Favre Sets Record, or Did He Already Have It?

Many statisticians have taken note of the fact that Brett Favre, with last night's victory over the Green Bay Packers, has become the first quarterback to defeat every single NFL team. Well, that may be true, but this is an accomplishment he has already achieved.

There is no doubt Favre had many great seasons as a Green Bay Packer. He was a perennial All-Pro, three-time league MVP, and earned a Super Bowl Champion ring from the '96 season. Brett Favre is a surefire, first-ballot Hall of Famer. The man holds multiple records and is simply one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game.

This isn't to say Favre didn't have his faults while playing for Green Bay, though.

Favre's "gunslinger" mentality, which won over the hearts of fans across America, definitely led to some incredible plays and amazing touchdown drives. Favre currently has over four-hundred and seventy touchdown passes, and he surely contributed scores of them by throwing caution to the wind. This approach also led to an astonishing amount of interceptions.

Favre holds the NFL "record" with a dubious three-hundred and eleven interceptions, and counting. And, on more than one occasion, he managed to beat his own team by tossing the ball into the hands of someone wearing colors other than green and gold.

Before he ever had a chance to become one of sport's all-time biggest traitors and "lace 'em up" for the Minnesota Vikings, Brett Favre defeated the Packers in a variety of games.

On January 20^th, 2002, the Green Bay Packers headed down to St. Louis, MO to face the Rams in an NFC Divisional Playoff game. At the time, the Rams were boasting the "greatest show on turf" and perhaps the Packers weren't given much of a chance by the media. Of course, Favre really didn't give the team much of a chance, as he threw six interceptions. Three were returned for touchdowns.

In the game, only 17 of the 45 points put up by the Rams were not a result of Brett Favre interceptions. It is important to note that the St. Louis players did have to actually catch the errant passes, but this was merely one instance of several wherein Favre doomed the Packers to defeat.

Another such occurrence came in the infamous "4^th and 26" game. It was the 2004 NFC Divisional game, wherein the Green Bay defense did not contain the Philadelphia Eagles on fourth down and twenty-six yards to go late in the fourth quarter. The Eagles made a field goal to tie the score.

The Packers won the coin toss and received possession first in overtime. Any hope for a Packer win, however, was thrown away once Favre aired the ball out and Philadelphia's Brian Dawkins came home with the game-winning interception. The Eagles scored a field goal as a result of the pick and Green Bay was defeated once again by their rambunctious quarterback.

The 2007 season, one of Favre's finest, would turn out to be his last year at the helm of the Green Bay Packers. During the regular season, the Pack rolled to a 13 - 3 record and appeared to be potential Super Bowl contenders.

On January 20^th, 2008, Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers squared off against the New York Giants at Lambeau Field in the NFC Championship game, with the winner set to take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. The two teams played to a stalemate in regulation. Once again, in overtime, Brett Favre threw a misguided pass which was picked off by the opposing team. The ensuing possession led to a NY field goal and Green Bay lost the game.

So Monday night might have been the first time he defeated the Packers by playing against them, but it certainly wasn't the first time Brett Favre beat Green Bay.