I in no way shape or form blame Brett Farve for the NFC Championship loss due to that costly interception at the end of the game. We had barely made it into field goal range on the drive and when we got that costly 12 men in the huddle penalty we were effectively taken out of realistic field goal range. Don't forget we had a long field goal blocked for a touchdown earlier this season. Had we not gotten a penalty for the 12 men, we would have gotten a delay of game penalty for calling consecutive time outs. I think Chilly tried to get a little too cute playing head games with the Saints defence and ended up outsmarting himself and costing the team. So what is Favre to do because he really needs about 10 more yards to put us in field goal range. Farve is under the gun at that point and needs to make a play. Favre's best option when no one on that side of the field broke open was to pull it down and run but all season in similar situations circumstances Favre has passed the ball, sometimes taking a penalty for being beyond the line of scrimmage. Had the pass been incomplete the Vikes would have to have gone for it on 4th and 15 where the odds of conversion are not in our favor. The penalty screwed us far more than Favre's bad throw.
As far as I'm concerned Favre nearly won us the game and it was screw ups on Chilly's part that were the real culprit at the end. Chilly went conservative when we really needed to tack on 10 to 20 more yards; Chilly's handling of the time out was a disaster.
Update: I haven't listened to talk radio all day but the Star Trib only mentions the interception, not the impending 55+ yard field goal or 4th and 15. After the penalty the chances of the Vikings winning in regulation were very low.
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