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What an amazing turnaround in Minnesota last year, where Brett Favre went from Lazarus to Icarus in a single season. Check out the numbers below.
In 2009, Favre came out of retirement and posted arguably his best numbers ever. He threw 33 touchdowns versus only 7 interceptions, helping the Vikings to the NFC Championship game.
But last year, Favre – and the Vikings – crashed and burned. He threw almost twice as many interceptions (19) as touchdowns (11).
As a team, that’s the biggest turnaround ever. The Vikings went from plus-27 to minus-12 in terms of ratio of touchdowns to interceptions, a decrease of 39. Since the NFL went to the 16-game season in 1978, that’s eight more than any other team.
Year 1 Year 2
TD-Int TD-Int Diff Years
34-7 14-26 39 2009-2010 Minnesota Vikings
41-15 14-19 31 1998-1999 San Francisco 49ers
34-13 17-27 31 1990-1991 Philadelphia Eagles
50-9 21-11 31 2007-2008 New England Patriots
36-19 20-30 27 2004-2005 Green Bay Packers
31-23 15-32 25 1980-1981 Los Angeles Rams
22-17 16-36 25 1987-1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
39-12 18-16 25 2004-2005 Minnesota Vikings
24-8 19-28 25 2006-2007 St. Louis Rams
21-14 7-24 24 2005-2006 Oakland Raiders
26-22 8-27 23 1980-1981 New Orleans Saints
44-14 21-14 23 1987-1988 San Francisco 49ers
29-10 21-25 23 1997-1998 Oakland Raiders
30-14 21-27 22 1980-1981 Cleveland Browns
33-12 20-21 22 1995-1996 Detroit Lions
49-18 31-21 21 1984-1985 Miami Dolphins
36-15 19-19 21 1999-2000 Carolina Panthers
29-15 17-24 21 2000-2001 Kansas City Chiefs
30-11 15-17 21 1991-1992 Washington Redskins
51-10 31-11 21 2004-2005 Indianapolis Colts
26-10 9-14 21 2002-2003 Oakland Raiders
26-19 17-30 20 1988-1989 Phoenix Cardinals
22-18 12-28 20 1987-1988 New England Patriots
32-14 16-18 20 1998-1999 Denver Broncos
32-11 21-20 20 2004-2005 Philadelphia Eagles
24-10 14-20 20 1983-1984 Atlanta Falcons
10-9 12-31 20 1982-1983 New York Giants
—Ian Allan
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