Brett Favre's Latest Performance Has Minnesota Vikings Looking Super

Here we are. Brett Favre and the Vikings are one game away from their mission .

Depending on which side of the "Green Bay vs. Brett Favre" fence you're standing on, you're either joyous over Favre and Minnesota's latest magical performance or you're stewing.

But this on-going "Favre saga" that had a future Hall of Fame quarterback dancing around retirement, challenging Green Bay's front office, ending in a trade, then a release, and then another un-retirement, well, it just might have a happy ending.

Again, that really does all depend on where you stand on Favre, the Packers, the Vikings, and well, just about anything to do with the NFL .

But the biggest (and most important) thing to take from all of this is that while this is very much a lot about a 40-year old quarterback getting revenge, proving his doubters wrong, and attempting to go out on top, it also could be argued that it's not really about him.

His 33 touchdowns (only seven picks), 4,200+ passing yards, and 13 wins (so far) strongly argue that it's all about Favre, and again, rightfully so, but there's more to it than the country boy who smiles and jumps around after every touchdown.

Brett Favre, from the beginning, until whatever ending comes from this fabulous story, was the face and the cover, if you will, and even if you won't.

But he doesn't own all the paragraphs. He's not the only product of these Minnesota Vikings that should be bought.

He's the most impressive and attractive option, sure, but it's high-time the rest of the NFL world starts seeing something that Favre saw over a year ago—this team is on the verge of greatness, and there's nothing anybody can do to stop it.

Getting past the New Orleans Saints won't be easy, but if Favre is on top of his game, it will be easy, and it will be done. But it won't be just because of Favre.

The Minnesota Vikings defense, both the pass rush and the pass defense, showed they can stop an elite group. The Cowboys were riding high on both sides of the ball, yet Minnesota kept them grounded.

Considering the Cowboys marched into New Orleans in Week 15 and took care of business, we at least know that Minnesota should be able to keep it competitive.

Everything else tells us they just might blow the Saints away.

Drew Brees has a tough time when his run game gets bottled up, makes mistakes under heavy pressure, and the Saints run defense leaves gaping holes that even the most average of running backs easily find.

And of course, there's Brett Favre.

But we have come to expect these types of performances from Favre. Even at 40, with a new team and new weapons, he's playing lights-out football, absolutely dominating secondaries.

So much for that late-season slide. So much for him just being another old quarterback.

So much for waiting for this guy to fail.

It's not that he won't fail. It's that he can't .

His team won't let him. In Week Three, Jared Allen sat on the sidelines, begging, hoping, and praying, that Favre would "Be Brett. Just once. Be Brett", and Favre did just that.

Here we are, 16 weeks later, and Allen and the defense held up their end of the bargain. They stuffed, harassed, and stifled the entire Dallas offense, only allowing three points for four quarters.

Still, after all we've seen, the skeptics are digging for any stat or piece of information they can use to defend their "New Orleans is the best" argument.

Adrian Peterson can't get going.

Drew Brees will expose that average pass defense.

Brett Favre has to have a vintage interception game, sometime.

But why? Just because that's how it used to happen near the end of Favre's career in Green Bay? Because he's old? Because he's a so-called traitor?

Maybe all of these things will happen, and maybe they won't.

But despite his fame and being the biggest part of the book that has become the Vikings' 2009 season, it's finally clear that he's not the only part.

This is a complete, sound, and explosive football team. They can matchup with the Saints, Colts, and Jets.

They have proven that they can put up the points all season long, and they can stop explosive offenses.

They can, and will, win the Super Bowl.

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