Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre says that he played through a concussion during the 2009 NFC Championship Game against the New Orleans Saints.
On a nationwide conference call Wednesday ahead of the premiere of Favre's documentary Shocked: A Hidden Factor in the Sports Concussion Crisis, the former Vikings quarterback was asked by KFAN about his memories of that game, which he said was the most violent he'd ever experienced after playing 20 years in the NFL.
That game later came under investigation as part of New Orleans' "bountygate" scandal in which several members of the Saints' franchise were accused of paying out bounties for intentionally hurting opposing team players.