BEREA, Ohio -- Baker Mayfield has always admired Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, and the feeling is mutual.

"I think he can be great,'' Favre told Sirius XM NFL radio Wednesday. "To criticize how tall he is, I don't pay attention to that. I think Drew Brees has dispelled any of that talk.

"(Former Green Bay GM and Hall of Famer) Ron Wolf said it best. He goes 'you know, it's amazing to me to today how the most overlooked thing with the quarterback is the fact he's a winner.' And we were talking about Baker Mayfield and ... he goes, 'that guy is a winner. He's been a walk-on ... he transferred, people tried to write him off but yet he's managed to persevere and he's a winner.'

"He's fun to watch, he's a playmaker, he's resilient, he's all of those things and he hasn't technically had a win as a starter but you can just feel it.''

Favre and Mayfield corresponded on Twitter on draft day after Mayfield recreated Favre's iconic 1991 draft day photo when he got the call from the Falcons. Favre wished Mayfield luck in a tweet and jokingly asked him to sent the jorts back.

Baker Mayfield recreated Brett Favre's iconic draft day photo and it's SO GOOD 👏



(📷: @bakermayfield) pic.twitter.com/r7yrCiiR3q — SB Nation (@SBNation) April 26, 2018

Mayfield has always emulated Favre's gunslinger style of play, and the Hall of Famer is in Mayfield's top three favorite QBs.

Favre continued that "I've never met (Mayfield) personally, but ... you know he's going to give you the best chance to win and he's going to do it to the last whistle. To me that should count for something, in fact a lot, when considering drafting a guy.

"You know, the winners, they just have it. Some may call it cockiness, some may call it overconfidence. You call it whatever you want, but ... you can just see a heightened enthusiasm when that player's in the game."

Favre's kudos come on the heels of future Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees telling Browns reporters on a conference call two weeks ago that Mayfield "can be a lot better" than him.

Mayfield also evoked the memory of Favre for some of the Browns' talent evaluators, many of whom came from Green Bay. One was draft consultant Scot McCloughan, who worked with Browns GM John Dorsey in Green Bay.

"He reminds me of a shorter version of Brett Favre," McCloughan told the Doug Gottlieb show last October. "Tough guy. He can throw it. And he's very confident, and he's not afraid whatsoever, whatsoever. He's a battler. I know saying Brett Favre's a big name, and I was around him for a while, but this guy has talent."

One year later, Favre wholeheartedly agrees.