Favre pick in NFC title game not motivating factor

"For the most part, it's the things that people don't see that we've got to get on board with in a hurry," Favre said. "Sight adjustments, audibles, things like that. What's the easiest way for me to get to those? Is it using a term that's already in place, or maybe coming up with a new term? And not to mention changing it up and having more than one term for a lot of things. I mean, it's a work in progress and I think that'll be the case all year long."

Favre said he and his receivers are working at getting on the same page on the field, and some of the quarterback's signal-calling suggestions were in place during practice Tuesday.

"In our 2-minute drill today, we made some real good plays, a lot of signals were given today, some things that I had recommended maybe we try," he said. "We kind of just turned it loose today. We did good on a couple and didn't do quite as well on the other ones. The good thing is that it was practice. We can go back and look at it on film and make the corrections."

One of the mistakes came on a pass intended for Brad Smith that was intercepted by Darrelle Revis.

"I think we're making strides," he said. "To me, it gets worse before it gets better."

Favre and Mangini have spoken every day about what the quarterback's needs are.

"Our communication has been great," Favre said. "I said, 'Well, there's no substitute for game-type situations.' The 2-minute drills, red-zone situations, third-down situations, you can't do them all in one day, but we're trying to throw those in."

Favre has often described his new career with the Jets as "different" and a scenario he never would've dreamed of. He was asked what his father, Irvin, who passed away in 2003, would've thought of all this.

"He was pretty straightforward," Favre said. "He would've wanted me to play all along, and I'm sure it would've been in Green Bay. But he'd probably be out here at practice every day raising hell with me, what I could be doing better. He would've wanted me to play until my legs fell off. That's just the way he was."