Favre likens Coles to Driver

Published August 20, 2008 | By Andy

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Laveranues Coles didn’t like how the New York Jets jettisoned Chad Pennington after acquiring Brett Favre a couple weeks back, but Favre hasn’t let Coles’ loyalty to his predecessor affect his relationship with his new teammate.

Favre told the New York Post that he had a conversation with Coles during which he likened the receiver to Donald Driver, his long-time teammate in Green Bay – and the recipient of 84, 86, 92 and 82 passes the last four seasons.

Driver was less Favre’s deep threat in Green Bay than guys like Greg Jennings, who had 920 yards and 12 touchdowns last season on just 53 catches. So if the situation plays out as it did in Green Bay, Coles will get a lot of catches and teammate Jerricho Cotchery might become the deep touchdown guy. Clearly a one-for-one translation is unlikely but it probably lends a clue into what might happen in the Meadowlands during the season ahead.