Vikings coach Brad Childress made it clear Wednesday during his news conference that he felt the New Orleans Saints went too far in punishing Brett Favre in the NFC title game last season. But Childress did not give extensive quotes on his feelings.

However, in an interview with Clark Judge of CBS Sports, Childress went much more in depth on the subject and Judge also revealed one Vikings assistant was so upset that he intends to confront Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams before the Vikings play the Saints on Sept. 9 in the NFL's regular-season opener.

"Yeah," Childress said when asked by Judge if he thought the Saints targeted Favre. "As I look through it, yes. As I look at 13 different clips ... as I looked at it, yes. I talk about hitting the quarterback every week, [saying things like] this guy is a different guy if you hit him, if you make him move his feet. But I just felt if you go back and look at that thing, it was whatever ... whatever, whoever, I just know they orchestrated some things that aren't within our rules.

"I don't know if Brett ever looked at it, but we looked at it. I had one of my defensive linemen tell me that, 'Coach, that's what they had; they were going after him.' Just like you saw the week before with [the Cardinals' Kurt] Warner." Running back Adrian Peterson also told Judge that he felt the Saints were going after Favre at every opportunity. "I think they did," Peterson said. "In a sense, I look at it and say, 'Hey, it's football.' But I look at two or three plays where I was like, 'OK, now, those were some dirty shots.' My boy [Darren] Sharper, I got so much respect for him and love for him, but there was one [hit] that was so obvious where he came in and hit Brett real late, it got me hot. But, yeah, they definitely tried to hurt him. They definitely went out of their way." If nothing else, this should make the season opener all the more interesting. There is no doubt the officials assigned to that game will be told to call everything as close as possible and it's likely both teams will be warned as well. Nonetheless, you have to wonder if the Vikings defensive linemen will take a few shots at Saints quarterback Drew Brees in an attempt to get some revenge.