Apparently, The Lions Can’t Even Win With Insider Information:

"Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reports that Brett Favre called the Detroit Lions earlier this year to give them a scouting report on his old team, the Green Bay Packers. Writes Glazer:   Several sources have told FOX Sports that Favre earlier this year phoned the Detroit Lions prior to their battle versus Favre’s old team, the Green Bay Packers, and gave them a rundown of the nuances of what Green Bay does on offense. According to the sources, Favre actually spent over an hour on the phone with Lions coaches, who were connected with Favre by then-team president Matt Millen.Favre has allegedly done this with a number of teams, but his chat with the Lions was more in-depth than any other, reports Glazer. Despite the Favrian tips, Detroit still lost that week 2 matchup, 48-25. The hour long call to Detroit higher-ups came during the week Favre and the Jets were preparing for the Brady-less Patriots. Up until that point, Favre had played just one regular season game in New York. One can’t help but think that the quarterback’s time might have been better spent learning his new team’s playbook instead of discussing his old team’s playbook.Such insider trading isn’t against league rules; teams often sign players recently cut by an upcoming opponent in order to get some insight into formations and schemes. But for Favre to call up the Lions, apparently unsolicited, to divulge information comes across as petty. Although, petty as it may have been, I’m sure Brett Favre sold out his former club like a little kid having a lot of fun out there."

So even with a rundown, we were creamed.

Says a great deal about our talent level.

For those keeping score, Favre’s actions are NOT against the rules and apparently this is a fairly common practice in this league. You find a guy that isn’t working but used to do something with your opponent that gave him some kind of insight into how the opposing team plays, you pay him a consulting fee or whatever and get the information.

I have heard that Millen and Favre are actually friends outside of the sport, I suppose that explains why he would bother. Didn’t do much though. Brett should have taught Matt how to draft.