Camera flashes illuminated the Metrodome on each of Brett Favre’s eight plays for Minnesota. Captured on film? Just one completed pass.
Favre’s debut was a dud in terms of on-field action, a predictably brief preseason performance in the Vikings’ 17-13 victory last night over the Chiefs.
Cheered loudly by the same fans who used to loathe him when he played for Green Bay, Favre played two series and went 1 for 4 for a whopping 4 yards. He moved around all right and his passes had zip, just no direction.
Tarvaris Jackson was the more polished quarterBack for Minnesota: 12 for 15 for 202 yards and two touchdowns.
Cowboys 30, Titans 10
In Arlington, Texas, Tony Romo looked right at home in the first football game at the nearly $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium, going 18 of 24 for 192 yards. In the third quarter, Titans punter A.J. Trapasso booted a ball off the video screen above the field.
Falcons 20, Rams 13
In St. Louis, Michael Turner accounted for all but 12 yards on the Falcons’ opening 77-yard drive and Matt Ryan was 7 for 8 for 81 yards with a TD.