After Brett Favre was traded to the Jets in early August, he had a chance to speak with coach Eric Mangini, who had an interesting question for him.

Since he became the Jets' coach in 2006, one of Mangini's rules has been that a player who commits a mistake such as a penalty or a turnover, must run a lap.

Favre recalled, "Eric said to me 'Brett, if you make a mistake do you mind running a lap,' and I said, 'no, I'm all for it, whatever it takes."'

That was only one of many revelations provided by Favre during a recent 40-minute sitdown with Jets' beat reporters.

He also shared some of the sales pitch general manager Mike Tannenbaum used when the Jets were trying to convince Favre to accept a potential trade here after he had ended his four-month retirement.

Favre said Tannenbaum told him the Jets' new training facility in Florham Park, N.J., which opens this week, "is going to be in the country. There's some deer you can hunt. We picked up (free agent left guard) Alan Faneca. We've got J-Co (wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery), we've got (wideout) Laveranues (Coles). We've got some other really good young receivers. We've got your guy (tight end) Bubba Franks here. We've got some acquisitions on defense that are going to make us better."

Tannenbaum also told Favre, "You'll really like (coach) Eric (Mangini). This complex is unbelievable. It's state of the art, better than anything you've ever seen. And we're going to make things as comfortable for you as possible."

"They've done that," Favre said.

Favre dismissed the proximity of New York City possibly becoming a distraction.

"I don't go out," he said with a smile. "I did (when I was younger). If I had come here when I was almost drafted (by the Jets in 1991), I wouldn't be here today.

"I really believe that, but I'm in a much better place (now). I'm able to handle that. I'm here for one reason and that's to play football. ... It's been hard, but I know I made the right decision."

The 18-year veteran also talked about his public divorce from the Packers, saying he was angry with how he was treated by the organization, which decided to go with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback.

"If you were a betting man," Favre said, "and you said, 'OK, who gives (Green Bay) the best chance to win right now? And this is not bragging, but I would think I would. Aaron might play great and then they all look like geniuses, but to not welcome me back, and I'm just assuming, for fear of upsetting Aaron, not only now but in the future is totally ridiculous. Totally ridiculous."

He also disputed stories he believes the Packers leaked to the media, including one in which Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy reportedly chartered a plane to Mississippi in March when Favre said he wanted to return, only to have Favre then back out. Favre said it would've been a side trip for them before the NFL owners' meetings in Florida.

"They made it sound," Favre said, "like they had chartered a plane just to see me, and I had told them I was coming back, which is not true."