“In other football news, trailing 17-10, with 4:47 remaining, the Packers reached first-and-goal at the Bills’ 1. Green Bay had rushed for an average of 4.9 yards per carry, against one of the league’s weakest rush defenses. Thus if the Packers simply slammed the ball forward once or twice, the tying touchdown was nearly certain. Instead pass, interception run 76 yards the other way and the Bills scored the game-icing touchdown a few snaps later. What was going on? Brett Favre at that point needed 14 touchdown passes to take the NFL career record away from Dan Marino. Rather than make the high-percentage call to tie the game, the Packers’ coaches seemingly made a call calculated to help Favre get the record. Shouldn’t team needs come first? The complication is that in this disappointing Green Bay season, the Packers’ faithful likely would rather see Favre get the career touchdown-pass record than win any particular contest.”
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