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Dan Wiederer began covering the Vikings in 2011, enthusiastically delivering insight on the team across the Star Tribune's print and digital products. Prior to joining the Access Vikings team, he spent seven seasons covering ACC basketball at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. He also covered the Chicago Bears in 2003 and 2004. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Giants lineman has connection to Favre's feet
Posted by: Mark Craig under Packers, Super Bowl, Brett Favre Updated: January 31, 2012 - 3:36 PM
Not too many people can say they've walked in Brett Favre's shoes.
Giants defensive end Dave Tollefson can.
Tollefson, who's in Indianapolis looking for his second Super Bowl championship ring, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about one of his duties as a rookie seventh-round draft pick of the Packers in 2006.
Because he had the same shoe size as the then-Packers QB, Tollefson had to break in Favre's shoes for him.
"He didn't want them to hurt his feet," Tollefson said, "so it hurt my feet."
Tollefson, who has five sacks as a backup this year, lasted only one season on Green Bay's practice squad before signing with Oakland. His impact on the Packers wasn't much, other than what he did to No. 4's shoes.
"They were his actual molded insoles. It was terrible. They needed them broken in and why not me? I wore the same sized shoe. I had to wear them during practice. It was terrible. It was killing me for weeks after that. ...When you're a rookie, you'll do anything."
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