The New York Times on Brett Favre’s Dad. That’s Brett and his daddy in the photo.
The Kill, as folks call this town of about 2,000, has been in mourning ever since. In a place where family means the extended kind and the good times are remembered more than the bad, grieving encompasses a fair bit of marvel and laughter.
By now, everyone knows how Brett Favre played the night after his father’s death and turned in a magical performance with 399 yards passing and 4 touchdowns in a 41-7 victory over Oakland. Most suspect, too, that it had to be Big Irv’s divine intervention that allowed Arizona Cardinals quarterback Josh McCown to throw a desperate 28-yard touchdown pass as time expired to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, 18-17, last Sunday and put the Packers in the playoffs.