Old Man Brett Starting to Show His True Colors

Last night, Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings almost escaped Chicago with another miracle winner, but it wasn't meant to be. 

After an Adrian Peterson fumble near the sideline, Jay Cutler put on his best Favre impression and threw a game winning touchdown on the very next play.

Favre looked terrible in the first half. 

He was 5-for-9 for 36 yards, and the Vikings were stagnant on offense.  Going into the locker room trailing 16-0, the frustration was evident on the face of Brett Favre.

Brett came out in the second half and was the gunslinger that we all see him as. He was hitting wide open receivers and spreading out the Chicago defense. 

In the second half, Favre led the Vikings to 30 points and threw for 269 yards.

But there was a moment when the Vikings were moving the ball down to the three.  Childress sent in the goal line package, but it was obvious that Favre wanted to continue the hurry up offense and was upset with the call.

Luckily, after Chester Taylor was stuffed for a loss, Favre hit Shancoe in the end zone for a touchdown. 

Brett was Brett in the second half, but the 23 to 6 deficit proved to be too much to overcome in the end.

There was nothing like the throw that Favre made to the back left corner of the end-zone on fourth and goal that Sidney Rice came down with. It was just another moment that would have been much more meaningful if it had been a game winner.

But in the end, the blocked extra point after Minnesota's first touchdown came back to haunt them.

After the Gould miss, Favre's first possession in overtime was nothing but downright disappointing.  He was sacked twice and visibly upset when he spiked the ball after being torn down to the ground on third down. 

That left the Vikings with a 4th-and-24.

The Vikings were given another opportunity after Culter went three and out, and it was Peterson and his fumbling problem that came up at the worst time. Adrian said after the game that he had never felt so sick, having cost them the victory.

Well AP, you better get over the loss quickly or else your Vikings team is going to be one and done for the second consecutive year.  What a shame that would be after the 10-1 start, which included a bomb to the back of the end-zone to Greg Lewis at home against the Niners.

This was after the week that the media jumped on Brett and Brad for their nationally televised dispute in Carolina. 

Who's in charge in Minnesota anyway? 

Brad Childress chauffeured and catered to all of Favre's demands, and now it looks as if it's going to explode in his face.

It was Favre who helped get Childress a contract extension. 

December has not treated the Vikings well, and their playoff seed is going to be affected.  Brett Favre came back for one reason, and that was to win a Super Bowl. 

This is not how you want to be playing down the stretch run in the National Football League.

Brett Favre is really starting to show his true colors. 

The 40 year old gunslinger, who is in his 19th season in the NFL, is starting to crumble.  He is now 0-8 in his last eight games when the game-time temperature is below 38 degrees.

So much for his days with the Packers when he was unstoppable in the freezing weather. Just look at what happened to him in his last game as a Packer, when the New York Giants did not treat Brett Favre very well at Lambeau in January of 2008.

The most telling statistic for Brett Favre is 0-43 when his team trails by 17 points or more in a game.  For a guy that has 42 fourth quarter or overtime come from behind victories, which is most all-time, it seems as if this Vikings team is ready to implode.

The Vikings controlled their own destiny until last night.

Even after losses to Arizona and Carolina, combined with the Brad and Brett media extravaganza, a win last night would have meant a chance at the overall number one seed.

Now they need help from the Dallas Cowboys and a win against the Giants if they want to get the two seed and a first round bye. 

How quickly the tables can turn in the NFL in a span of four weeks. 

This will certainly be a December to remember, but what we will all be interested in is how this team performs in the playoffs.

Brett Favre doesn't look like the same guy that was great in green and yellow. 

Instead, it's as if that gang green of the NY Jets and purple of the Vikings have become more and more evident of the past few weeks.

Favre has gotten the Vikings to this point, and if Childress was smart, he would let Brett Favre be Brett Favre. 

This could potentially be Brett's last chance. 

Yet again, we were all saying the same thing three years ago, two years ago, and last year.

It's the same old story wi th Mr. Favre. What looks like such a promising season has been wiped away in a month.  This team can still get it together and fix its problems, but it better be quick.

The scary part is that Favre could still face his old team in the first round of the playoffs.

All that is needed is a Philadelphia win over Dallas, a New York Giants win over Minnesota, and an Arizona win over Green Bay.

That pits wild-card weekend with No. 6 Dallas at No. 3 Arizona.

The other matchup would be the rematch of all matches. Something I don't know if the sports god can truly give to Green Bay nation.

No. 5 Green Bay vs. No. 4 Minnesota...

The franchise that gave him everything vs. the divisional rival with which he is attempting to win one more Super Bowl title.

Now that would set up one of the most intriguing storylines in all of sports in the last 25 years.

Maybe that's exactly what Brett Favre wants. 

Whatever happens, let's sit back and see when Favre decides to show up.