Brett Favre: 421 Career TD Passes
Filed under: Packers, Vikings, Breaking News
Packers quarterback Brett Favre threw a touchdown pass today against the Minnesota Vikings, giving him 421 for his career and making him the all-time leader in touchdown passes in NFL history.
Even though the game is in Minnesota, they stopped the game to congratulate Favre and show a taped message from Dan Marino, the player whose record Favre broke. And even though the game is in Minnesota, the crowd cheered Favre, with only a few scattered boos.
The taped message from Marino didn’t delay the game at all. In a cool move, the NFL and Fox actually stayed with the game after the touchdown, rather than going to commercial, so the Favre-related celebrations were confined to time that ordinarily would have been a TV timeout. (I’m sure they’ll make up for it later in the game, though.)