Vikings roll past Cardinals 27-24 on Favre’s heroics
Posted in NFL Betting on November 8th, 2010 by admin – Comments OffAt 46 years old National Football League superstar quarterback Brett Favre continue to amaze the sporting world with his limitless talent.
Favre once again played hero when he lead the home-team Minnesota Vikings to a thrilling 27-24 victory over the visiting Arizona Cardinals in the ongoing NFL season.
In the game, Favre was spectacular as he threw for 446 yards, more than he had throw in in any of his previous 285 career regular season starts.
Favre also 36 completions which tied for the most in his career (had 36 on Dec. 5, 1993 at Bears) to improve his team’s win-loss record to 3-5 which ties the Cardinals this year.
The superstar quarterback was like a man possessed as he engineered another jaw-dropping fourth-quarter comeback that may have saved the Vikings’ season.
The NFL veteran was very focused in the game as he completed 36 of 47 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions in easily his best performance of the season.
It was his first 400-yard game since Dec. 5, 1993, when he threw for 402 at Chicago as a Green Bay Packer.
Favre’s masterful performance Favre made him joined the ranks of Tommy Kramer and Joe Kapp as the Vikings quarterbacks with the most prolific passing games in team history.
On the losing side, Cardinals reliable quarterback Derek Anderson top-scored for his team as he went 15 for 26 for 179 yards and a touchdown.
Minneapolis native Larry Fitzgerald supported the strong game of Anderso for the Cardinals as he had seven catches for 107 yards, who had the ball first to start overtime.
Despite their loss, Anderson is still smiling since his performance showed the world that he is now ready to carry the team on his back after the recent retirement of the team’s former superstar quarterback Kurt Warner.
Teams: Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings