It looked like one of the Brett Favre's old comebacks with the Green Bay Packers, and now he'd done it to them. At Lambeau Field, too.
Then came a replay review that wiped out the Minnesota Vikings' touchdown -- and finally a win for the Packers over their former quarterback.
Favre threw three second-half interceptions and the Packers held on to beat the Vikings 28-24 on Sunday night.
"It's devastating," Favre said. "I don't know how else to put it. I take a lot of pride and the ownership in all phases of the game. You've got the ball in your hand, you hope to win those. You just feel like you let everybody down."
Favre appeared to deliver another signature comeback win with an apparent touchdown strike to Percy Harvin with 48 seconds left -- but the score was overturned when a replay review determined the wide receiver came down with one foot out of bounds.
Down to his last chance on fourth-and-15 at the 20, Favre threw incomplete.
"A little payback don't hurt," linebacker Desmond Bishop said.
Green Bay turned Favre's two third-quarter interceptions into touchdowns that erased the Vikings' halftime lead, including a 32-yard return by Bishop. It was the ninth interception that was returned for a touchdown in the league on Sunday.
A.J. Hawk and Nick Collins also picked off errant passes by Favre.
"You can't throw it to them, you've got to play within the confines of our system," Vikings coach Brad Childress said. "Sometimes it's OK to punt the football. You can't give seven points going the other way, not in a game like this."
Favre came up limping after throwing the interception to Hawk early in the third quarter. Childress said he "did have a thought" about taking Favre out of the game but never approached him about it.
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