Green Bay Packers Hall-of-Fame quarterback Brett Favre played three seasons under Mike McCarthy, who has emerged as a favorite for the Giants’ head coaching job, and Favre thinks McCarthy would be a “perfect” fit to develop quarterback Daniel Jones.

“He’s really a bright mind, good for a quarterback," Favre said Friday during his radio show on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “Any young quarterback would like to work with him and he’s very understandable.”

The Giants are likely to prioritize Jones’ development, heading into his second season as the organization looks to identify Pat Shurmur’s successor.

McCarthy was Favre’s quarterbacks coach in 1999 and the Packers’ head coach from 2006-'07, where Favre got a sense for how invested McCarthy becomes in tailoring game plans to his quarterback’s strengths and weaknesses, rather than trying to shoehorn a quarterback into his system.

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“As a player and quarterback for him, you feel confident in the plays he calls that will cater to your ability rather than a previous guy he might have had,” Favre said. "He’s a technique-driven head coach.”

The Giants are just one of the teams interviewing McCarthy who has interviewed twice with the Carolina Panthers, and also met with the Cleveland Browns.

Since being fired by the Packers in 2018, McCarthy has developed a top-down approach to integrating analytics and technology into his program, which could bolster his candidacy with Giants owner John Mara and general manager Dave Gettleman who have placed an added emphasis on analytics this offseason.

McCarthy boasts a 125–77–2 regular season record, 10-8 postseason record and won Super Bowl XLV. He interviewed for the Giants’ job Friday.

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Matt Lombardo may be reached at MLombardo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattLombardoNFL