MINNEAPOLIS -- During his impromptu visit to the Minnesota Vikings' practice facility last week, Brett Favre provided a couple of the team's young receivers with the thrill of meeting him. He also got a chance to meet the player who appears on his way to ending a long hunt for a franchise quarterback that was only interrupted by Favre's two years in Minnesota.

Favre spent a little time chatting with Teddy Bridgewater at Winter Park last Friday, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Sid Hartman, and spoke highly of the second-year quarterback after their meeting.

"I was very impressed with him," Favre told Hartman. "I'm impressed with his skills and the way he handled himself his first year. So I look forward to bigger and better things from him."

Favre also said he was surprised by some of the events involving Adrian Peterson, adding he considered Peterson a friend even though the two don't talk regularly following two seasons in the same backfield.

"People ask me all the time what type of a guy Adrian was, and you know this, he's a very likable and nice guy, an extremely hard worker. But I think, much like his knee injury (in 2011), he will come back with something to prove. I think he will run lights out this year, just knowing Adrian. I think right now that's a part of this team that is much needed. I believe that."