Brett Favre will forever be remembered as the legendary quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, but he is more than familiar with the Minnesota Vikings organization having played for them at the end of his career in 2009-10. A tie to his time there still exists in Kevin Stefanski, who was named the team's interim offensive coordinator after John DeFilippo was fired by the Vikings on Tuesday.

Stefanski, who was the quarterbacks coach before his promotion earlier this week, got his start in the Vikings organization in 2006 under then-head coach Brad Childress. Favre was on the radio this week and reflected on the situation in Minnesota and what he thinks the move on the coaching staff will mean for the team.

“He (Stefanski) was there when I was there. He’s definitely paid his dues. I really like Kevin," Favre said on SiriusXM NFL Radio this week. "I thought he was one of those young really bright minds. The players really loved him. Now, at that time, most of the guys were older than him. But I think he’s deserving of this chance, he’s definitely paid his dues. And I don’t know how much different I think the plays he’ll call will be, relatively the same as the previous 13 games. But maybe when, from a situational standpoint, much like what happened this past week with Green Bay. I mean, they seem to be hitting on all cylinders. Is Joe Philbin that much better as a play caller than Mike McCarthy? I think one game is way too soon to strike up the band or criticize Mike.

"I know Mike Holmgren, when he called the plays when I was his quarterback, and when we would struggle his exact words pretty much would be, ‘Alright, Sherm, hell, you call them. Mine are not working.’ That was Sherman Lewis who was our offensive coordinator. And Sherm would just go back to basics, I mean, day 1 install, ‘22 Texas,’ ‘324 Thunder,’ plays that we had gone over so many times that didn’t require much thinking at all and we would just move down the field. And you go, ‘Why couldn’t I think of that?’ And sometimes it is just getting back to basics and not overanalyzing your play calling. And I think that is something that Kevin will do.”

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DeFilippo was hired by the Vikings this offseason to replace Pat Shurmur and spent 2016-17 on Doug Pederson's staff with the Philadelphia Eagles as the quarterbacks coach an drew rave reviews for his work with Carson Wentz and Nick Foles and won a Super Bowl with the team, coincidentally in Minnesota against the New England Patriots. Four days later, he was hired to the position with the Vikings. He also spent time with the Cleveland Browns as their offensive coordinator in 2015.

After the Vikings' offense was seventh in rushing and 11th in passing last season under Shurmur, the team has taken a big step back this year. The Vikings currently are eighth in passing yardage, but are 30th in rushing despite a pair of talented backs in Dalvin Cook and Latavius Murray.