Favre- 15/ 24- 234 Yards- 0 Int.- 4 T.D.'s

[lawdog]

I actually thought they should have put T-jack in if they really wanted to shove it to them. Now THAT would have been a slap in the face to bring in the subs for mop up work!!

[Hammer Handle]

34-3 looks more impressive than 27-3.

It screams loud and clear...Saints beware.

I coach, although not football. If I am winning by a lot in a tournament...the best thing to do is to just play hard and get the gave over with. If you rack up a lot of points and slaughter a team...it is just playing the game. You don't want to hold back.

This is playoffs!!

[gopher_nation]

It was running up the score. There's no arguing that point.

As for the reasoning for it, I'm sure there's plenty out there. I am sure Brett Farve wanted to get some payback for the struggles he's experienced against the Cowboys. The Vikings franchise (even though it's different owner) wanted to score to get some sort of vindication for the Hail Mary touchdown. The Vikings team feel they've been slighted because some of the media was picking Dallas to win. Others says it's ok because it's Dallas, get one more jab in on them because of the success of the franchise and them being America's Team.

It wasn't an example of good sportsmanship. But feeling they had a reason to go ahead and do it, they went and and did it. I am sure most of you who felt it was the right thing to do, will conduct yourselves in a similar matter when it comes to being a sportsman on the water or in the field. It's a sad reminder of how our society has come to be.

Yep, because Brett Favre has been holding a grudge against the Cowboys for 13 or however many years and couldn't wait to "run up the score". C'mon, seriously. I bet Brad Childress going into the game created his gameplan based on sticking to "them Cownboys" because of what happened on the hail-mary play. C'mon seriously. All the mumbo-jumbo is media and fan related. Chilly and his staff finally impressed me today. It's playoffs, not like we were throwing TD's against the Lions at the end, anyone can do that. Make a statement and head on down to the bayou. Nice call Chilly, and Brooking is an [PoorWordUsage].

[Coach1310]

Throwing the last TD was an interesting call.... BUT Professional Sports is a Business and is NOT IN THE LEAST BIT comparable to fishing, hunting, or whatever.... If it is a "lack of sportsmanship"... it is no different than all the jawing that the 'Boys or should I say 'Girls... couldn't resist... defensive line was doing all day or Miles Austin thinking he was Superman in the first quarter because he caught an 8 yard pass.... The bottom line is Pro Sports and Pro Athletes are not role models, are not out there to do everything by some warm and fuzzy code of ethics.... they are doing their job and if the boss/coach says you do this, you do it.... and if they didn't like it, they should have stopped it... if you are gonna talk about sportsmanship, Brookings lacked it much more than the Vikes did!

[gulllakeguy]

I think Favre was a little ticked that Brookings was being a jerk earlier when they were running Adrian and killin clock. And he put it right back in his face.

[Burnham]

i dont know why you would want the other team to "beware" of you. doesnt that mean that they will prepare better?? running up the score, call it what you want. its just playing your hardest for the WHOLE game. heck this year on the field for my last highschool(or any level) snap, i still busted my @ss tryin to get the quarterback even when they were kneeling it down and the game was "done", dont see why pros that are getting payed cant play with heart for a full game. any man that has any pride in what he does shouldnt even think 2wice about going 100% in a game, let alone if hes being payed millions. be competitive.

and by the way i thought it was funny that the commentators were talking about how the vikes were sending a message by beating a team that had beat up new orleans, but NEVER(while i was listening) mentioned that new orleans also crushed an arizona team that we got crushed by

[Slowhand]

Originally Posted By: james_walleye

There is nothing wrong with throwing americas team a little sucker punch. I guarantee every NFL fan that wasnt a cowboy fan enjoyed that one.

I'll see that #$it eatn grin and raise you one.

[JBMasterAngler]

I would loved to have heard what jared allen was saying back to brooking

[lawdog]

I loved Allen's reaction too, he was smiling and laughing at Brookings right to his face. Brookings is a big cry baby. Man up and stop us if you don't want to be scored on. If you keep calling timeouts and playing like the game isn't over, then don't cry when we don't play like its over. Oh and Piles Austin in the first quarter? Ya I saw that too, and it was really annoying. Who does he think he is? Oh well, enjoy the view from teh couch next week Piles...

[Scott K]

It was running up the score, there is no reason we needed more points to win. But the way I look at it is, if the Cowboys didnt like it, they shouldnt have been using there time outs, if they thought the game was over, why were there calling time outs? Another thing, after we scored, if they felt the game was over, why didnt they just kneel it down, the game was over right? But they ran a play, right?

I also didnt hear anyone complaining when the Cowboys smoked the Eagles, and kept scoring, did they need to keep trying when they were that far ahead, no, but they kept scoring.

[MUSKY18]

I think the best part of Brookings crying at Favre, was that Favre didn't even pay attention to him. I am sure that Allen had some funny comments towards Brookings.

I, for one, am glad that they scored that last touchdown. The Cowboys talked $hit all game long. Everytime time they made a tackle they were jaw jacking the Vikings, even when they were losing. Nothing but cockiness and what better way to shut them up than by putting the ball into the end zone. I also like what Chilly said in the post game press conference.......he told the team to just shut up and play the game. Show them what you want to say out on the field. Guess it worked!!!

[wahoohendoo]

I wonder what harvey lee thinks? btw havnt heard from him yet

[fishersofmen]

He is enjoying this victory in total secrecy.....

[Steve Foss]

He might be busy WORKING after a long weekend opening for lake trout.

[Surreal Deal]

I don't understand how us beating the Dallas "cry-boys" 34-3 is any worse than them beating the Eagles 34-14 the week before.

The Vikings had better get as much practice as they can running up the score, because next week they are playing a team that averaged 31.9 points per game during the regular season!

[fishersofmen]

Yep, and a team who's defense isn't in the same category as the Cowboys. We scored 34 on them.......

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mock him. Rip him. Despise him. But while you're at it, remember to respect him.

Brett Favre has earned at least that much, right?

If you're still wondering why Favre unretired for seemingly the billionth time, the Minnesota Vikings' 34-3 invasive surgery on the Dallas Cowboys is a nice place to start.

Scalpel, please.

Favre and the Vikings first cut out Dallas' heart, then Tony Romo's arm, and then removed the remaining body parts of the Cowboys from the playoffs. The Vikings advance to the NFC Championship Game. Organ donor Dallas advances to the offseason.

"No one's more surprised than me with the way the game unfolded," Favre said late Sunday afternoon.

It didn't unfold so much as it crashed on the Cowboys. The designated "hottest team in the playoffs" was extinguished by its own big mouth (thank you, strong safety Gerald Sensabaugh), by its inability to pass block (a jittery Romo was sacked six times and committed three turnovers) and by four Favre touchdown passes (a playoff-tying record three to wide receiver Sidney Rice).

Sometimes you have to remind yourself that Favre is 40 years old. His beard stubble is as gray as the T-shirt he wore to the postgame news conference, but his right arm is college sophomore and his enthusiasm is Pop Warner.

"He don't look no 40," said Vikings nose tackle Pat Williams, at 37 the second-oldest player on the Minnesota roster.

"Forty going on 25," said Vikings offensive tackle Phil Loadholt.

Favre completed 15 of 24 passes for 234 yards, those four TDs and no interceptions. But those are just numbers. To appreciate what he really did, watch a replay of the 47-yard precision bomb he threw to Rice late in the first quarter. And let's hope Sensabaugh watches it too, since he missed it the first time.

"I don't even think he knew it was thrown," Rice said of Sensabaugh, who had popped off earlier in the week about beating the Vikings.

TD Pass No. 2 was better. Not better thrown, but how many times do you see a 40-year-old quarterback juke a 26-year-old defensive end out of his sani socks? That's what Favre did to Marcus Spears moments before finding Rice for a 16-yard scoring throw.

TD Pass No. 3 was another perfect throw to Rice for a 45-yard score. And TD Pass No. 4 came on a fourth-and-3 from the Cowboys' 11 with two minutes left in the game. Favre threw it. Tight end Visanthe Shiancoe caught it. Dallas linebacker Keith Brooking hated it -- and showed great closing speed to the Vikings' sideline so he could tell Minnesota coach Brad Childress exactly that.

"It isn't our fault [shiancoe] got open," said Vikings guard Anthony Herrera.

Favre didn't apologize for the pass. Then again, he wasn't the one who called it; Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell did that. Was it another shovel full of rock salt in the Cowboys' wound? Sure. But it doesn't change the essential facts: Favre, Rice and the Vikings' offensive and defensive lines played well … Romo, the Cowboys' O-line, secondary and field goal kicker didn't.

Afterward, a beaming Zygi Wilf, the Vikings' owner, lingered in the locker room. He's the guy who OK'd the free-agent run at Favre and wrote the check. The payoff for the QB codger has been enormous.

"I'm approaching 60, so [40 is] young to me," Wilf said. "But the excitement he brings to everybody, the fun that he has with the players makes it a great time for everybody."

One more win -- next Sunday against the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome -- and the Vikings are in the Super Bowl. Just spitballing here, but Favre versus Peyton Manning isn't a bad storyline.

"This is why he was brought here," Williams said. "To prove a point to everybody."

And the point?

"Basically everybody was saying he was too old, [saying] 'Why you coming back?"' Williams said. "But he showed everybody why he came back."

So far during these playoffs, Favre has outlasted the other golden QB oldie, Arizona's Kurt Warner (38). He has outlasted his longtime employers, the Green Bay Packers, and his replacement Aaron Rodgers (through no real fault of Rodgers', though). And on Sunday, he outlasted the supposedly "new" postseason Romo.

"He's playing the best he's played his whole career," said Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin, the NFL offensive rookie of the year. "He's just one of those anointed guys."

First of all, Harvin is 21. Favre has boxer shorts older than that. But he's right: If Favre isn't playing the best football of his career, it's close to the best.

Of course, the Vikings didn't know what to make of him before he arrived last summer.

"If everything they were saying about him was true, as far as him not being a good locker room guy, I didn't want him," Herrera said. "But from the first day here he was nothing like everybody was saying. The Green Bay Packers were trying to make him seem like a bad person. [And] whatever they were saying about him in New York -- they were trying to make him seem like a bad person.

"None of it's true. None of it, at all. I'm happy to have him as one of my teammates."

At this point, everything is playoff gravy for Favre. He wants to reach his third Super Bowl. He wants to prove 40 is the new football 30. And yeah, maybe he wants to stick it to Packers management.

But for now, love him or hate him, you can't deny what he's accomplished this season. Favre is channeling 1990s Brett.

"I was actually thinking about it last night," Favre said. "I'm like, 'OK, now I know when I look back at my career I will remember the 40-year-old year. No doubt.'"

Everyone will. The Vikings. The Packers. And now the Cowboys.

[rushing]

Whole point of the game is to move the ball down the field into the end zone as many times as possible in 60 mins. The other team's job is to stop them. Don't blame the Vikings because they played all 60 of it and the "Cryboys" didn't.

The real shame should be on the crybabies for not taken their whoopin like men. "America's Team" What a joke!

[Jmnhunter]

running up the score, classless, etc. bla blah, this is the NFL; take it to them, build the confidence, send a message to NO that we are not Effing around and that they better be ready

[koonie]

boo hoo. they ran up the score. You want a mercy rule in the nfl? please! sour grapes and idiocy.

[Dave S]

It was just nice to see the Vikes play a full 60 minutes of football.

The Vikes v. Saints will be the game to watch this weekend.

[gopher_nation]

Here is the definition of classless.

Keith Brooking at his finest