'This game will be fun,' Favre says as Jets debut nears

Favre has been cramming to learn as much of the playbook as he can since joining the Jets. He has looked mostly solid, with a few of the expected missteps here and there, while running the first-team offense.

"The big thing with him is getting comfortable with calling the plays," offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. "Again, the plays are the same thing, but, as a quarterback, the more you call it, the more you can become comfortable with it, the more you can actually see the picture of the play in your mind."

Despite some fatigue, Favre has been showing off the rocket right arm that has made him one of the NFL's greatest passers.

"It's incredible, just kind of surreal," second-year wide receiver Chansi Stuckey said. "You see him in Green Bay and you're like, 'You never know. This guy could be throwing me passes someday.' And now that he's here, it's weird. He's throwing me passes now and I'm just trying to make sure I don't make him mad and catch everything he throws my way."

It might also be a little strange for the Redskins to see Favre wearing a Jets uniform after playing against him and the Packers in the NFC for so many years.

"Hopefully, he'll think he's so special that we'll only have to face him for a series or two," Redskins coach Jim Zorn said. "All eyes will be on him, and rightfully so."

Until the Jets acquired Favre, the Redskins had pulled off perhaps the biggest deal of the offseason when they traded with Miami for defensive end Jason Taylor.

"I wish he had done it earlier," Taylor said of Favre. "It would have been an easier offseason for me. Brett's all the hype and all the talk right now, and that's fine. Now I can go back to work and just do what I do."

It's uncertain how many plays Taylor will be on the field with Favre. Zorn said the defensive end will likely take only a few snaps because he has been bothered by a foot injury this week.

"It'll be a lot different now for the both of us," Taylor said. "I'm with the 'Skins now and he's with the Jets. Not that we played a lot against each other before, but it will be different to see him out there. With all the hoopla and the media stuff going on around the game, at the end of the day, it's still football and he's got to throw before I get there."