GREEN BAY -- Brett Favre spent plenty of time talking to the national media last week. Fox and ESPN both got time with Favre and so did Favre's old buddy Steve Mariucci, who served as the future Hall of Famer's position coach with the Packers at one point.
In his interview with Mariccui, who works for the NFL Network, Favre said the Vikings' success doesn't surprise him but he was hoping it would come a little bit easier. The Vikings are 6-1 entering today's game against the Packers and suffered their first loss of the season last Sunday at Pittsburgh.
Favre also continues to say this Vikings team is as good as 1996 Packers club that won the Super Bowl. This hasn't sat well with some of Favre's former teammates but at this point he has little reason to care.
Talking about the Vikings' potential, Favre said: "Not one team out there can say they have every piece to the puzzle, you can never say that. It's the teams that have great chemistry, play very well together, believe in what they're doing, have a little luck along the way -- all those things go into winning."
Favre also told Mariucci that his toughest loss came when the Packers were beaten by the Giants in the 2007 NFC Championship Game at Lambeau Field.
"When I left the next day, I have never been as disappointed after the game, including the Super Bowl (XXXII)," Favre said. "I didn't want to end it like that, but that wasn't enough to come back ... when we lost, the last thing I wanted to think about was football, even though I knew I would think about it every day."
