How Brett Favre is Having a Good Year

Brett Favre came off his worst year. He leads the league in passing attempts, but at 56% is well below his career completion percentage. 15 INT's is pretty good considering he puts the ball up 37 times per game, but he's barely at six yards per pass, has just 17 touchdowns, and a rating of 74.8 - which is 25th among the top 30 leaders in passing yards.

Plus, the team sucks overall. It got whipped by all the good teams it faced, and lost to some pretty bad teams as well. Ahman Green isn't the same as he was 2000-2003, and the team is just 19th in rushing. Favre has just one consistently reliable receiver, Donald Driver.

So why do I say Favre is having a good year? Through it all, the Packers are still just a game out from the play-offs. Yes, it's a long-shot, but they're in the strongest position of all the 6-8 teams. And while Favre leads the league in passing attempts, the team is sixth in fewest sack yards allowed, and fifth in fewest sacks allowed - even though the team starts three rookie offensive linemen.

The man refuses to be sacked. He's thrown a lot of balls away to prevent the sack. A lot.

That's the sign of a good quarterback.