Saturday, December 8, 2007

No. 250

Favre at Oakland, December 22, 2003. The last time these two teams played each other. Favre had 4 TDs and 399 yards - the day after his father passed away.

Tomorrow/today, Brett Favre will make his 250th consecutive start for the Green Bay Packers - the most of any QB and 2nd most in NFL history for any player - 20 games behind Jim Marshall of the Vikings.

I was 27 when it began in 1992. Three presidents have served the span of the streak. Favre has set every major QB record in the NFL - save total passing yards, which he will set this season. During this remarkable "Ironman" run, 17 different quarterbacks have served as his backup in Green Bay - with over 207 (as of his #249 start) QBs starting in the league since his streak began. 60 different QBs have started this season alone. And then...there's Favre.

Game time temperature for Sunday at Lambeau is predicted to be a high of 23 degrees, a low of 6 degrees, and slight chance of flurries - with wind NW 5-10 mph. At home, Brett holds a 40-5 record including playoffs when the kickoff temperature is 34 degrees or below; possesses an impressive 90.7 passer rating in those 45 cold-weather games, based on 890 completions in 1,441 attempts (61.8 percent) for 10,242 yards, 79 TDs and 37 INTs.

Take care of that elbow, Brett. Make those passes fly true, and let's wrap up the NFC North TODAY!

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