CANTON, Ohio _ Brett Favre thinks his Hall of Fame display is "pretty cool", but until he saw it for the first time Friday morning he was not aware that a Minnesota Vikings No. 4 jersey was hanging in it next to his Packers No. 4.
Favre didn't have any reaction to the dual acknowledgment, but he knows Packers fans will.
"Green Bay fans probably don't like the Vikings jersey," he said as he walked through the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his way to a luncheon with fellow Hall of Famers.
Yeah, that's pretty evident if a few minutes spent in front of the display are any indication.
"(Expletive) the Vikings," one fan in Packers gear said. "Why did they have to put that in there? (Expletive) the Vikings."
"Who came up with that display?" said another fan. "He must have been a Communist."
Favre insisted that he had nothing to do with the dual-jersey display and didn't know anything about it until contacted by a media member.
"Who was that that asked me?" Favre asked. "(ESPN's) Ed Werder. He said, 'How do you like your display,' and I said, 'I don't even know what the hell you're talking about. So I finally saw it this morning.' "
Pete Fierle, vice president of communications for the Hall of Fame, told ESPN that the Hall decides what will be in each display. He said the players don't have a say in what will be placed in them.
"That is an exhibit for the Class of 2016," Fierle said. "There are eight lockers created, one for each enshrinee. They contain artifacts of each Hall of Famer."
Favre, of course, played 16 seasons with the Packers and just two with the Vikings. All three of his MVP awards came during his time with the Packers and he led them to two Super Bowl appearances.
Favre had one of his finest seasons playing for the Vikings in 2009, earning a selection to his 11th Pro Bowl and leading Minnesota to the NFC Championship game. His ironman streak of 299 consecutive games ended in 2010 with the Vikings.
Whatever anyone thinks of the display, Favre wasn't complaining. He and former Packers quarterbacks coach Steve Mariucci took a stroll down memory lane while seeing it Friday morning.
"Pretty cool," Favre said. "I saw it today. "Me and 'Mooch' did it (the tour) this morning and kind of reminisced."
