I must say I was more than a little jealous when you mentioned being there for Favre’s first start. Wow! I recall watching that game in Kansas, of all places. Any sense of the greatness to come in him?
I didn’t sense greatness, but I remember saying to one of the other reporters that Green Bay’s quarterback is pretty good. You could see it. I even think the Falcons saw it; they drafted him, right? He had a wild side to him that had to be tamed. Mike Holmgren found a way to work with it and, ultimately, live and win with it.