at a glance… BRETT FAVRE - Packers

COMMUNITYADMIN. &COACHESVETERANSDRAFT &FREE AGENTS2007 REVIEWRECORDS &HISTORY FAVRELAMBEAUFIELDRECORDS BRETT FAVRE & HISTORYfollowing week (Jan. 16) – a 2-yarder to Brooks and a29-yarder to Sharpe…Finished with 28 completions in 45attempts for 331 yards (1 yard short of Packers’ singlegameplayoff record) and two TDs.1992Acquired from Atlanta by then-Packers GeneralManager Ron Wolf for a first-round draft selectionin an offseason trade (Feb. 10)…Was so impressivein escorting Green Bay to its second-best record in 20years (9-7) – soaring from designated backup to ProBowler in just three months’ time – that then-head coachHolmgren was prompted to observe, “If Brett can stayhealthy, he will be the cornerstone of our football team formany years to come.”… Beginning the 1992 season as theunderstudy to incumbent Majkowski, he was hastily summonedfrom the bench to replace an injured Majkowski(ankle) in the first quarter of Game 3 vs. Cincinnati (Sept.20) and proceeded to take a stranglehold on the QB position,staking an immediate claim by leading the Packers toan electrifying, come-from-behind, 24-23 victory over theBengals, forged by way of a 35-yard scoring pass to wideoutKitrick Taylor with only 13 seconds remaining in thegame…Performing in storybook fashion, he went on tocompile an 8-5 record as a starter and establish two newGreen Bay passing records in the process – single-seasonmarks for passing percentage (64.12 percent; sincebroken in 2003) and most consecutive 200-yard passinggames (11)…Named as the third QB for the NFC Pro Bowlsquad after finishing fifth among conference passers withan 85.3 overall rating, based on 302 completions in 471attempts for 3,227 yards and 18 touchdowns with only 13interceptions…At the time, was the youngest quarterbackever to play in AFC-NFC Pro Bowl (since 1971) at 23years, 3 months, 28 days of age…His 302 completionstied him with Troy Aikman of Super Bowl champion Dallasfor first-place honors in NFC…Also ranked second in theconference (to Young) with his 64.12 passing percentage,which broke Starr’s Green Bay single-season record of63.74, set in 1968…Also became only the fourth PackersQB to pass for over 3,000 yards in a season…Had a stringof 111 passes without an interception broken at Oilers onDec. 13…Did not play vs. Minnesota in regular-seasonopener (Sept. 6), but saw action in second-half reliefrole the next week at Tampa Bay (Sept. 13), completingeight of 14 passes for 73 yards…Engineered two TDChronology of the Packers’1992 deal for FavreApril 21, 1991 — On Day 1 of the ’91 NFL Draft, thePhiladelphia Eagles strike a deal with Green Bay to move up.Eyeing Tennessee T Antone Davis, the Eagles ship their ’91first-round choice (19th overall) to Green Bay for the Packers’first-rounder (eighth overall). Philadelphia gets Davis, and thePackers use the Eagles’ No. 19 to snag CB Vinnie Clark fromOhio State. The Packers’ Tom Braatz and Lindy Infante don’tconsummate the trade until Philadelphia agrees to throw in itsfirst-round pick in the 1992 draft…Later, in Round 2, the Falcons select Brett Favre 33rd overall,breaking the hearts of several teams, including the Jets…Ron Wolf, heading the Jets personnel department, chooses QBBrowning Nagle with the next choice, 34th.drives in last eight minutes of the game to pull out 24-23victory over Cincinnati (Sept. 20) after relieving injuredMajkowski in opening quarter. Threw for a season-high289 yards against Bengals on 22-of-39 passing…Madefirst NFL start on Sept. 27 vs. Pittsburgh and respondedby completing 14 of 19 passes for 210 yards and two TDs,including a 76-yarder to Sharpe, with no interceptions…Staged an inspiring performance vs. Philadelphia (Nov.15), leading the Packers to a 27-24, come-from-behindvictory despite suffering a first-degree separation of hisleft (non-throwing) shoulder early in the game on a hitfrom future teammate Reggie White. Completed 23 of 33for 275 yards and two scores with two interceptions inupset of Eagles.1991Was a second-round draft selection by theFalcons (33rd overall and third QB, after DanMcGwire and Todd Marinovich)…Completed 14 of 32passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns, with oneinterception, in the preseason…Active for three gamesduring the regular season, he played in two (Oct. 27 vs.L.A. Rams and Nov. 10 at Washington), officially attemptingfour incomplete passes in Redskins contest…Afterthe 2004 season, Elias Sports Bureau changed Favre’sofficial passing attempts for that Washington game; inresearching Favre’s early career, viewing a tape of theCBS broadcast, Elias determined that Favre actually threwfour passes in the game (the RFK Stadium press box hadmistakenly credited him with five attempts in hand-writtenstatistics).collegeLed his Southern Mississippi team to 29victories, including two bowl triumphs,during four varsity seasons (1987-90), and climaxedhis collegiate career by earning a ‘Most Valuable Player’award in the East-West Shrine game featuring the nation’sbest seniors…Set school records for passing yards(8,193), pass attempts (1,234), completions (656), passingpercentage (53.0) and touchdowns (55), with only35 interceptions…His production included five 300-yardpassing games and five three-TD performances, while his7,695 regular-season passing yards ranked him amongthe top 30 of all-time NCAA passers…His 1.57 interceptionratio in 1988 was the lowest among the 50 top-rankedpassers in the nation, and his 2.9 interception rate for hisMISC.Nov., 1991 — Braatz is relieved on Nov. 20. One weeklater, the Packers hire Wolf and give him full control of GreenBay football operations.Dec. 1, 1991 — Green Bay’s first game after Wolf’s hiringis a trip to Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Before a 35-31 loss, inpregame warmups, Wolf scouts Favre, the player he missed byone pick in the draft seven months earlier with the Jets.Feb. 10, 1992 — In his second trade as Packers generalmanager, Wolf takes the choice acquired in ’91 from Philadelphia(17th overall, the Eagles were 10-6 in 1991) and sends it toAtlanta for Favre…The Falcons later traded that 17th pick to Dallas for theCowboys’ first-round position (19th) and fourth-round choice(104th) in the same draft; Dallas chose CB Kevin Smith fromTexas A&M with its pick acquired from Atlanta, through GreenBay; the Falcons chose Favre’s former Southern Mississippiteammate Tony Smith (RB) at No. 19 and selected CB FrankieSmith from Baylor at No. 104.524 25