More drama from Favre
DENVER — Greg Jennings walked into the interview room after hauling in Brett Favre's 82-yard game-winning touchdown pass in overtime and issued a warning.
"No questions about the last play," he deadpanned.
There's certainly no more questions about Favre's arm strength. He burned Champ Bailey for a 79-yard touchdown in the first quarter and Dre' Bly for the game-winner in OT as Green Bay beat Denver 19-13 on Monday night.
"I've always felt like I've thrown the deep ball well," Favre said. "I'd love to throw 80 yarders every week, but that's not going to happen."
To think, there had been rumblings about whether he'd lost the zip on his fastball. He underthrew his receivers on a few passes in a win over Washington two weeks ago, leading to the speculation.
"I knew it didn't have anything to do with my arm strength," said Favre, who finished 21-of-27 for 331 yards. "It was just one of those days."
Favre made Bailey and Bly — two of the premier corners in the league — have one of those nights where they looked mortal.
"He's a great quarterback," Bailey said. "He's not going to miss anything. We've got to make those plays. We're too good not to make those."
Bly said he lost sight of the ball on the winning pass to Jennings. He also may have been bumped a little bit by Jennings, not that he's complaining — too loudly at least.
"They're not going to make those calls," Bly said. "I'm not going to hang my head down. I'm a playmaker. I had honest coverage, Jennings just made the play."
Jennings heaped all the credit onto Favre.
"It's all about the poise in Brett and the trust he has in us," Jennings said. "We're going in the right direction in terms of the long ball."
In terms of the team's record, too. Favre has the Packers at 6-1 for the third time in his career. In 1996, Favre and the Packers turned a similar start into a Super Bowl title.
"I feel like I've been on some better teams, but it's hard to doubt this team," Favre said. "That was fun. I can't wait to watch the tape."
It's one tape Bailey will probably want to burn after getting torched by James Jones for a 79-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
Jones caught Favre's perfectly thrown pass in stride down the sideline, cut back across the field to avoid Nick Ferguson and used back judge Jim Howey, who threw an unintentional block on Bly, to help get him into the end zone.
"Two plays beat us," said Bailey, whose team fell to 3-4. "Just those two plays. If you give up big plays like that, you're going to lose games."
