year, and Glanville said that Favre's trade to the Green Bay Packers was a wake up call for the young quarterback. Favre left Atlanta after one year, having completed none of his four passes and throwing two interceptions.

Answer: Kitrick Taylor

Starting Packers quarterback Don Majkowski injured a ligament in his ankle during the game and Favre was called in to replace him. It wasn't a great performance overall by the young signal caller, with Favre fumbling four times and Packers fans openly chanting for Favre to be benched. Trailing 23-17 with just over a minute left, the Packers began a drive from their own 8-yard line. Favre connected with Sharpe on a 42-yard pass and three plays later, found Taylor for the game winning score.

The legend of Brett Favre had just begun.

Answer: John Elway

Favre received 69 out of 88 votes after leading the Packers to an 11-5 record. That year, he threw 38 touchdowns to just 13 interceptions while also throwing for 4,413 yards. Rice came second in the MVP race with ten votes. He had 122 receptions for 1848 yards and 16 touchdowns. Smith came third after 1,773 rushing yards and a (at the time) record 25 touchdown runs. Harbuagh received two votes after leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 9-7 record. Elway was runner-up to Favre in the MVP race in 1996.

Answer: 4,000 passing yards

Favre actually only threw for 3899 yards in the 1996 regular season, throwing 39 touchdowns to 13 interceptions. Favre was fourth in the NFL for passing yards, behind Mark Brunell (4367), Vinny Testaverde (4177) and Drew Bledsoe.(4086)

The Packers had a 13-3 record, the best in the NFC and tied for the best record in the league with the Denver Broncos. The Packers scored 456 points, the most in the league and conceded 210, the fewest in the league, becoming the first team to lead both categories since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Just like the '72 Fins, the Packers took this form to the postseason, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 35-14, the Carolina Panthers 30-13 and then beating the New England Patriots 35-21 to win a third Lombardi for the Packers.

Answer: The Packers won by how many points they were favored to win by

According to the Vegas Insider, the Packers were favored to win by 14 in the buildup to the game, likely due to the Packers having Favre on their team and with many considering the Denver Broncos, who had been stunned in the Divisional Round by the Jacksonville Jaguars, to be better than the Patriots were.

While Favre did become the first quarterback to score three touchdowns and not win Super Bowl MVP, only two of these were passing touchdowns. He also ran a two yard touchdown. Freeman had six targets, second most after Andre Rison who had seven. It was actually the fourth quarter that was scoreless, with the Patriots leading 14-10 after the first quarter.

Answer: Tyrone Braxton

Favre played much better than his counterpart John Elway, making 25/42 passes or 256 yards and three touchdowns to one interception. However, on Green Bay's second possession with the Packers leading 7-0, Braxton picked off Favre at the Packers' 45 yard line.

The Broncos quickly stormed down the field to make it 7-7. The Broncos won the game 31-24, despite coming in as 11 point underdogs. Favre's gifting of a short field position to Denver so early in the game was perhaps the difference between Favre winning another Super Bowl and failing to do so.

Answer: Mike Sherman becomes Packers head coach

Sherman was named Packers coach in early 2000 after a failed season under Ray Rhodes in 1999. Despite not making it to the playoffs in 1999 or 2000, Favre signed his so-called "lifetime" contract with the Packers in March 2001, essentially a ten-year deal that would see out the rest of Favre's career.

Favre qualified for his sixth Pro Bowl after the 2001 season, having previously been invited after the 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997 seasons. The Packers did not have a losing season with Favre under center until 2005, when the Packers went 4-12.

Answer: Dan Marino

The run started in the 1995 season when Favre threw three touchdown passes in a 37-20 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the Wildcard Round. Favre broke Marino's record of 13 straight playoff games with a touchdown pass in Wildcard weekend of the 2004 season, albeit in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Favre continued the run for the rest of his career, throwing a touchdown for a 20th straight playoff game in the infamous NFC title game loss to the New Orleans Saints in 2009. (When he was a member of the Vikings)

Answer: He threw both touchdowns to the same player

On 24 September 2006, Favre became just the second quarterback in NFL history to throw 400 touchdown passes in the regular season (after Dan Marino), finding rookie wideout Greg Jennings who took the ball on a 75 yard run for a touchdown during a 31-24 win at Ford Field against the Detroit Lions.

On 30 September 2007, Favre broke Marino's record with his 421st touchdown pass in a 23-16 away win against the Minnesota Vikings, finding Jennings on a 16-yard throw.

Answer: Donald Lee

Facing a 3rd and 15 deep in Green Bay territory with the game tied at 20 against the New York Giants, Favre found Lee on a safe five yard pass with the game eventually going to overtime. In OT, Favre was intercepted by Corey Webster who took the ball into field goal range. The Giants made the field goal and Favre's last game as a Packer ended in heartbreak.

Jennings and Grant only had one reception each during the game. Driver had five receptions for 141 yards and a touchdown. Lee ended the game with three catches for 35 yards and a touchdown.

Answer: His interception record

According to McGinn, who had spent 30 years covering the Packers, "Just about everyone who counted in the football department reached the conclusion that Favre could never win another championship. His dismal playoff record in the past decade couldn't be overlooked.

The Packers concluded that it could be the mother of all mistakes if Aaron Rodgers got away without properly evaluating him as a starter."

Answer: Mark Murphy

The Packers front office was keen for Favre to stay retired as they intended to retire his #4 jersey before the opening game of the 2008 season. Murphy offered Favre a multi-million dollar agreement which as described by USA Today in 2019, was "viewed nationally as a bribe to keep Favre retired."

The tactic didn't work. The previous day, Favre had already applied for reinstatement to the NFL and his application was granted. After a lengthy meeting with McCarthy and Thompson, it was agreed that Favre's time at Lambeau Field was over. He was traded to the New York Jets on 7 August 2008.

Answer: Arizona Cardinals

In an incredible game at Giants Stadium, the Jets won 56-35 against the Cardinals with Favre throwing six touchdown passes in the game, just one shy of Y.A. Tittle's NFL record.

While Favre's time with the Jets started well with the team 8-3 and seemingly headed for a deep playoff run, Favre's Jets lost four of their last five games to end the season 9-7 and incredibly, failed to make the playoffs. In those final five games, Favre had just two touchdowns to eight picks.

Answer: Undefeated home record

In chronological order, the Vikings won all of their home games, conquering the San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals and New York Giants.

The Vikings had a 6-0 start but in their seventh game they lost 27-17 away at the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Vikings had a 5-1 record against NFC North opposition, with the team's only divisional loss coming in a 36-30 overtime defeat to the Chicago Bears in Week 16. Favre received his 11th Pro Bowl nod but was not nominated for the All-Pro teams.

Favre's 2009 playoff campaign ended in the same heartbreak that had been suffered in 2007. In the 2009 NFC Championship Game, the Vikings lost 31-28 in overtime to the New Orelans Saints after a last-second Favre interception cost the Vikes a chance to kick a game winning field goal. The result was eerily similar to the 2007 NFC title decider against the Giants, a fact that was mentioned by many media outlets who covered the game. Still, that infamous game did see Favre break the postseason records for pass attempts and passing yards.

Answer: Most pass completions

The touchdown passes record was the first to go, with Peyton Manning breaking this record with his 509th touchdown pass in a game against the San Francisco 49ers in October 2014. Manning also snapped the passing yards record the following year, breaking Favre's incredible record of 71,838 in November 2015.

Tom Brady became the "winningest" regular season quarterback of all time by notching his 187th win in a victory over the New York Jets in October 2017. Drew Brees broke the pass completions record (6300) in a game against the Atlanta Falcons in September 2018.