Favre says he "feels like a Jet." So much for 16 years in Green Bay.

Thanks to the NFL Network for telecasting Saturday night's battle between the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins. It was worth the watch.

Granted, it wasn't worth the watch after the first quarter, but, hey, that first 45 minutes as we got to witness Brett Favre in a New York Jets uniform was certainly worth the time commitment.

Our man Flava Favre told the New York media that he was "having fun again," and one can certainly understand why. The Jets will be a pretty good football team with Favre's competitive fire and quick release at the helm.

It also doesn't hurt that his offensive line is at least decent, if not actually quite good.  

During the post-game news conference, Favre said he asked Jets head coach Eric Mangini to let him play some more. When the first quarter was over, Favre was done, but in his own mind he felt like a rookie trying to get a shot at the clipboard-carrier's job. He was like that 23-year-old sixth-round draft pick right out of Southern Mississippi Wesleyan Agriculture, Teaching, Military and Firearms College. He wanted to play an entire pre-season game. That's nuts. That's Favre.

"I asked him if I could play some more and he (Mangini) said, 'Let me think about it,'" Favre told the media. "As he turned away, he turned back and said, 'I thought about it.'"

Favre didn't play again. But he looked pretty comfortable when he did play.

Ol' Flava Favre had obviously learned the better part of his new playbook. He went five-for-six passing for 48 yards and threw a four-yard touchdown strike to Dustin Keller. When he left the game, the Jets were ahead 7-0 and Favre, only 10 days removed from the Packers, was the best player in a Jets uniform.

"It worked out better than I thought it would," Favre said at the news conference. "Not that I thought it would go badly."

Admitting that it was all just "a little weird" to be suited up in Jets green while playing at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, Favre lasted 14 plays and according to the Associated Press, Mangini said Favre had between 30 and 40 plays to work with.

Favre is going to be just fine in New York and the Jets just might give the Patriots a bit of an argument this season. 

In the meantime, the San Francisco 49ers massacred Favre's old team, the Green Bay Packers, 34-6, on Saturday night. Aaron Rodgers went nine-for-16 for 58 yards, Brian Brohm went four-for-nine for 33 yards and Matt Flynn went five-for-six for 33 yards. Rodgers was sacked four times and the 49ers finished the game with six sacks in total.

At this stage, Packers GM Ted Thompson looks like a moron. He's the guy who drafted Rodgers, he's the guy who refused to trade for Randy Moss, he's the guy who wanted Favre out. The Packers might never recover from Thompson's ego and idiocy.

Meanwhile, the Jets and their fans are wandering the streets of the Big Apple loving every minute of Favre's exile in New York.

I wonder if Packers coach Mike McCarthy ever looked in the mirror and said to himself, "Am I better off with Brett Favre as my No. 1 quarterback and Aaron Rodgers as my No. 2 or with Aaron Rodgers as No. 1 and Brian Brohm as No. 2?"

Guess not, because if he did, he wouldn't have made that silly statement that Brett Favre "wasn't in the right frame of mind" to play for the Packers. 

Poor Green Bay. All by themselves, they made Detroit and Minnesota the teams to beat in the NFC North.