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Old Age Doesn't Bode Well for Favre

ESPN and various media outlets have Brett Favre talking with Vikings coach Brad Childress about something.

Many speculate it's about coming out of retirement. Favre's agent Bus Cook told Fanhouse last week that we could stick a fork in Favre and that the only way the quarterback would return would be to win another championship. If that's the case, the Vikings are not that much better with Favre as their quarterback. The beasts of the NFC are the Giants and Eagles. (But that's another story for another day.)

Favre's returning could embarrass him. The fact is that Favre is an old quarterback. He turns 40 in October and old quarterbacks don't win Super Bowls unless they have plenty of help.

ESPN to Re-Broadcast 'Greatest Game Ever Played' In Color

Remember back in the last 1980s and early 1990s when Ted Turner spent his fortune buying up old films and "colorizing" them?

ESPN plans to do the same thing when they re-broadcast the "Greatest Game Ever Played" this Saturday. The "Greatest Game" was the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants.

The game will celebrate its 50th anniversary on December 28th (not sure why ESPN is deciding to show the game two weeks earlier) and is credited with turning the NFL into a national passion. It was nationally televised on NBC and was the league's first ever sudden-death overtime game.

Fifteen members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were in that game: Johnny Unitas, Sam Huff, Gino Marchetti, Frank Gifford, Don Maynard, Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Rosey Brown, Lenny Moore, Andy Robustetti, Emlen Tunnell and Jim Parker. Hall of Famer Weeb Ewbank was head coach of the Colts; Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry were coordinators for the Giants.

Manning Passes Unitas On Colts' All-Time Completion List

Peyton Manning set yet another mark in the Colts week 2 victory over the Texans. With 8:17 left in the first quarter, Manning completed a pass to Joseph Addai which put him on top of the Colts' all-time completions list. He passed the great Johnny Unitas. The reception, which led to a 21-yard touchdown by Addai, put Manning at 2,797 completions in 130 games with the Colts. Unitas had 2,796 completions in 206 career games with the Colts. Very impressive Peyton.

According to NFL.com...
Manning is second on the Colts' career list behind Unitas in attempts, yardage, touchdowns and games played by a quarterback.
Something tells me that he will eventually break all of these.

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