Packers quarterback Brett Favre is playing in tonight’s Monday Night Football game against Oakland — crucial to Green Bay’s playoff hopes — despite his father’s unexpected death yesterday.

So far, he’s playing one of the finest games of his career — 9 for 9 with two touchdowns and 183 yards. The Packers lead, 14-7.

UPDATE: Favre just threw his first incomplete pass of the night, but then Green Bay expanded its lead to 17-7, early in the second quarter.

FINAL UPDATE: Favre finished with four TDs (moving into second place on the NFL’s all-time list for TD passes) and completed 22 of 30 passes for 399 yards (just three short of his career high) as the Packers crushed the Raiders, 41-7. ESPN called it “one of the greatest performances in his 13-year career.”

“I knew that my dad would have wanted me to play,” he said. “I love him so much, and I love this game. It’s meant a great deal to me, to my dad, to my family, and I didn’t expect this kind of performance. But I know he was watching tonight.”