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October 28, 2009

Top 10 Revenge Games in NFL History

Don Banks, Sports Illustrated

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Though it threatens to become as over-played as the no-respect angle, did you notice how the revenge factor was all the rage in the NFL on Sunday?

We had Cincinnati's Cedric Benson running wild against Chicago to make the Bears pay for letting him go in the offseason of 2008; Drew Brees lighting up Miami, the team that dawdled on signing him in 2006; and even ex-Raiders head coach Bill Callahan getting the Gatorade-bath treatment from his Jets offensive linemen in celebration of New York's 38-0 victory at Oakland.

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TAGGED: top 10, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre, NFL

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