Today was Wednesday at the Fort or as I like to call it, Favreday. It’s the one day a week Brett Favre comes to the podium and gives thoughtful answers to the reporters who holler the loudest.

Eric Mangini got things rolling by saying the teams had talked  about Favre’s turnovers, and not the fluffy apple kind. So the coach said the QB doesn’t have to “hit on 20.”

That blackjack analogy proceeded to take over the day.

“Believe it or not I’m not a gambler,” Favre said. At least not off the field. But on the field his bets haven’t been paying off. The three interceptions last Sunday make it seven picks in three games or, statistically speaking, ouch.

But Brett was measured. In this clip he talks about how he knows he needs to take care of the ball, and that despite the seven INTs in three games, the Jets won two of them.

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Favre admitted that the round robin of receivers in the last few weeks has been an issue aswide receivers  Jerricho Cotchery and Laveranues Coles were each limited with injury, and tight ends Bubba Franks and Chris Baker have missed games.

“They say that all the time, ‘We’re going to play the same way we always do,’” Favre said. “But obviously it’s different, and for me, you know, my back was against the wall. It’s backed into a corner from day one when I got here to not only learn this offense, but to get on the same page with all these guys in a short amount of time.”

(For those of you scoring at home, that’s two Favreisms for the price of one.)

Favre’s nephew, Dylan Favre, is poised to break the Mississippi high schools single-season touchdown record. Our sister paper in Jackson, the Clarion-Ledger, will be doing a full treatment on the young player and we will link to it. In the meantime, here’s part of what Favre had to say about the undersized but prolific college recruit.

“He’s very accurate,” Uncle Brett said. “I don’t think he’s going to be as big as me or have as big an arm, but so what? You don’t throw 30-plus touchdowns and just be okay.”

In other family news, Favre addressed his wife Deanna’s decision to talk about negativity from Lionsgate in the family blog. She said her heart has been heavy with all the things being said about her husband.

“I would stick up for my wife as well,” Favre said. “But it has not lingered, has not distracted me. I hate to say it but I’m used to it.”

Favre also said he’d talked to former Lions president Matt Millen last week and said he didn’t think Millen had done anything wrong.

“Nothing was done illegally,” Favre said. “He doesn’t have to apologize to me.”

Favre also said that, since he’s in the middle of it, this is the hardest thing he’s had to do in football. Between the scramble to learn everything, the stumbles along the way, the media attention and bad vibes out of Green Bay, you can see his point.

“I think it’s probably the toughest challenge up to this point,” Favre said.