http://www.newyorkjets.com/blog/post...eammates-cheer QB Aces Quizzes, Teammates Cheer Published: Wed, August 20, 2008 - 1:42pm EDT By Randy Lange 08/20 ? Brett Favre has talked about the importance of having chemistry with teammates. And No. 4 strengthened the bonds with his new Green & White mates by passing two of head coach Eric Mangini's pop quizzes and winning a few prizes for the team. "Brett's becoming more familiar with things each day and he's building on things," Mangini said at his just-concluded daily news conference. "He got the guys out of curfew last night because he could answer my question on what the team's core values are. I thought I had him. I don't know how he pulled that one out. The room exploded." Favre also passed a modified Mangini name game, matching names correctly to a bunch of uniform numbers the coach fired at him. In addition to no curfew, he also got an hour trimmed from Tuesday night's meetings. (If Mangini approached you on the sidewalk or the sideline and asked you to name the Jets' core values, could you? Answer below.) Mangini also talked at the top of his newser about today's training camp practice, which is the last practice open to the public of camp. "It's been an exciting training camp. We've had a lot of fans here at different times. The time I've been here, it's always great to have the energy from the fans, especially when practices get a little longer and coffee just isn't getting it done. But having them here, having the kids here, it's great." As a result, Mangini has scheduled a period at the end of practice for players to sign autographs and interact with the fans who are here for today's workout. Mangini also discussed his cornerbacks. He perhaps put Darrelle Revis' mind at ease. Revis the day before the start of camp said, "I don't even know if I'm going to start," but the coach today said, "Darrelle's going to start, I can say that definitively." On the right corner, Mangini didn't declare who's on top of the depth chart but he gave some insight to how things might shake out, similar to how they shook out in 2006 when four different players (all still on the roster) got starts at RCB. "A lot of the time, that's game-planned," he said. "When it's not clearcut at the other position, then you're definitely going to look at who you're facing, what's going to cause them problems, what's going to cause you problems. "Every one of your DBs has to play all the different spots. That was the nice thing [at New England] when we had Otis [Smith], Terrell Buckley, Ty [Law]. That was an older group. It didn't matter what spot you put them at ? star, outside, money ? offensively you couldn't tell whether if we were in man, zone, matching up like with like." "The Lists" Here are the lists that Mangini has compiled over the years and has impressed on his players in his three seasons as Jets head coach, through meeting reminders (and pop quizzes) and signs on the walls: JETS' CORE CHARACTERISTICS ■ Smart ■ Tough ■ Competitive ■ Hard-Working ■ Selfless ■ Football Is Important JETS' CORE VALUES ■ Communicate ■ Focus ■ Finish ■ Do your job first and trust the guy next to you KEYS TO SUCCESS ■ Be on time! ■ Pay attention! ■ Work hard! EVALUATION CRITERIA ■ Do you know what to do? ■ Are you doing the things you are coached to do? ■ Are you the same player every day?
I bet Mangina prepped Favre with the answers before the meeting. He doesn't want to put his new prized QB (and elder) on the spot in front of his new teammates. This was a setup to help Favre ingratiate himself to his new crew. I think it was a pretty good idea.
I bet they talked about it the day he was signed on to the team, or Favre heard/saw this somewhere during practice. Favre may be from Kiln, Mississippi, but he's not retarded.
