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Favre to complete 16th season with Packers

Dec 30, 2007 - 11:24 AM Detroit (7-8) at Green Bay (12-3) 1:00 pm EST

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- While the Green Bay Packers came up short in their bid to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, quarterback Brett Favre enjoyed a memorable 16th year in Green Bay.

The 38-year-old Favre completes a record-breaking season on Sunday when the Packers host the Detroit Lions in their final playoff tuneup.

During the season, he became the winningest quarterback in NFL history while also setting league marks for career touchdowns and passing yards.

However, the future Hall of Famer is coming off one of the worst performances of his career, passing for just 153 yards and two interceptions in last week's 35-7 loss to the Chicago Bears. He threw for only nine yards in the first half.

The game was played in 40-mile-per-hour gusts with a below-zero wind chill at Soldier Field, prompting Favre to call it the worst conditions he's ever faced during his career.

The loss handed the NFC's top seed to the Dallas Cowboys. As the NFC's No. 2 seed, Green Bay still will have a bye in the first-round of the playoffs.

While Favre has not officially indicated he will return in 2008, his success this year may make the decision easy. He is one of four quarterbacks to pass for more than 4,000 yards this season.

With a win on Sunday, the Packers will tie a franchise mark with their 13th win. Green Bay won 13 games in 1996 and 1997, when it made back-to-back trips to the Super Bowl.

Favre never has lost at home to the Lions, who have dropped 16 straight games in the state of Wisconsin, dating to 1991.

A once-promising season for Detroit fell apart during a six-game losing streak that the Lions snapped last week with a 25-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

The six-game slide included a 37-26 home defeat to the Packers on Thanksgiving.