Favre's Preseason Debut with the Jets

From the Washington Post:

A standing ovation greeted the trot out to the field for his first snap. It took Favre one rocky possession before the old signs emerged — the telegraphed handoff to the tailback, the laser dump-offs to backs and ends, the looming and real physical danger when Favre waited and waited before he either got crunched, which he did once, or averted calamity.

The touch was there, too, on that quick post pattern to Jerricho Cotchery and the four-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dustin Keller that brought the Meadowlands to its feet again. Favre celebrated and then spent most of the game next to Eric Mangini, his new coach, who was content with 5 of 6 completions and a half a quarter of work.

Jason Goode might have caught a short-gainer from Colt Brennan in the last minute and change and scampered 33 yards, and the Jets might have missed a gimme field goal to keep the Redskins unbeaten in the preseason under Coach Jim Zorn. Yet most of the masses had already departed an hour before, long after Favre made their night by merely taking the field.

"I feel like I'm a Jet," Favre said afterward, surrounded by a throng of reporters. "It sounds a little funny, but believe me I feel comfortable here. It's still a bit awkward, but I don't know how else to tell you. I feel like I'm here for a reason. Like I told the guys, I feel like I'm here for one reason."

From ESPN:

"It worked out better than I thought it would, not that I thought it would go badly," he said. "It was like starting all over again. I had some feelings that I haven't felt in 17 years, but that's a good thing."

Just 10 days after being acquired from Green Bay, Favre finished 5-of-6 for 48 yards and the touchdown. He said his arm felt fatigued early in the week, but looked strong in his two series. He lasted 14 plays after coach Eric Mangini said he expected Favre to take 8-12 snaps.

"I felt like I threw the ball well, moved around OK," he said. "Ten days ago, I was doing yard work."

...Favre, in his first game since losing to the Giants in the NFC championship in January, received a huge standing ovation from the half-filled Giants Stadium when he was introduced with the starting offense.

"It was a little weird, but for the most part, I felt comfortable in this uniform," Favre said. "I feel comfortable in this locker room. I had numerous people on the Redskins team say, 'Man, it almost don't look right,' but it's got to start looking right."

It will never look right. Never.