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Young Brett Favre on nickel defense: 'Who gives a s—?'

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Brett Favre tore through defenses early in his NFL career even though he didn't know what scheme the opposition was running.

Favre told a familiar story Friday in a speech at LSU about not knowing (or caring for) football terminology in his first few years in the league.

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“I think it was my second year in Green Bay and we’d drafted Ty Detmer, a good friend of mine,” Favre said, via NOLA.com. “Now if you don’t know what’s going on, the trick is to act like you do.