As written by Alex Marvel……

“This was the matchup Green Bay never wanted to happen.

Now we know why.

Losing to a hated division rival is painful enough. Being tormented by a Packers legend is an outright embarrassment to the franchise.

Brett Favre got what he wanted.

There is no greater revenge that Favre could have personally extracted on Packers general manager Ted Thompson than the humiliation he delivered Monday night. Wearing a throwback Minnesota Vikings jersey, Favre turned the clock back to the days when he was winning three NFL Most Valuable Player awards in Green Bay before being shipped out of town.

Favre coolly channeled the inner rage toward how his 16-season Packers tenure ended into one of the most rewarding performances in a Hall of Fame career. A 271-yard, three-touchdown effort paced Minnesota’s 30-23 home victory.

Just like during the week preceding the game, Favre tried downplaying the personal satisfaction of sticking it to the Packers. That’s OK. Favre’s teammates spilled the beans on what this game meant to him.

“Just the determination in his eyes, you could tell this was a little extra,” Vikings running back Adrian Peterson said.

Peterson then laughed and said, “It wasn’t just another game. We can admit that now.”

The reason dates back to summer of 2008 when Favre decided to emerge from his first retirement. The Packers had vigorously tried to keep Favre from playing in Minnesota once it became clear the Vikings had interest and Green Bay was moving on with Aaron Rodgers as its starting quarterback. Packers management first tried persuading Favre to stay retired with a lucrative post-football endorsement deal. When that didn’t work, Thompson refused to trade Favre to Minnesota and instead dealt him to the New York Jets. Thompson even included language that required New York to provide Green Bay heavy draft-pick compensation if Favre was ever sent to the Vikings.

A bitter Favre took verbal shots at Thompson, a good man who was in a tough spot because of the quarterback’s offseason waffling and the much-younger Rodgers being ready to play. Favre never called Rodgers to offer advice on trying to fill his giant shoes. And as first reported by FOXSports.com NFL insider Jay Glazer, Favre spilled secrets about Green Bay to Detroit during a telephone conversation before a 2008 early-season game.

But the most harmful thing he did to the Packers? Favre found a way to Minnesota even if it was one season late. Favre and his agent shrewdly negotiated his outright release from the Jets after New York selected replacement quarterback Mark Sanchez in April’s draft. That cleared the way for Favre to do the unthinkable for Packers faithful: Come out of retirement again to wear purple, white and yellow.

“I know there are Packers fans out there who like me and there are those who are unhappy,” Favre said during his postgame news conference. “I can understand how they feel.”  [Marvez, Fox Sports]