Favre: I'm not guaranteeing anything

Brett Favre wanted to make one thing clear Thursday: He is not guaranteeing a victory over Dallas in Sunday's playoff game. Far from it. Favre rolled his eyes when asked about his quote from a day earlier.

"The last thing I ever want to do is be bulletin-board material," Favre said. "Of course, I gave the Cowboys a ton of respect, as they deserve. They are playing outstanding. They are playing, and I'm speaking NFC, as well if not the best. Maybe in the league. San Diego, obviously, would argue that. How could I sit there and say, 'Well, next week possibly [we] could be home.' That very well could be true, could be over, for both teams. I'm sure people want to take it [as] he's guaranteeing a victory. Both sides have to be confident and I think you know it wasn't a guarantee.

"It's not a guarantee and it's not being boastful. It's just I envision us going on. I don't know what else to say. I'm sure the Dallas Cowboys feel the same way and I'm definitely not slighting them at all. As tough of game as we've faced all year will be Sunday. But I don't want to think about what it would be like if we don't go on. That's basically more or less what I'm saying. I have to envision us playing next week. What happens this week remains to be seen. But it's not guaranteeing a victory. No."

Favre had said during his Wednesday news conference that, "Honestly, I see us sitting here next week having this press conference. If that doesn't happen, to me it will be a shock."

Favre tends to be an open book in news conferences and often gives long and winding (and interesting) answers to questions. But because of who he is, these answers frequently become headlines.

"It irritates me," Favre said of the fact what he says often becomes big news. "I guess nothing surprises me but you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. If you don't say enough, you say too much. I just have always been honest. And I probably should be more confident throughout my career. I've always kind of kept that to myself. ... But nothing surprises me. It's just the way it is I guess."