Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre engineers fourth-quarter comeback is the GMC Never Ssay Never Moment of the Week for games played on November 7-8, the NFL announced on Friday. The GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Week is the best moment or play of the week that represents determination and perseverance.
With perhaps their season on the line, the Vikings were down two touchdowns late in the game when they asked Brett Favre to pull off the miracle. Once again, he delivered. In his 46th career comeback victory, Favre threw for 147 of his career-high 446 yards and two touchdowns in the final 4:39 of regulation and OT to help stun Arizona.
Brett Favre was selected from among three moments by voters on NFL.com/gmc. The other two moments were ew York Jets QB Mark Sanchez comes through in the clutch for Jets and Oakland Raiders rookie WR Jacoby Ford bails out suddenly red-hot Raiders.
After the regular season, fans will have a chance to determine the GMC Never Say Never Moment Of The Year from among the 17 weekly winners. Fans can vote for the winner on NFL.com/gmc throughout the month of January.
Favre engineers fourth-quarter comeback
With perhaps their season on the line, the Vikings were down two touchdowns late in the game when they asked Brett Favre to pull off the miracle. Once again, he delivered. In his 46th career comeback victory, Favre threw for 147 of his career-high 446 yards and two touchdowns in the final 4:39 of regulation and OT to help stun Arizona.
Sanchez comes through in the clutch for
Jets
Trailing 20-10 on the road to Detroit with 4:26 to play, the Jets were on the verge of losing their second straight. But Mark Sanchez refused to let it happen. The second-year quarterback led the Jets on two scoring drives to tie the game in regulation, then had a 52-yard completion to Santonio Holmes in overtime to set up Nick Folk's winning field goal.
Rookie Ford bails out suddenly red-hot
Raiders
Jacoby Ford entered the NFL unheralded as the 19th wide receiver taken in the draft. But he didn't give up hope of having an impact as a rookie. Making his second start because of injuries, Ford returned a kickoff 94 yards for a score, and then made two big-play receptions down the stretch, helping the Raiders come back to beat Kansas City in overtime.