GREEN BAY, Wis. — Dispatches from Green Bay’s eventful 28-24 win over reeling Minnesota Sunday night at a giddy Lambeau Field …
1. Brett Favre’s three interceptions against the Packers were pivotal to the Minnesota loss and are sure to reignite the debate about whether he and Vikings head coach Brad Childress are on the same page — and capable of once again working through their well-known differences. After moving heaven and earth to get Favre back to Minnesota this summer, Childress pointed the finger of blame right at his 41-year-old quarterback in the wake of Sunday’s loss, which dropped his team to 2-4, matching its loss total from last season.
When asked about Favre’s three second-half interceptions, one of which was returned 32 yards for a touchdown by middle linebacker Desmond Bishop for the eventual winning points, Childress was blunt.
“It still goes back to taking care of the football,” he said in his postgame session with the media. “You can’t throw it to them. They have to play within the confines of our system. You can’t give seven points going the other way. Not in a game like this.”
Favre’s three picks came in a span of seven of his 29 passes, and led directly to 14 Packers points. Childress was asked if Favre forced those passes.
“Yeah, the one to Bishop,” he said. “I’d have to look at that, cause I’d like to know where we’re going with the football, because I believe the play was designed to go to the other side and I think Percy’s (Harvin) standing there in big air. So not sure why we’re looking at the left-hand side.”
Favre appeared to reinjure his surgically repaired left ankle on the play on which he threw his first interception, to Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk, early in the third quarter. Green Bay linebacker Brad Jones hit Favre on the play, forcing a hurried throw that went behind receiver Bernard Berrian.
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