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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre hadn't yet been outside for practice, so you can't blame the following statement on the heat:
"I really feel like this is, as far as talent is concerned, the most talented team that I've been a part of as a whole," Favre said Monday morning.
Say what?
Although it might seem like a far-fetched thing to say about a Green Bay Packers team coming off a 4-12 season -- particularly coming from a guy who spent the offseason wondering whether his team would be good enough to make putting off retirement worthwhile -- Favre is gushing about the wealth of ability he sees on the practice field.
This year's team is even more talented, Favre insists, than the Packers' Super Bowl teams of the mid-1990s.
"If we can somehow put it together, there's a lot of talent out there," Favre said.
Favre said the Packers' dominant teams of the 1990s actually weren't incredibly talented, "but we were very experienced."
There lies the major caveat to Favre's suddenly simmering optimism. He says this is also the most inexperienced team he has played on, and potential doesn't mean much when the pads go on.
But if the Packers' young players, especially on the offensive line and at wide receiver, can play at a high level right away, Favre said it's realistic to expect a major turnaround.
"It can be done," Favre said. "I don't know what to expect, but if the guys play to their level or higher, anything can happen."
That's a different tone than Favre struck for much of the offseason as he waffled about his football future.
Before deciding to return, Favre wondered whether it would be worth risking another possible 4-12 season and questioned the Packers' lack of activity in the free-agent market.
The Packers' biggest offseason additions came on defense, but Favre returned anyway.
Now, Favre said the only time he second-guesses his decision to return is when he feels the wear and tear from previous seasons.
"This morning, I'm like, 'What am I doing?' " Favre said. "It feels like I've got glass in my shoes. But I know from experience, even though every time we practice and every time we play and every season it may get a little worse, once I get on the field, it seems to kind of go away."
"I really feel like this is, as far as talent is concerned, the most talented team that I've been a part of as a whole," Favre said Monday morning.
Say what?
Although it might seem like a far-fetched thing to say about a Green Bay Packers team coming off a 4-12 season -- particularly coming from a guy who spent the offseason wondering whether his team would be good enough to make putting off retirement worthwhile -- Favre is gushing about the wealth of ability he sees on the practice field.
This year's team is even more talented, Favre insists, than the Packers' Super Bowl teams of the mid-1990s.
"If we can somehow put it together, there's a lot of talent out there," Favre said.
Favre said the Packers' dominant teams of the 1990s actually weren't incredibly talented, "but we were very experienced."
There lies the major caveat to Favre's suddenly simmering optimism. He says this is also the most inexperienced team he has played on, and potential doesn't mean much when the pads go on.
But if the Packers' young players, especially on the offensive line and at wide receiver, can play at a high level right away, Favre said it's realistic to expect a major turnaround.
"It can be done," Favre said. "I don't know what to expect, but if the guys play to their level or higher, anything can happen."
That's a different tone than Favre struck for much of the offseason as he waffled about his football future.
Before deciding to return, Favre wondered whether it would be worth risking another possible 4-12 season and questioned the Packers' lack of activity in the free-agent market.
The Packers' biggest offseason additions came on defense, but Favre returned anyway.
Now, Favre said the only time he second-guesses his decision to return is when he feels the wear and tear from previous seasons.
"This morning, I'm like, 'What am I doing?' " Favre said. "It feels like I've got glass in my shoes. But I know from experience, even though every time we practice and every time we play and every season it may get a little worse, once I get on the field, it seems to kind of go away."
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