Brett Favre: Mike McCarthy good head coach for “any young quarterback”

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who played three seasons for Mike McCarthy with the Green Bay Packers, believes McCarthy would be “a good fit” for any team developing a young quarterback.

McCarthy, of course, was interviewing on Friday with the New York Giants, where the development of 2019 No. 6 overall pick Daniel Jones is paramount for whoever takes over as the teams’s new head coach.

“I think he’ll do a great job,” Favre said on his SiriusXM NFL Radio show with Bruce Murray. “Really a bright mind. Good for a quarterback. I think any young quarterback would like him.”

McCarthy was Favre’s quarterbacks coach in 1999 and head coach in 2006-2007 with the Packers.

“Obviously he’s had Aaron Rodgers and that certainly helps but I do think he brings a level of toughness, but also a confidence that as a player, as a quarterback for him, you feel confident in the plays that he calls that he’s going to call plays that cater more to your ability rather than maybe a previous guy he had,” Favre said. “So I think he’s a simple but yet confidence-building and technique-driven coach. He’ll be a good fit for any of those teams.”