After another hearty welcome as he jogged onto the field for the game’s first series, Favre got things started quickly. He zipped an 11-yard pass into Jerricho Cotchery’s hands on his first play, and tossed a 10-yarder to Chris Baker two plays later.

“I think everybody was watching him,” Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell said. “We all wanted to see him in a different uniform, a new place and to see how he reacted.”

The Jets converted a fourth-and-1 on a 3-yard run by Thomas Jones, but Favre was sacked two plays later. After Favre was short on a pass to Jones, the Jets were forced to punt.

On the next possession, Favre found Cotchery on a nice crossing route for a 19-yard gain on third down. Brad Smith followed with a 12-yard gain and Leon Washington ran for 4 yards to bring it to the Redskins 4 and set up the score.

“He was the same old Brett,” Cotchery said. “Very much in control of the huddle, like he always is, and very much in control of the game. And that allowed us to be in control as an offense, as a unit. We felt like everything that we were going to run was going to work.”

Favre took the snap, looked to his left and found Keller in the end zone to give the Jets a 7-0 lead with 5:25 remaining in the first quarter. Favre clapped in celebration after the score and high-fived several of his new teammates, including the rookie tight end.

After the game, Favre left the football for Keller with the inscription: “Dustin, congratulations on your first touchdown. Brett.”

Keller was then asked if he’s putting the souvenir in his trophy case.

“I don’t have one yet, but I think I’ll build one just for that.”

Favre was replaced by backup Kellen Clemens with the Jets leading 7-3. Shaun Suisham kicked a 30-yard field goal 9 seconds into the second quarter, and added a 36-yarder 4:30 into the second half to make it 7-6.

Nugent kicked a 43-yarder with 9:08 remaining to make it 10-6 after missing from the same distance late in the third quarter.

Clemens, who was competing with Chad Pennington for the starting job before Favre arrived, finished 5-of-12 for 63 yards and was victimized by at least four dropped passes.

Campbell was 4-of-10 for 28 yards, while Todd Collins went 11-of-15 for 72 yards.

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