Brett Favre is known as one of the toughest quarterbacks to play in the NFL and his ironman streak of 297 straight starts is easily the most in league history.

If fans are looking for Favre to buy into all the protections that the NFL’s current quarterbacks received under the new rules, he won’t. Case in point: Favre said on his weekly one-hour show on SiriusXM’s NFL channel that he believes the hit that Packers linebacker Clay Matthews put on Kirk Cousins in the fourth quarter of the 29-29 tie between the Vikings and Green Bay was “textbook.”

Matthews’ hit drew a 15-yard penalty for roughing the passer and negated a Packers interception that likely would have ended the game in a win for Green Bay.

“I saw a textbook hit. It wasn’t late. I saw nothing that, you know, and Clay’s had a history of those type of plays. This one was textbook and if you’re going to use it as a teaching video, you teach that this is the way we expect you to tackle, and that’s the way I saw it,” Favre said on Sirius. “And that’s neither being a Clay Matthews or Packer fan, or a Minnesota Viking fan or hater, you know. That was a bad call.”

Referee Tony Corrente said after the game that Matthews picked up and drove Cousins to the ground, resulting in the penalty. The NFL stood by the call and went a step further, saying it would use the play in a video to show to defenders how not to hit a quarterback.

While Vikings coach Mike Zimmer indicated he doesn’t want to see those plays reviewable, saying there are enough reviews in today’s NFL, Favre thinks those calls should be reviewable.

“I’m OK with the ref making a call right away. He saw that. He’s human and it ended up costing the Packers the win, I think. I think we all can assume that, and ultimately it ended in a tie,” Favre said. “But had that play not happened as far as the call is concerned, you’ve got to believe the game is over. So why not make that a reviewable play? There will be arguments why we should, why we shouldn’t. But the last thing any of us want – players, coaches, fans – is a bad call or a call in general determining the outcome of a game, especially when they get it wrong. And that was an outright wrong call.”

Ironically, it was a hit from Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr on Packers QB Aaron Rodgers last year that was at least partly responsible for a change in the rules that now says defenders should avoid putting all or most of their weight on a quarterback as they go to the ground. Barr’s hit on Rodgers didn’t draw a penalty or a fine, but Rodgers broke his collarbone on that play.

Favre was asked if officials have gone too far in protecting the quarterback.

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“Yes, I think they have gone too far. It hasn’t been that long since I retired, but in some ways it’s like light years away. This call was so bad, and I think this call is the result of all the hype and all the pressure to protect the quarterbacks,” Favre said. “To be honest with you, and to be a ref and have to make these types of calls, there’s a tremendous amount of pressure and I think the rule is always going to err on the side of caution and it goes back to making this a reviewable play.

“This was costly, very costly, to the Packers and obviously was very good for the Vikings. But do you want the game to be determined by a call? You just don’t. You want the players to be the ultimate reason you win or lose. If you’re going to continue making these calls, and there’s going to be mistakes, you have to make it reviewable to correct them because it’s just not right.”