In my quest to find something... anything new to talk about during Brett Favre week two.  I found it in this blog from the New York Times Sports Section.  The title is called Brett Favre and the Interception Myth.  Ask any Packers fan... what's was the worst part of Brett Favre's game?  The answer comes quick.  He took too many chances.  He threw too many interceptions.  The haters will close their arguement with the fact that nobody in the league has thrown more picks. 

But the fact is he's also thrown more passes than anyone too.  And when you break down the numbers it turns out that in terms of percentage of passes intercepted, Favre does much better.  In fact, when you compare him to Hall of Fame Quarterbacks, he's one of the best in history.  He has played so long and so well that his 313 INTs amount to just 3.3 percent of his attempts. In fact, he has been less prone to interceptions than all but five Hall of Fame quarterbacks.

Bart Starr... the ultimate efficent QB right?  Favre easily beats him.   Johnny U?  Not even close.  Take a look:

Joe Namath: 5.8% (3,762 attempts, 220 INTs)

Terry Bradshaw: 5.4% (3,901 attempts, 210 INTs)

Johnny Unitas: 4.9% (5,186 attempts, 253 INTs)

Bart Starr: 4.4% (3,149 attempts, 138 INTs)

Brett Favre: 3.3% (9,280 attempts, 310 INTs)

The only Hall of Famers better?  John Elway 3.1, Dan Marino 3.0, Troy Aikman 3.0 and Joe Montana and Steve Young tied at 2.6%.

Admit it... that surprised you didn't it? 

For the record, two of the 310 have been frozen in my brain forever.  The interception after 4th and 26 against the Eagles.  And of course, this one in the NFC Champtionship Game.