Brett Favre Implores Eric Mangini: Please Dumb Down the Jets Offense

Brett Favre had a splendid start to his Jets career, but he's still less than two weeks into his re-un-retirement and he'll readily admit that he's nowhere near knowing this offense. That's kind of an issue since the regular season starts Sept. 7, but less of one than if, say, Kellen Clemens were having similar problems (in addition to all the other ones).

Whatever, Favre had a face-to-face with Jets head coach Eric Mangini about how to make the book learnin' as painless as possible given the time crunch:

"I had a long talk with Eric," Favre said on 1050 ESPN Radio. "I don't want to think, I want to react. There's got to be some middle ground there. That's what we're trying to find. I'm trying to get as much digested as possible. "A lot of times you can make this as complicated as you want to."

Favre indicated that the goal is to "simplify" things and "use the guys to the best of our ability."

According to the New York Post's Mark Cannizzaro, Favre admitted that the Jets offense is "totally different" than the Packers' system, and that "there's a tall mountain in front" of him in terms of the job ahead, adding, "I'm up to the challenge and I hope this thing works out."

Yeah, so do the Jets. Good news, though: Favre says he doesn't "want to come [to New York] and fail," which, I think, is exactly what Chad Pennington remarked right before Mangini released him.

In terms of simplifying things for Favre, it seems like a no-brainer. Better to have 40-60 plays he can run with confidence than 2,000 just for the sake of it. Hopefully, "game-deciding interception" won't be part of the early-season install.