Brett Favre beats Packers with 4 TDs in return to Lambeau. despite being jeered repeatedly by Packers fans who once cheered his every move, Favre completed 17 of 28 passes for 244 yards and four touchdowns without an interception.

“Packer fans cheer for the Packers first,” Favre said. “I know that. But I hope that everyone in the stadium watching tonight said, ‘I sure hate those jokers on the other side, but he does play the way he’s always played.’ ” -AP

Giants looking for answers after beatdown. Head coach Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants looks on against the Philadelphia Eagles .“We’ve definitely put ourselves into whatever funk, however you want to describe this, but I just told the players in there nobody said this was going to be easy and we’re going to fight,” Coughlin said after Sunday’s 40-17 loss to Santa Anna, um, the Eagles. “We’re… -Newsday.com

Tony Romo mixing it around. As the world awaits the Tony Romo-to-Roy Williams connection to finally get hot, it should be noted that the last Cowboys quarterback to have a game in which at least 10 different players caught a pass was Chad Hutchinson. -The Dallas Morning News

Raiders JaMarcus Russell: I did pretty good job. Raiders hit midseason at 2-6, and it’s getting more and more like the movie “Groundhog Day.” They were 2-6 in every season dating back through 2003, except for in 2005, when they were 3-5. “I did a pretty good job,” Russell told reporters. “When it all boils down to it, you had a chance at the end to try and win. Didn’t do too much damage with the interception. No matter what happened, I think we came out and fought despite the score and just kept pushing and just came out short in the end.” Cable thought Russell responded in a positive manner to last week’s benching in leading the Raiders to 16 points and their fifth game of the season with less than 200 yards of total offense. – Contra Costa Times