Favre had time for the five reads because of the pace he initiated when they let him take the reigns. The pace of the 2nd half (mostly because of the score) was much quicker than the first half. The OL did play better in the second half. If you remember your previous comment, you were criticizing Favre’s 1st half performance. Compare the stats of sacks and rushes 1st half to 2nd half and you’ll see what I mean. When the offense opened up, the SD defense wasn’t as aggressive. Favre didn’t give them time to be as effective. I think it also pushed the OL to perform better. They knew they would be almost exclusively pass-blocking. They got into that frame of mind and went to work. But, as I said this was in the 2nd half not the first when Favre didn’t have the time as the sacks and rushes show.

As far as Favre throwing the ball away, come on! Brett always goes to the line expecting to make a reception. He hates to just throw the ball away. Even when he is about to be tackled he often tries to complete a pass. It didn’t work last night, but I have seen him make many a reception with that desperation underhanded toss to a back for a positive gain when he is on his way to the turf wearing a 300 lb. DT.

Yes, this attitude has lead to him holding the interception record as well. It is his Achilles heel. But, Babe Ruth also held strikeout records as well as homerun records. He knew he wasn’t being paid to punch a 1-2 pitch up the middle for a weak single.

Favre has always been an all or nothing kind of QB. In his case, most of the time it has worked. Some times it doesn’t. But, I have seldom seen him make truly foolish throws. He usually has a plan in mind when he lets go of the ball.

And, as far as Favre’s ability to go deep. Did you not see last year’s Monday night OT win against Denver? Or, how about the last Super Bowl the Packers won against the Pats? It is true that he is 38 and might not be able to air the ball out 70 yards in the air any more, but mark my words, once his receivers get used to his checkdowns at the line, there will be more excitement in the Meadowlands!

No, last night was not his best game ever, but come on – a 271 yard 3 TD performance is not something the Jets have seen regularly since Namath!

Bad Personel use on Offence means they are stuggling to find an identitiy!

Like I said before: “Schott is really bad with players: Leon 1 rush, And TJ at WR vs Comrite (SP) in the flat that almost went for another Pic 6, last week Leon vs Adalius Thomas, No Brad smith even faking the end around, TJ running sweeps. I’d love to hear an excuse for any of these?!?!?”

All we here is that this team is working hard.

After a loss they are going to work on correcting things, etc when is all this work ever going to pay off? From hat we read, this is THE hardest working team in the history of the nfl…

When is this giong to pay off?

If your good you don’t need excuse because people put faith in you and give you the benefit of teh doubt.

Last year, it was Chad and his weak arm. Plus the wrong personnel on D and a bad O line. This year, the team needs time to “gel”. All these are valid excuses but when does it stop?

How come the good teams never have excuses and just win?