Ahead of Brett Favre's induction into the Hall of Fame, Herm Edwards explains what it was like to coach against the Packers legend. (1:19)

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Brett Favre left a complicated legacy with the New York Jets.

His former teammates remember his boyish enthusiasm, his locker room pranks and the magical right arm that infused hope into a success-starved organization. He made everybody laugh and made everybody believe, but the good times didn't last long and he blew out of town as soon as the season ended. In his wake, he embarrassed the organization with a sexting scandal that involved the team's game-day hostess.

Favre will be inducted Saturday into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, on the eight-year anniversary of his trade to the Jets, but you probably won't hear anything during the festivities about his one season with them. There are two jerseys in his Hall of Fame locker in Canton -- Green Bay Packers (naturally) and Minnesota Vikings. Yes, the Vikings -- his team for only two seasons. The Jets failed to make it into his locker, which isn't a surprise. Favre hasn't spoken much of them since he left, and they haven't celebrated him, either.

There's no special recognition of Favre at the Jets' facility, just the obligatory team-photo display and a mention on the team's Pro Bowl wall. He was the ultimate rental, a hired gunslinger who landed with the Jets because he had no other options. He teased the fan base with an 8-3 start, but his arm gave out and everything fell apart, creating just another "what might have been" chapter in Jets' history. They have been plenty of those, as you might know.

Brett Favre and the Jets were the talk of the league when they got off to an 8-3 start, but then Favre's arm gave out and everything fell apart. Al Bello/Getty Images

The Jets won't be represented in an official capacity at the induction ceremony. Again, no surprise. Favre is just a footnote in their history, a fun-loving, camouflage-wearing icon who collected $12 million for five months of work and broke their hearts in the end.

"I think we were a Super Bowl team, I really do," former tackle Damien Woody recalled this week. "That team, we were good enough to win a Super Bowl."

The season unraveled in the final month, as the Jets lost four of their last five games, costing coach Eric Mangini his job. Favre played hurt (a torn biceps tendon), but the organization covered it up, resulting in $125,000 in fines for failing to disclose an injury. If Favre had stayed healthy, the Jets were definitely good enough to make a Super Bowl run, especially with no Tom Brady in New England. Brady missed the year because of a knee injury.

It was a bitter ending, but none of the holdovers from the Favre year -- David Harris, Nick Mangold and Darrelle Revis -- had anything negative to say about him.

"For me, it was amazing, just because I watched Brett as a kid," Mangold said. "I loved watching him play. To have him come in and play with him, it was an amazing experience."

Mangold was involved in one of the early Favre moments, when they botched a center-quarterback exchange in practice and had to run a penalty lap before a few thousand fans at the Jets' old facility on Long Island. The crowd roared, which struck Mangold as odd because they were applauded for making a mistake. They became a YouTube sensation, back when YouTube was in its infancy.

Harris says he remembers walking to the first practice when Favre ran past him and "smacked me on my ass real hard." That was his first interaction with his new quarterback.

"That was just Brett -- playful, a good guy to be around," Harris said.

Brett Favre Quarterback

6-2, 222

Southern Miss

1991, Atlanta Falcons; 1992-2007, Green Bay Packers; 2008, New York Jets; 2009-10, Minnesota Vikings • First year of eligibility

• Three-time NFL MVP (one of two players with as many since the merger)

• All-time NFL leader in completions (6,300), attempts (10,169) and interceptions (336); ranks second in pass yards (71,838) and TDs (508)

• Eleven-time Pro Bowler

• Won Super Bowl XXXI following 1996 season

• One of 10 men to win NFL MVP and Super Bowl in same season

Revis says he never will forget the time Favre, an avid hunter, stashed a dead goose in someone's locker. That created quite a scene. Favre, a legendary prankster, kept a bullhorn in his locker and occasionally used it to scare unsuspecting teammates. One time, he got Kris Jenkins in the players' lounge, got him good. The 350-pound nose tackle was snoozing in a big chair when he was blasted by the bullhorn. He jumped out of the chair and cursed Favre, as several players doubled over in laughter.

"He changed the atmosphere in the building," Woody said. "Favre made it fun to come to work."

Woody still remembers the night of the trade. It happened on the eve of the preseason opener in Cleveland; the players were in the team hotel when they got wind of the news.

"Somebody said, 'We just traded for Favre,' and I was like, 'What the ... what the ... what the hell?'" Woody said. "We just traded for Brett Favre? It was almost like shock. People didn't believe it. Favre is our quarterback now? It was surreal. I didn't believe it until I saw him in the flesh. I was like, 'Man, this is going to be a wild ride.' And it was."

Owner Woody Johnson pushed for the trade because he spent big money that offseason and saw Favre as the final piece for a championship-caliber team. There were other reasons too. Johnson wanted to upstage the New York Giants, who had won the Super Bowl only six months earlier. He figured Favre would be good for business, and business was important, especially with MetLife Stadium set to open in 2010. At first, Mangini was opposed to the idea, but he relented after being told he had no reason to worry about his job.

So much for that.

There were rumblings throughout the season about Favre, how he wasn't emotionally invested in the Jets, how he isolated himself from teammates. Mangold acknowledged that Favre didn't socialize with teammates outside the facility, but he attributed that to the difference in age. Favre was 39, several years older than his oldest teammates.

Things got messy after Favre left the Jets, when Deadspin reported that he allegedly texted objectionable photos of himself to game-day hostess Jenn Sterger. In 2010, the NFL investigated the matter, determining it had no proof that Favre sent the pictures. The league said he didn't violate the personal-conduct policy, but it fined him $50,000 for failing to cooperate with the investigation.

The sordid chapter will be part of Favre's legacy with the Jets -- that, and the arm trouble that contributed to the team's demise. It was a season of unfulfilled promise, although some players claim Favre's impact on the franchise carried over to the 2009 and 2010 playoff years.

In truth, it was a marriage of convenience. The Jets were desperate for a star of Favre's magnitude and he used the Jets as a pit stop on the way to his preferred post-Green Bay destination -- the Vikings.

For 11 weeks, though, there was no bigger story in the NFL than Favre and the Jets. Woody said his most vivid memory of Favre was the sound of his passes as those speeding bullets buzzed over the heads of the offensive linemen. It sounded like victory.

"It would be like, 'Whoosh!' You could actually hear it," Woody said.

The big man paused, smiling at the memories.

"Man, we had fun," he said. "Until he got hurt and things hit the fan."