Brett Favre knows a thing or two about ceding the reins of his longtime team to a younger quarterback. Aaron Rodgers, remember, sat behind the Pro Football Hall of Famer for three full seasons before the Green Bay Packers finally made him full-time franchise quarterback in 2008, trading Favre to the New York Jets.

Eli Manning has been subject to that same organizational shift, albeit much more rapidly than Favre. Still, Favre has a unique perspective on what's going down with the New York Giants, and how Manning could be feeling in the wake of Daniel Jones not only replacing him under center, but leading the Giants to a thrilling comeback victory in his first career start.

“You and I and anyone else can only speculate what Eli was thinking, but you have to think that deep down inside a part of him, not wanted to see Daniel Jones fail but not play at the level he did,” Favre said on his weekly radio show on Sirius XM, according to Ryan Dunleavy of NJ.com. ““Not that Eli has to prove anything to anyone. The short-term it really makes you look bad. And all the things that have been leading to the team’s losses falls back on you — and you know that’s not the case. It’s hard to say, ‘Heck, I guess it’s me. I guess the reason we are losing these games is because of me.’”

New York coach Pat Shurmur announced that Jones would start in Manning's place shortly after a dispiriting Week 2 loss to the Buffalo Bills. On Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jones led the Giants back from an 18-point deficit for a 32-31 win by throwing for 336 yards and accounting for four total touchdowns.