Brett Favre's old Packers teammates have a problem with the QB's comment that this current Vikings squad is "the best team I've ever been on." Doesn't Favre remember the 1996 Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI?

"To say that the team he's on now, after seven games, is better than the '96 team - that's just preposterous," former Packers safety LeRoy Butler told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "Not only did we have the No. 1 defense in 1996, but we had No. 1 special teams."

As Favre gets set to return to Lambeau for the first time as a visitor, the Journal-Sentinel polled several of Favre's ex-teammates about which team is better, the '96 Packers or the '09 Vikings. Here's a sampling of what they said:

Mark Chmura, ex-Packers TE : "I kind of went through the teams position by position and they just aren't as good as we were. And it all starts with Brett - Brett's not as good as he was. ... Don't get me wrong. Favre is still a good quarterback, but he was unbelievable in the day. When we played back then, teams feared us. I don't know if teams fear the Minnesota Vikings today."

: "I kind of went through the teams position by position and they just aren't as good as we were. And it all starts with Brett - Brett's not as good as he was. ... Don't get me wrong. Favre is still a good quarterback, but he was unbelievable in the day. When we played back then, teams feared us. I don't know if teams fear the Minnesota Vikings today." Santana Dotson, ex-Packers DT : "The (Vikings' unrelated) Williams brothers (Pat and Kevin) are two of the better defensive tackles out there right now, but I would not compare them to the defensive line of 1996. Gilbert, Reggie White, Sean Jones - Sean had 100-plus sacks, Reggie had almost 200. We were a complete defensive line. We played 90% of the snaps. We were a little more consistent, more of a dominant defense, down in and down out."

: "The (Vikings' unrelated) Williams brothers (Pat and Kevin) are two of the better defensive tackles out there right now, but I would not compare them to the defensive line of 1996. Gilbert, Reggie White, Sean Jones - Sean had 100-plus sacks, Reggie had almost 200. We were a complete defensive line. We played 90% of the snaps. We were a little more consistent, more of a dominant defense, down in and down out." Ken Ruettgers, ex-Packers LT: "In the spring, during workouts, I came home and told my wife: 'This team is going to the Super Bowl.' It's just that feeling you get when you're around guys who are all putting their own egos on the backburner and coming together for what's best for the team."

-- Sean Leahy